Swan Lake Violin Tutorial and sheet music

Swan Lake is a ballet composed by Tchaikovsky around 1875. The work was commissioned by Vladimir Petrovich Begichev, director of the Moscow Imperial Theatres, and Tchaikovsky drew on a previous ballet he wrote for his niece and nephew, The Ballet of Swans. Although Swan Lake was not initially very popular, it has grown to be one of the most frequently performed ballets of the modern time.

This piece is from the finale, or the last act of the ballet, and is heard as the main characters are dying. This piece is intermediate level because it does involve shifting to third position.

Download the sheet music here and watch the full tutorial below!