Theme and Variation 10

Welcome to Ms Ryan to the programme today.

Glissando 

All classes worked on a variation of Twinkle Twinkle based on Winter time in Rus sia rhythm

Ms Morgan's class played a scale all the way from low D to high D

We made a start on the sound effect stories

Ms Bourke: Three Little Pigs

Ms Ryan: Jack and the Beanstalk

Ms Morgan: Three Billy Goats Gruff

 Variation on a theme : Playing a tune a different way .  Today we used a different rhythm

Link to Twinkle Variation

Here, There and Everywhere 9

Sunshine in the Presto Garden

Programme today

4th class 

Rhythm only section Old McDonald

Two halves 

Old McDonald had a Farm EIEIO etc 

Scale on D

Twinkle Twinkle

3rd Class 

Caylin Clair de La Lune 

Jane Hot Cross Buns 

D D   A  A     B  B    A_  
0  0     0 0       1  1     0 
G G   F# F#   E  E    D _ 
3   3    2  2     1    1     0

Line 2 

A A   G G   F# F#  E_
0  0    3  3    2   2    1
A A   G G   F# F#  E_
0  0    3 3      2  2    1_

DD    A A   B B   A _
G G  F# F# E  E   D_

  

Hot Cross Buns 

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Jigs and Reels and Remembering Riverdance 8

Bill Whelan @ShivnaBill

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It was 20 years ago today.... that we first recorded Riverdance in Windmill Lane. Fond memories of all those involved

3:29 PM - 3 Mar 2014

Is é Seachtain na Gaeilge. Bhi go leor mar gheall ar ceol damhsa ar an chláir inniu. Tá suim sa ceol Gaelach ar fud an domhain. Riverdance , a theatre show based on Irish traditional dance has been touring the world for 20 years and has been seen and loved by millions all over the world. The show grew from a a six minute interval act in an international song competition. Dublin was hosting the competition that year. You can see for yourself what made us so excited Here is interval act from the 1994 in the clip below. The best bit I think is when the two solo dancers are joined by the full company of dancers about 4 and 1/2 minutes in . The dancers feet in hard dancing shoes made a great percussion sound
Special thank you to the dancers Jody, Aisling, Jane for demonstrating the dance steps.

Here are the rhythms we played today

Port - Jig 6/8 The Irish Washerwoman Wriggleys chewing gum

Ríl -Reel 4 beats in a bar. McLeod's Reel Kilfenora Cei-li Dan-cer

Polka John Ryan's Polka     1  2   1 skip rhythm

Hornpipe- 4 beats like a reel but slower tempo

Heartbeat rhythm (dotted rhythm) Cornpíopa Off to California

I enjoyed my visit as a guest to 6th class today for more dancing and playing.
at the same time. Buíochas díobh go léir.

Which rhythm suits a jig best

http://www.thespeks.com/index.php  Check out The Speks of Glasses Island for more songs and Irish music

More Bow and Twinkle properly 7

Programme today

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Both 4th classes did a lot of work on this today

Rhythm only   Snowflake (Down) and floating balloon (up) bows on the long notes.

Longer bows need to be slower

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

Nice Bow Hand

  Today was  a very exciting day as  three classes moved on to our new tune , Twinkle Twinkle. 3rd class experimented with a new river.
We had lots of fun with the tremelo game
Line 1
D D   A  A     B  B    A_  
0  0     0 0       1  1     0 
G G   F# F#   E  E    D _ 
3   3    2  2     1    1     0

Line 2 

A A   G G   F# F#  E_     Roisin / Teacher 
0  0    3  3    2   2    1
A A   G G   F# F#  E_
0  0    3 3      2  2    1_

DD    A A   B B   A _
G G  F# F# E  E   D _ 

Revision Toreadors  March

Special effects: Rock and Roll bows  Roll your bow over all four strings

Ms Moran's class

New rhythm  Bow River  Bow(Long)  and Hic-cup  bows
Jane Hot Cross Buns  pizzicato 

Scales and String Crossing 6

Yes- That is sunshine making a rare appearance in the classroom today .

Today we started with a string crossing exercise.

Scale on A and Scale on D (4th class)

Scale on D (3rd Class)

Rhythm 1  Winter time in Russia 2 tempos Andante and Presto

Glissandos

4th class Harmony Notes Chords 

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