Opposite sides 5

New Seating Plan

We tried a new classroom arrangement today. It worked really well. We had two halves of the class facing each other. It made it easier to divide the tasks into two different groups. Here is tyoday's programme

1 Open string rhythm  1   (new tem  po) Presto ( very quick) and Andante (walking pace)

2 Foxtrot

2 First Finger riff

3 Second finger down Hot Cross Buns

4 Scale  all 3 fingers

5 New : Things to Do with your bow In a glissando. The word comes from the French word glisser to slide

Glissando

Dynamics    

Dynamics is a word used to describe the different ways of playing the notes

soft (piano   or p ) and loud (forte f)

4th class

Sharks and Semitones 4

     Best Bow Hands

Programme today

4th class
Blues
Scale on D
Jaws  Semitone Theme





Lyrics Blues
Kil rush Road is Straight and Long D E D E G G G _s x4


ChordG ______________________________________
x2
Hear the cars roar A B A B D E D E
D_______________________________
Make’s you’re ears sore


C7________________________________
Beep Beep Beep Beep Beep z Honk z G G G G G z D z

Can you do better . Compose your own verse . Best one added to our lyrics



3rd class

Inside bow gripWatch Out Sharks Out
"1  beat, 2 beats and 4 beat notes
Scale

1 beat



2 beats



4 beats

Up and down a three rung ladder 3

Up and Down the Ladder & Violin High Fives

New track Car-ni-val- in R-io  Track 10

1 Rhythm 1 Wintertime in Russia
A new track today but a familiar rhythm.        V V 1 1     Ti Ti Ti Ti Ta   Ta

2 Violin High Five   1       2 ^3

2 NEW TODAY  Scale  on D
Scale comes from the word ladder                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Finger Gym exercises
Drumming and marching

Rain Rain Go Away

We had fun with our 4 rhythm Mexican Wave                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

3 Down Up LADDER
ASCENDING  0 0 0 0  0    1 down 1 1 1 1  1 1   2 down 2 2 2  2  2  3 down 3 3 3 3 3  3   3 again 

3 DOWN LADDER
DESCENDING 3 down  3333 3 3   lift up 3    2222 2 2   lift up 2  1111 1 1  lift up 10000 0 0 open D 

Quiz
1 Why is  musical scale like a ladder ?
2 There is a famous opera house called La Scala Where is it?
3 What two left hand fingers are closest together ? Don't forget tose bow hands 

Fingers well over 
Thumb Bent 
Knuckles forward 

Slievekeale Road Blues 2

Best Bowhand 

Hard working Back Row

Notes on D String 

1  First Finger Blues   Dance Version, Finger Drum Version and pizz version

D E D E  G G G_   x 4
0  1 0  1   0  0  0

A B A B  D E D E

G G G G G z D z

Leader in training 

Programme today

More on new note E

Ambulance Siren
Mexican Wave
Blues
Triplets

New Term Starts with Triplets

Kiilfenora Ceili Daancer     

New rhythm Hop-ping and Skip-ing triplets   Six tiptoe beats = 6/8  Track 5 

First Finger riff  first on D 

New note B   First finger on A 

 New Shark  Lyrics   Watcjh Out Sharks Out !

Violin High 5  3 down (Ms Bourke) 

Welcoming Mrs Morgan today with her 3rd class. 

Great to hear several students got violins for Christmas. Ask for a copy of the backing tracks so you can repeat the exercises at home. 

Presto Performance

Presto Strings  Concert Programme Tues 10^th Dec

'A historic and auspicious day The first time every member of a class in Presentation  has performed on the violin' . So said Bean Ui Nuallán when introducing the 90 students from 3rd and 4th class who gave their first perfromance for their colleagues in the hall. It was a splendid occasion. We had some lovely clear announcements. Excellent leadership from Isobel, Maryam, Simone and Adriana . We had a wonderful solo from Roisin who played Twinkle Twinkle.

Final programme 

Concert cd with Piano Ms Tobin 

Ms Bourke

1 Foxtrot                        Piano acc

2 Mary Had a Baby    Key D 

3 Ode to Joy      Key D      D D zz A A zz

4 Ireland’s Call    Track  2

Ms   Fitzgerald

1 Vivaldi in G  Track 3

2 Wintertime in Russia    Track 4

3  Good King  Wenceslas    G/D  Green Squares / Blue Squares  Rhythm Good King

4 Rock You   plus Encore   Track 5/6

Ms Keating

1 Toreador’s March   track 7

2 Mo Gile Mear  G / D Green/ Blue

3 Dawning of Day  D D zz AA zz

4 Reel  A A B B A A B B     pizz and arco   with dancers

Ms Nolan

Twinkle Twinkle   1st Time Roisin  2^nd tutti 3^rd    Pause Repeat  with audience singing .

Away in a Manger   pizz   Chord sheet G and D

O Christmas Tree Chord sheet Down Bow Retakes

Jingle Bells Stomp in verse  and pizz on D

So what were the highlights. 'My favourite was Irelands Call'  'I liked when Ms Keating played with us' 'Rock You was cool'  'Roisin was terrific' were some of the comments I heard.  I would add that I liked it when everyone joined in the singing. Well done to the announcers and leaders ( Isobel, Simone,Adriana and Maryam)  I am so pleased and proud of all my students. 

See you all in 2014 for the next level .

Check back here for some pictures when I have them to hand. 

Rehearsal

Concert 11.30 in Hall



We had the first of our rehearsal today for our concert next week.  We were joined by Ms Tobin on piano. Here is our final programme.  Concert will be at 11.30 in the Hall We will perform in this order

Leaders Isobel, Simone, Maryam , Andrea , Chanice

Cellos  Drums  Mary et al

Ms Nolan 

Music Rap
Toreadors March pizz


Twinkle Twinkle     One line intro on piano
   featuring Roisin  as Soloist   Ist time solo with piano
                                                 2nd time with class rhythm on D
                                                 3rd time same repeat with words


Away in a Manger    2 verses     Rhthym Way in  pizz

 G G G D
D G G D
G G G D
D G G G


O Christmas Tree  arco  G G D G    Down Bow Retakes
                                       G G D G
                                        G A DG
                                        G G D G
Jingle Bells  One Line intro   Bally gunner Ardkeen rhythm Stompy feet  in verse

Ms Fitzgerald
Vivaldi in G
Wintertime in Russia
Good King Wenceslas
Rock You

Ms Keating 

1 Toreador's March

2 Mo Gile Mear  

        Green Squares G / Blue and orange squares D

3 Dawning of the Day D D zz A A

4 Reel    A A B B           Rhythm  Bally zz
A A B B   pizz quavers   D D
           Pick up bows

Ms Bourke 

1 Foxtrot
2 Mary Had a Baby  x 3
3 We Three Kings First finger on D  CHorus  oOpen G  Rhythm We Three Kings
3 Ode to Joy
4 Ireland's Call Backing Track

I will visit all 4 classes for a briefing before 11.00