Finale Presto 17

Presto Violin Programme participants with achievement certificates

Congratulations to all the students on the after school violin programme.

Lessons concluded with a tour of four classes and finished with an ice cream concert in the pre fab.

Week 10

Checklist Mar 14

Tick when you can play

1 Waltzing Scale on D   titi Ta Ta  on every not D to D’

2 Tick when you can find harmonic high G on G and high D on D string

3 Part 1 Valsette (first 8 bars)

4 Part 2 Valsette (including hooked bows in 2^nd last basr)

5Play arpeggio on D  DDD F#FF AAA D’D’D’ AAA F#FF DDD 

                                      0 0 0 2 2 2  0 0 0    3 3 3 0 0 0  2 2 2 0 00

6 Sing and Play Lightly Row

7Sing and play  French Folk Song  106

8 Twinkle Twinkle, Hot Cross Buns , Fingers  and feet , Blues, Mary Little Lamb

Tunes to try at home Frere Jacque,  no 88, Jingle Bells 41  Old McDonald 42

Play through your Stringschool CD Can you find a not and a rhythm to fit every track 

Week 9

Here is what we did today

Open string tunes :  Foxtrot: Check your bow hold  Fingers well over lean your hand / Little finger on top

Scale on D  ti ti ti ti  Ta  Ta   Try this on A and E strings too

Blues:  Swing it  on G

Warm Ups Hot Cross Buns/ Fingers and Feet/ Mary Had a Little Lamb

Finding the harmonics: Touch lightly with little finger

Adding riffs to Skye Boat Song

Lightly Row  no 22 Work on the last two bars first.

Valsette  A little waltz  Work on phrase by phrase




 

Week 8

Group Class 28^th Feb  Music Marathon

Open String Tunes

Foxtrot    Arco  piano / forte  Bow near bridge

Beguine   pizz /arco tremolo     

 

 

Boogie on the Open D

One finger down Tunes

One Down Blues

Skye Boat Song Duet Part

Sharks Out

New Tune Valsette

1 and 2 down tunes

Hot Cross Buns

Mary Had a Little Lamb

Mary Had a Baby

3 Fingers/ One string

Morning Dance Seminole Chant

Finger and Feet

Beginners

3 Finger Tunes  2 + Strings

Twinkle plus variations

Advanced Group

Ode to Joy   French Folk Song , Can Can, Old MacDoanld

Lightly Row/  Drunken Sailor / Jingle Bells

Skye Boat Song  with Duet        Somewhere Over the Rainbow

 

Week 7

Worksheet Feb 21^st

 

Please note that in a change to last week’s notification, there will be a lesson next week  Feb 28^th . 

 

28^th Feb and March 7^th  Lessons as usual

 

No Lesson March 14^th

 

Task List

Task 1 Warm Up

 

Twinkle Twinkle  Variation  Everybody Down Up

 

Task 2

Fingers and Feet  2222 3333 2222 1111 2222 3333 22 1 1 ___

 

Task 3

Rain Rain Go Away   Get used to jumping from 3 to 1

 

3 1 33 1  33  11 33 1

 

Task 4 Twinkle Twinkle  1  Rhythm Only   2 Fingers pizz  3 Fingers arco

 

 

 Task 5 Merrily we roll along Bow the  rhythm   no 19 Essential Elements  Can you name all the notes on the stave version  F# E D E ……..

 

Task 6 We Will We Will Rock You   On G String   3 2 1 0 11  11  Track  14

 

Task 5 Scary Harmonics  Octave harmonic  To find this special sound , touch the string very lightly about half way along with your 4th finger . This is the harmonic sign  0

 

Task 7- 10  Essential Elements Violin Book

 Work through tunes page 6  to 9   concentrate on 20 and 21 Good King and Lightly Row

 

  Director Cathy Desmond  email cdstringschool@gmail,com  Tel 0861041626

Improvers  Lesson 21^st February

Tutor Alice Foley

Lesson next week as usual

1 New Tune Somewhere over the Rainbow   work on middle phrase today

Practice string crossing from D to A  Get it nice and smooth

Practice retake on open string then place finger on B first on A string  Make the note last a loooooong time  5 beats.

