Monday 25 November 2013

Draft Concert Programme

Week 10 marks halfway point of Level 1 programme.   We added more live accompaniments today on piano and accordion .

Next week Ms Tobin will join 4th classes  at 11.15- 12.30 pm  on piano

3rd classes will be in the afternoon 1.15 Ms Keating  150 Ms Fitzgerald

Draft Programme

We added in a cello today which added rich lower tones
also a piano
Ms Keating brought her accordion.




Class Ms Bourke
Foxtrot/ Toreadors March
Mary Had a Baby  Ti Ti Ti Ti  Ta Ta
Ode to Joy                  
Ireland's Call   Toto drum ostinato  Key D


Ms Nolan
Music Rap
Toreador's March  Vicky Cello
Twinkle Twinkle  with Roisin
Jingle Bells

Ms Fitz
                                                         Vivaldi in G/ O Come All Ye Faithful
                                                         Wintertime in Russia
                                                         Rock You
                                                         Good KING Wenceslas  A A zz A A zz Quavers on A

Ms Keating

Mo Gile Mear           Open G and D  l l z z
Dawning of the Day  D D z z A A ZZ
Reel                           D D D D z z z z D D D D zzzz
tbc                             4th item


Next week  more dancing


                                                     

Tuesday 19 November 2013

String Crossing The Sound of Silence

We did two new things today.

1(a) We learned how to change from one string to the another.  Elbow down and elbow up to move from one string to another

(b) We used this riff to add an accompaniment to Ode to Joy Track17


2 We listened for the silences in Vivaldi in G and how to recognise a one and two beat rest


Revision 3 We practiced our Kilfenora Ceili Dancer rhythm . This week we called it Bal lyGun ner Bal ly Bric ken

4 We played our first rhythm Win-ter time-in Rus-sia  and renamed it Bal-ly-gun-ner Ard -Keen

Wednesday 13 November 2013

Kilfenora Ceili Dancers and Play Your Name

 Our programme today



1 Pizz tune D and A Foxtrot (4th)  and  Toreador's March (3rd)  Track 2 and 14
2 New Rhythm Kil-fen-or-a Cei-li Dan-cer  Track  6  piano (soft) forte (loud) more bow


3 Say your name . How many syllables . Say It -Clap it -Play it
4 Down Bow Retakes 1 sh sh sh  To Ode to Joy 17
5 Bonus Tarck 19 We Will Rock You
 Good Bowhold Model  and Leader 




Wednesday 6 November 2013

Rap and Rock Yoy

The programme resumed today with a 5 task challenge . Here is what we did today

1  Feel the Beat Rap

2 Fox Trot  Boogie (Ms Bourke only)

3  New Today ***  Rock You   We Will We Will Rock You   On A string

4 Balloon Bows   Ireland's Call

5 Wintertime in Russia