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 

listen to ‘The Minstrel Boy’ on Audioboo

listen to ‘The Minstrel Boy slow’ on Audioboo

'Beguine' Again On to the next level

Welcome to the 16 students taking the improvers module . We had our first small group class today.

Super Waltzers 
    Ben , Efosa, Emmanuel, Brendan, Claudia, Sophie, Rayanne, Ailish 


Polka Pirates 
    James, Brandon, Bruno, Dami, Doreen, Hayley, Sineid, Emilia
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Work for this week 


1   Open String Rhythms  Try these on your D string . 
Remember  bow near the bridge short and long bows 
Thumb Bent /Fingers well over 


   Rhythm 1 Wintertime in Russsia 


                       Slow Track   29 
                       Fast  Track   30 
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 2     Scale on D    Track 25


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 3 ***NEW TUNE   see top    Beguine Track 11   We learned how ton read these noteds on the stave today . Were they all on lines or spaces ?. 


     Practice the last bar separately . Play arco and pizz


      GGGG DDDD AAAA EEEE AAAA DDDD GGGG G D A D 


4 Twinkle Twinkle     Track 26 /27    

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 _
G G  F# F# E  E   D _ 

     
Listen to your CD .  Can you play along with the tracks . All your old favourites are there 

Tangos and Twinkles

We  had a busy morning this week. We began by working on our scaley monkeys climbing on D and A strings  We played Twinkle Twinkle arco and pizz. Finally all classes worked on a tango for our next perfromance.  Here is our graduation programme

                                  Foxtrot 

Assessment Tunes     Blues     Arco and pizz 

                                 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star   

                                 Macchu Picchu Mountain  Scale D - D'

Level 1A Stringschool Violin programme 

Other tunes for our Easter concert 

Vivaldi in G

Toreador's March 

La Cumparsita 

First finger riff -Drunken Sailor
Rock You

Ireland's Call 

Check out the article on the project in this week's Clare People 

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

  Today was  a very exciting day as all three classes moved on to our new tune , Twinkle Twinkle.
We had lots of fun with the tremelo game
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 _
G G  F# F# E  E   D _ 

Leaders Ian, Efosa, Brendan , Bass Niall. 6th class visitor

Our medley today was from The Sound of Music, the latest production form Ennis Musical Society  which runs Tues to Friday at Glor with loads of great tunes. Don't forget to give me a wave in the pit as I will be in the band . Here are the tunes I played today, My Favourite Things, Do A Deer, Lonely Goatherd, The Hills Are Alive