Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Tango and Twinkles

1 Entrance music today was a tango  La Cumparsita  all the way from Argentina in South America .  We added some percusssion with some handclapping

2/3  All classes worked on the scales on D (track 25)  and A (tr 24)

4 Finally we worked on our first  three finger  Twinkle Twinkle . It went very well here are the fingers we need  Notes in green are on the A string

****NEW Today ***

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star


Line 1
D D   A  A     B  B    A_  
0  0     0 0       1  1     0 
G G   F# F#   E  E    D _ 
3   3    2  2     1    1     0        

Line 2
A A   G G   F# F#  E_
0  0    3  3    2   2    1
A A   G G   F# F#  E_
0  0    3 3      2  2    1_

DD    A A   B B   A _     same as line 1
G G  F# F# E  E   D _ 

5 Finally Mr Corbett's and Ms Loftus's class listened to a bit of Spring by Vivaldi .   We played along with pizz on  the note E (first finger on D) and added some tremelo . Bravo tuttti!   

Improvers Group 

Listen to the Minstrel Boy below I have posted two versions, one at a slow tempo.
Gp 1Brendan, Hayley, Emmanuel,  Gp 2  Sophie, James 
Tunes today  Gp 1 March 2 , Minstrel Boy 
Gp 2 Treaty Stone March.
Double Stopping Finding a rhythmic ostinato that fits 


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