Uke chords are marked in boxes above melody Try with Uke and open string cello

2 Twinkle Duet part harmony use 4^th finger and high 3 finger for c# on G string

3 Three Key Rollalong  Middle section  3^rd high on G# on D string

Ukulele Corner  Oh Christmas Tree

Chords G  , D7 , Am , C , G7

4 Repertoire Tunes Drunken Sailor . Hot Cross Buns 9new version with octave leap)  Jingle Bells Ode to Joy Good King Wenceslas Mary had a Baby

5 Skye Boat Song Work on Duet part Finding harmonics

Email cdstringschool@gmail.com

            Lesson notes posted on presentationstrings.blogspot.com

 

 

Worksheets and notes on classes are posted on www.presentationstrings.blogspot.com

Week 4

Today we welcomed our assistant teacher Alice. Alice worked with the advanced group today  on a new song Somewhere Over the Rainbow . Class notes for both groups are posted below.

 

 

 

Group Class Tues 31^st  Jan   Stringschool at Presentation  Worksheet 4

Task 1

Open string Rhythms Hopping and Skipping 15  / Wintertime in Russia 4/ Down River Up river 16

Task 2

Scale using the rhythms above Play your name rhythm

 

                                                                                                       A A  1 1  A_

Task 3 Twinkle Twinkle Little Star    Beginning       D D                                        3 3  2 2  1 1  D_

 

Middle                                                                 A A                                      AA

                                                                                            3 3 2 2 1 __                  3 3 2 2 1______     

 

Repeat beginning line

 

Task 4

Hot Cross Buns    2 1  0 sh  2 1 0 sh   00 00 11 11  2 1 0_

 

Task 5  Merrily we roll along Bow the  rhythm on open  D  then on A

 

On D string                   2101 222 _111_222_

                        2101 2222 1121 0___

 

Task 6 New song  Fingers and feet D string

 From our  fin gers  to our   feet we   always   play    a  steady   beat, we

   2  2      2 2    3 3    3 3      2 2     2 2     1 1   1  1

 

Keep   it  go ing    in a    song if    notes  are  short   or  long _______

 2  2    2  2   3 3    3  3      2   2      1  1   0

 

Task 8 Rain Rain Go  Away  3 1 33 1 33 11 33 1 _

 

Task 9 Revise Fox Trot  and Blues  Track 2  DDD _ AAA_ DDD_ AAA_

                                                                DDD_ DDD_ AAA_ AADsh

 

                                                 D E D E G G G_ x 4

         Track 24    Blues               Middle        A B A B D E DE

                                                 G G G G G sh D sh

 

 

    Email cdstringschool@gmail.com              Lesson notes posted on presentationstrings.blogspot.com

 

 

Improvers

 

 

 

Improvers  Lesson 31^st Jan

Tutor Alice Foley

1 New Tune Somewhere over the Rainbow   110 on supplementary sheet  two phrases . In what way are they the same and in what way are they different.

Practice getting octave leap in tune at start first.  Then look at the other two leaps .

Uke chords are marked in boxes above melody Try with Uke and open string cello

2 Twinkle Duet part harmony  use 4^th finger and high 3 finger for c# on G string

3 Three Key Rollalong  Middle section  3^rd high on G# on D string

Ukulele Corner  Oh Christmas Tree

Chords G  , D7 , Am , C , G7

4 Repertoire Tunes Drunken Sailor . Hot Cross Buns 9new version with octave leap)  Jingle Bells Ode to Joy

 

 

 

Week 3

Group Class Tues 24^th Jan   Stringschool at Presentation

Task 1

Open String Tune New Rhythm Hopping and Skipping Track 16

Work on last two rhythms  Down River Up River Track 18    Group 2  Bile Em Cabbage

Task 2

Open String Sight reading Boogie on the Open D  Boogie on the open D

                                                                                        Boogie on the open G  titi titi titi TA

                                                                                        Boogie on the open D

                                                                                        Boogie on the A___  tititi titi TA sh

                                                                                        Boogie on the open D

                                                                                         Boogie on the open G

                                                                                        Boogie on the D then     G     Yeah  

Task 3

 

