Sunday, October 20, 2013

Sports Anthems Flag Waving and Rocket Bows

Sports Day Two Anthems







     

1 Shoulder hold.   Putting our violins in rest position we used our left hand on the underneath shoulder to put our violins in play position.
      


2. Balloon Bows to Irelands Call .  We use Down Bow retakes on D for this popular rugby song. we added some flag waving and some tremelo for a bit of added spice .
   

   3. Toreadors March  Another D and A tune . We learned how to read these notes on the stave . The notes are below. Are the notes on lines or spaces?   
     
 4.   Rocket bows this  week  (tip first and pointing skwards)

  


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Friday, October 11, 2013

Rabbits and Snails

 Lots of good work this week . We moved on to our first two note tune . Foxtrot uses D and A, the two middle strings.  Here are the notes

Foxtrot 

DDD _ AAA_ DDD_ AAA_           

DDD_ DDD_ AAA_ AADsh

Here is our programme today

Vivaldi in G                       pizzicato on open G
 Twinkle                            pizz.       on open D
Toreadors March              pizzicato on open A

**New today**  Carrot pencils and bunny rabbit hands. Using our right hands we practiced making snail shapes and bunny rabbit hands before biting down on our pumpkin straws

Finally Mr Corbett's class get their hands on bows





            Things to remember  Bend your thumb
            Fingers well over the pencil to make those bunny rabbit teeth

New Today  Our First Rhythm Win ter Time In  Rus -Sia