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