Rainy Day Blues

Mr Connolly's class play The Blues pizzicato

                   G              Two Ledger Lines 
The rain cleared today

     Today all three classses climbed  down the ladder. Ms Bridge's class climbed up as well. 

   *We learned how to read low G  ( how many ledger lines do we need?)
  * We made a start on the One Finger Blues
  * Bow Hand Sleeping Beauty , Jack and Jill ,  Humpty Dumpty, Little Jack Horner . can you find all these nursery rhyme characters in your bow hand?

'Check Out the video tutorial   on the right .   

Green Violin

Notes on D 

 Notes on G

Notes on A

D  E  D  E    G  G  G_    x4                                  

0   1  0   1     0   0   0  

A B A B     D  E  D  E                           

0  1  0  1     0  1    0   1 

G G G G     G  z  D  z  

Programme restarts

 

We had a busy day on the programme today.  I was joined by trainee teacher and violinist , Aileen Sexton.   
We learned a new bow grip , the inside bow grip. 
We put all or fingers down, to make the three down ladder. 
 We played two duets from the southern states of the USA Lil Liza Jane and Oh Suzannah. We learned the choruses .  If you have forgotton here they are . 
We learned a new rhythm Bow Ri-ver 


 Oh Eliza, lil Liza Jane 
 Oh Eliza, lil Liza Jane
 I know a girl that you don't know, lil Liza Jane 
 She lives bdown in Baltimore, lil Liza Jane 
                                 
Oh Suzannah, don't you cry for me 
 I come from Louisiana with a banjo on my knee.


3 DOWN LADDER
DESCENDING 3 fingers down  3333 3 3   lift up 3    2222 2 2   lift up 2  1111 1 1  lift up 10000 0 0 open D 




Q. In what way is your bow hand like a train? Hint .  Think of the jobs people on trains do .

We welcomed two new students today, Bruno and Ennie