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Strings Yellow Award
Welcome to the resources for Strings Yellow Award.
We regularly update our pages with new resources, so watch this space!
My Yellow Award Checklist
Click here for a checklist to track your progress through Yellow Award.
Click here for a parent and student guide to the Yellow Award
My Yellow Award Exercises
- Introduction to slurs (click here for violin | click here for viola | click here for cello | click here for double bass);
- Improvisation challenge (click here for violin | click here for viola | click here for cello);
- What does tempo mean? (click here for all instruments);
- What does articulation mean? (click here for all instruments);
- Compound time signatures, ties and dotted notes (click here for all instruments);
- Sharps and naturals (click here for violin | click here for viola | click here for cello);
- Work out a simple tune by ear – challenge (click here for violin I click here for viola I click here for cello);
- Work out a simple tune by ear – answers (click here for violin I click here for viola I click here for cello);
- Click here for the mega yellow cello quiz!;
- Click here for Narrow or wide 2nd finger? Ending the violinist’s confusion!;
- Click here for Narrow or wide 2nd finger? Ending the violist’s confusion!;
- Click here for 2nd or 3rd finger? Ending the cellist’s confusion!.
My Yellow 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);
- Dolan’s Pub (click here for violin | click here for viola | click here for cello | click here for double bass);
- Bells in the Steeple (click here for violin | click here for viola | click here for cello);
- Miss Mary Mac (click here for violin | click here for viola | click here for cello | click here for double bass);
- Once A Man (click here for violin | click here for viola | click here for cello | click here for double bass);
- Spring Song (click here for violin I click here for viola );
- White Cliffs of Dover (click here for violin I click here for viola I click here for cello);
- Click here for March of the Clowns for Violin (and click here for March of the Clowns audio track);
- Click here for Raindrop Lullaby for Violin (and click here for Raindrop Lullaby audio track);
- Click here for traditional pieces for cello;
- Click here for traditional pieces for double bass.
