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

Triplets and Tremelos

Demonstrating the Cello C String

Blues   pizzicato       Track 15
Triplets Chopsticks  Track 7     *** NEW TODAY
Tremelo Statues Game 
Athabasca Monkey      Track 29
Rock You   Track 21

Rasp ber-ry           Straw- ber-ry 
Jigs / Tangos

All classes began with the Blues which will feature on our next programme.
Next we tried out a new rhythm,  Rasp - ber -ry, Straw- ber-ry  which includes not one but two sets of triplets.  Mr Connolly played a lively  jig for this rhythm . Jelena in Ms Gill's class was brilliant at this rhythm and we didn't need backing tracks in Ms Bridge's class as she and Roisin played a cool version of Chopstix for her class to play along with.

We had lots of fun with the tremelo game  and all three classes were really good at following the leader. It was really hard to catch anyone out but Ciaran was the ultimate champ.

Finally Mr Connolly's class worked on  a tango from Argentina . La Cumparsita . Check out the video of this piece on the right.

Leaders today: Ben , Brandon,  Tadhg Tracey, Efosa,
Bass Niall, Emmanuel, Miladin,
Tremelo Champ: Ciaran,
Triplet Champ: Jelena    

Foxtrot and Tango



Pack Up Team

Foxtrot  Track 2

Dancing in Avignon Track 10

Cross Lake Blues Track 5

3 Up and Down on D Track 29

3 Up and Down on A Track 28

3 Up and Down on two strings 27

A busy day on the string programme today. Each class began with a new tango rhythm . We played one of our favourites from last term, Foxtrot with bows. We played some blues and all fingers down on lowest string, G for Rock You. More pieces for Spring in our Listening slot. Finally it was 3 up and down on two strings today. We were joined by Ms White and Mr. Cooney today

We had excellent leaders today, Gabriel, Ben, Roisin, Bruno, Naomi, Efosa . Thanks to John Emilia and Rachel for helping with set up.

Set Up Team

Demonstration

Spring

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check out this link for a story about Brigid and music from National Library of Ireland It was a cold and frosty morning on the second day of February .  Click on the link above to read this great musical story about one of our best known saints  whose feast day was yesterday.

Blues

We heard the first section of Spring a piece for strings by Vivaldi, an Italian composer who we met at the start of the programme.  Here are some of the terms we learned .

 piano    soft
forte      loud
Tremelo move your bow very fast forward and back
trill        swapping between two notes very quickly to make a birdlike sound

solo       one instrument

Performing
Blues (Notes on last week's post)
Up and down the D ladder 
New Rhythm Bow River 
Cross Lake Blues

First Finger Riff

Ms Gill's class did a great job in packing everything away. Thanks all .

We had some great leaders today. Andrea  and Brandon aquitted themselves very well. Thanks to Rosin and Claudia who acted as assistants today

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

Music Marathon

Music Classroom

We finished the first half of our violin programme at Holy Family Senior School today with a music marathon. -Well a half marathon with 13 items featuring all the things we have learned this term.  We  tried some games . It was amazing how good everyone was at the freeze game and there were some very scary rock star faces for 'Rock You' too scary to be recorded here

 Here is our programme

Vivaldi on G
Foxtrot
Wintertime Fast One Leg hop
Atacama Crossing

First Marathon Runner

Quiz Time

Roadies play time

 Toreadors March |Name the tune
Kilfenora Ceil Dancer  Clap and name the rhythm
Winter time in Rus sia
Old Mac Donld Quavers on D (3)
First Finger riff Drunken Sailor
Rock You
Down Up Bells
Two String Reggae
Ireland's Call
Quiz 

Quiz Time

Visiting Ms Foran and class

Efosa and Asrafal demonstrate third finger placement

Perfect position in Lesson 1