Strings Red Award

Welcome to the resources for Strings Red Award.

We regularly update our pages with new resources, so watch this space! 

My Red Award Checklist

Click here for a checklist to track your progress through Red Award.

Click here for a parent and student guide to the Red Award.

My Red Award Exercises – click the names below to view the resources.

• Improvisation exercise (all instruments);
• Safely playing your violin;
• Safely playing your viola;
• Bow hold examples for violin;
• Bow hold examples for viola;
• Bow hold examples for cello;
• I can play pizzicato and arco (all instruments);
• Pulse and Rhythm (all instruments);
• Rhythm Gym for all instruments – Crotchets (with backing tracks: click here for Workout 1 I click here for Workout 2 I click here for Workout 3 I click here for Workout 4 I click here for Workout 5 I click here for Workout 6 ;
• Up and down bow for violin.

My Red Award Pieces

• Galician Jig (click here for violin | click here for viola | click here for cello);
• Skipping Dance (click here for violin | click here for cello);
• Mrs Smith’s Trio (violin part 1 | violin part 2 | viola part 1 | viola part 2 | cello part 1 | cello part 2);
• Enchanted Garden Suite (click here for violin I click here for viola I click here for cello I click here for double bass);
• Enchanted Garden Suite audio backing track mp3: click here for Fairy Wings I click here for The Wishing Well I click here for The Fairy Floss Tree;
• Jumping Jacks! (click here for violin I click here for viola I click here for cello I click here for double bass);
• Jumping Jacks! (click here for Jumping Jacks! audio backing track mp3);
• Time to Play Red (click here for violin I click here for viola I click here for cello I click here for double bass).