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4th Grade Karate Belts

White Belt - "Look No Hands" (hold your instrument with no hands)

Yellow Belt - Balance Point Bow Hold

Orange Belt - "Around the World"

Green Belt - Rolling Along (#19 in Essential Elements; pizzicato/plucking)

Blue Belt - Mozart Melody (# 43 in EE; pizzicato/plucking)

Purple Belt - Mozart Melody (#43 in EE; arco/with the bow; Pepperoni Pizza style)

Red Belt - D Major Scale (#64 in EE; arco/with the bow)

Brown Belt - Ode to Joy (#86 in EE; arco/with the bow)

Black Belt - ???

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5th Grade Karate Belts

White Belt - Free Belt (everyone gets it)
Yellow Belt - Moon Bounces on G string
Orange Belt - This Old Man (#102 in EE; arco/with the bow)
Green Belt - G Major Scale (#98 in EE; arco/with the bow; Pepperoni Pizza style)
Blue Belt - Slurring Along (#110 in EE; arco/with the bow)
Purple Belt - Long, Long Ago (#152 in EE; arco/with the bow)
Red Belt - Shepherd's Hey (#162 in EE; arco/with the bow)
Brown Belt - Snake Charmer (click here for handout)
Black Belt - Irish Washerwoman (click here for handout)

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4th Grade - Note Cheat Sheet

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4th Grade - Grown Up Bow Holds

4th Grade - Adding Fingers to the Strings

4th and 5th Grade - Moon Bounces

4th Grade - Ghost Notes

5th Grade - All about slurs

4th Grade - Riding the Rails

5th Grade - African Noel

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4th Grade - Guitar Position and D and A Strings

4th Grade - How to use a shoulder rest

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