The String Family of Instruments
Click on the instrument to learn more about it...
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Activity Sheets:
Assessment sheet: Name the instruments, parts, facts
The String Family - blank for colouring/ cartooning
Music to our Ears - Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending
| Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending |
An introduction to the Violin...
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Violin in a different way...
Activity Sheets:
Label the Violin/ Viola - differing levels of challenge!
Draw a Violin - step by step drawing the instrument bit by bit
How Many Violins? - Early Years/ Y1/ Y2 activity. Find the instrument, write the name
Complete the missing violin parts. Drawing sheet
An Introduction to the Viola...
Viola in a different way...
How much is this viola?!
Full story here on the New York Times website...
Activity Sheets:
Colour the Viola/ Violin: what it says on the tin
Draw yourself playing the viola (KS1 activity)
The Cello...
Jacqueline du Pre 1967 recording...epic!
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The Swan by Camille Saint-Saens played by Yo-Yo Ma
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The '2Cellos' performing slightly differently...!
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| This is a very famous piece for the cello...but which animal do you think it is describing? Click on the animal to find out if you're correct! |
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Activity Sheets:
Colour the Cellos: Early Years/ Y1/ Y2 activity
| This is a very famous piece for the Double Bass...but which animal do you think it is describing? Click on the animal and check if you're correct! |
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Activity Sheets:
The Double Bass - an introduction.
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Camillle Saint Saens - The Elephant from Carnival of the Animals
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(Click here for something very special played on a Double Bass!)
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