Scale on D   Track 10 Three Rhythms Wintertime in Russia / and the other two rhythms from task 1

 

Task 4             track 30       

 

                                                                                           A A 1 1 A

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star    Beginning       D D                                        3 3 2 2 1 1 D

 

Middle                                                                 A A                                      AA

                                                                                            3 3 2 2 1 __                  3 3 2 2 1______     

 

Repeat beginning line

Advanced group    duet part

 

Task 5

Hot Cross Buns    2 1  0 sh  2 1 0 sh   00 00 11 11  2 1 0_

 

Task 6  Merrily we roll along Bow the  rhythm on open  D  then on A

 

On D string                   2101 222 _111_222_

                        2101 2222 1121 0___

 

Task 7  Ode to Joy   D D sh sh A A sh sh  

 

Task 8 Rain Rain Go  Away  3 1 33 1 33 11 33 1 _

 

Task 9

Revise Fox Trot  Track 2  DDD _ AAA_ DDD_ AAA_

                                            DDD_ DDD_ AAA_ AADsh

 

Task 10 First finger Riff   1 1111111 00000000 11111111 0000 1  1                                               

Week 2

Group Class Tues 17^th Jan

Task 1

Open String Tune New Rhythm Down River Up River Track 18    Group 2  Bile Em Cabbage

Task 2

Open String Sight reading Boogie on the Open D  Boogie on the open D

                                                                                        Boogie on the open G  titi titi titi TA

                                                                                        Boogie on the open D

                                                                                        Boogie on the A___  tititi titi TA sh

                                                                                        Boogie on the open D

                                                                                         Boogie on the open G

                                                                                        Boogie on the D then     G     Yeah  

Task 3

 

Scale on D   Track 10 Three Rhythms Wintertime in Russia / Insect rhythms butterfly/ tarantula. Caterpillar

 

Task 4             track 30                                                       A A 1 1 A

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star   Beginning   D D                        3 3 2 2 1 1 D

 

Middle   A A                            A A

                       3 3 2 2 1 __             3 3 2 2 1______     

 

Repeat beginning line

Advanced group    duet part

 

Task 5

Hot Cross Buns    2 1  0 sh  2 1 0 sh   00 00 11 11  2 1 0_

 

Task 6  Merrily we roll along Bow rhythm on  D  then on A

 

(Task 7  Ode to Joy   D D sh sh A A sh sh

 

Task 8 Rain Rain Go  Away  3 1 33 1 33 11 33 1 _

 

Task 9

Revise Fox Trot

 

Task 10 First finger Riff   1 1111111 00000000 11111111 0000 1  1  )  

 

 

                                             

Presto After School 2017 Launch

Stringschool Violin Programme

A message for you :________________________

Welcome to the Stringschool  course.  You will make good progress if you take your violin out every day and practice what you have learned in class.

15 -20 minutes every day will make a difference . On the Stringschool cd you will find all the tracks we used in the school programme and some new ones

 

Tasks this week

Listen to your cd. This will help you learn the tunes and rhythms. How many tracks can you play along with.  Try the tasks with and without the cd

 

Task 1  Practice putting your violin in rest and play position. Can you do it with your eyes closed.

Task 2 Vivaldi in G   (Track 1) Try this with your bow

Task 3 Foxtrot (Track 2) Try it with your bow (arco)

Task 4 Wintertime in Russia (Track 4)  short and long bows ti ti ti ti TA  TA 

Task 5 Old Mc Donald   Put you 3 fingers on D to make G’  Now bow the rhythm of the tune.

Task 6 Scale on D  Track 10   with bow

Task 7 Task Hot Cross Buns  2 1 0_ 210_ 1111 2222 210_  pizzicato

Put a tick next to each task when you attempt it. Colour in a star on the practice record when you have finished your practice

 

Tutor Cathy Desmond BA Hdip LTCL   email : cdstringschool@gmail.com