Graduation Day

 Congratulations to the 4th class students at Holy Family School who took the improvers' course  over the last six weeks. I can't make up my mind which picture is best so I am posting both. Here is the group with their completion certs.

Following on from the beginners programme where every 4th class student had a weekly lesson, the group of sixteen players had  optional weekly lessons as part of the continuation of the Holy Family String Project . Each each player had an instrument on loan to take home for practice .  I am delighted with the degree of enthusiasm shown by the students and I am very proud of the progress you have made.

  Sophie said. 'I love playing the violin. I really want to be in the band and learn more tunes'

Emelia said ' I love playing the violin. 'Twinkle Twinkle is my favourite'

Quack Quack Here !

Programme Today

 1  Scale on D    Rhythm    Wintertime in Russia

 2  Twinkle Twinkle    remember   2 and 3 close together

 3   Blues

  4  Rhythm   Bow River       5  Hopping and Skipping

New Today

6  Old McDonald    2 strings 3 fingers

Line 1  3       3   3     D(0)    1  1  0__    1 1 0 0  3_____

       Old Mc   Donald  had a farm      E I E I  O    
Line 2  repeat  

Line 3        3  _____________________________________
       Quack  Quack Here   Quack Quack There

        Here-a quack  There-a-quack Every where a quack quack
Line 4 same as Line 1 and 2

No time today for the two other rhythms and Beguine
                                           
Absent Sineid, James

New Note F # ( F sharp  2nd finger down on D)

Work this week

Scale on D

Blues
Twinkle
 Bow River Rhythm

First part of Frere Jacque  D E F# D
                                       0 1  2   0


For Sophie
Bridal March

D G G ____ D A G___ D G B D B G E G A F#
0 3  3           0  0  3      0 3   1  3   1 3 1 3 0  2____

Bits in Blue are on A String

Super Waltzers

Boil em Cabbabge 

Both groups on our Bow River rhythm  

Long -----Short short 

We worked on a new tune with this rhythm 

Boil em Cabbabge 

Here are the fingers on the D string 

2  22    2    22   3  33 3  33  2   22  2   22  1  11   1   11

2  22    2    22    3 33  3  33 2   22  1   11   0  00  0   00