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

Presto Finale 2016

In a week when the Taoiseach announced intentions to launch initiatives to make instrument tuition available to every student, every child in 4th class had the opportunity to  learn the basics of playing the violin.

The After SchoolClass had an outing to perform at the Waterford Health Park

Presentation School proudly presents

The Presto Ensembles 2016  

  The Burke and Fitzgerald   Ensembles with the Presto Trio

A matinée recital at the Hall on Tuesday 6^th December 1.15pm  The Fitzgerald and Burke ensembles present some of the repertoire we have worked during the term

 

Fitzgerald Ensemble 
Vivaldi in G

Wintertime in Russia

Scaley Monkey D

Three Little Pigs with special string siound effects   Toreadors’ March/ Wolf’s Out

Ireland’s Call

 

Presto Trio Twinkle Twinkle  Ode to Joy French Folk Song  Silent Night

Burke Ensemble

Foxtrot

Carnival in Rio on A

Sea Shanty

 

A Story: The Three Billy Goats Gruff with special string sound effects

 

One Down Blues   

Beguine Samba

 

The concert concludes a ten week module where every 4^th class student participated in a rudimentary violin programme.  It is proposed to run a low cost after school class as an option for interested students beginning in the new term. Violins will be available on loan and a limited number of places will be available. Contact Ms Angela Tobin for further details.

 

Ms Angela Tobin  Music coordinator Presentation School

email info@presntationprimarywaterford.ie

 

Cathy Desmond     Specialist string teacher BA Hdip LTCL 

email cdstringschool@gmail.com

 

 

The Carnival of the Animals

The Swan 

The swan can swim while sitting down, For pure conceit he takes the crown, He looks in the mirror over and ovea, And claims to have never heard of Pavlova.  A short ballet, The Dying Swan, was choreographed in 1905 by Mikhail Fokine to this movement and performed by Anna Pavlova. Pavlova gave some 4,000 performances of the dance and "swept the world"

Click on the link to read and hear more about The Carnival of the Animals



http://www.welbourneprimary.com/Links/Music/Saintsaens/Carnivalofanimals.htm#Lions

First finger riff
Down Bow Retakes

Learning to be a conductor   3 beats in a bar

3 Fingers down on D String

Rhythm Ballybricken Ballygunner

Away We Go: Rest and Play 2016

  Elements Lesson 1  Here is what we did on our first day.


Rest and Play Position

RHYTHM Rhythm Has Your Two Hips Moving Wintertime in Russia  Using our Bows

Playing Pizzicato

How Many Letters in Musical Alphabet We used our Boom Whackers to work it out

Names of Strings   Greedy Dinosaurs Ate Everything

Pizz on G   Track 1 Vivaldi in G  Pitch Low / High

Pizz on D and A   Foxtrot  Ms Burke   D D D_   A A A_  Repeat  DDD_ DDD_ AAA_ AAD sh

Meet the Family The Double Bass



No time to listen to our featured composer. Can you find out some facts about Vivaldi  Try this link http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp?id=79

Vivaldi Winter from Rachelle Steinberg on Vimeo.