Away we Go: Rest and Play

We had a very exciting day at Holy Family Senior School Ennis  as all the 4th classes began the HFSS String  2013 programme .    Well done to the classes of Mrs Faherty,, Mr Corbett and Mr Ryan.  Super attention and concentration in the first class today!

How many instruments are in the picture

1 We learned how to hold the violin in rest and play position .

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2 Each met all four  members of the bowed string family.  can you remember what they were  (C_ _ _ _ . D_ _ _ _ _ _B _ _ _) ?

3 *We learned about low pitched and high pitch . What  is the lowest pitched string  on the violin. ?

We played pizzicato ( plucking the string on  lowest string G to Old McDonald track 18)

4 We learned the names of all four violin strings (see above)

Can you remember what your coordinates were Row and spot 

Rest Position

Play Position

*We practiced a bow .