Spring term concludes

Can you name all the instruments in this video.


Research assignment 4th class Who was Stravinsky

Composer Stravinsky Find out more on link below


http://cdn.classical-music.com/sites/default/files/uploads/25/tenbannerstravinsky1.jpg

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Draft Concert programme

Programme  3^rd Class

1 Story   Three Billy Goats Gruff/ Three Little Pigs

2 Foxtrot open string pizz 

3 First finger riff  O Sinner man

4 Jig or reel  rhythm   Two groups one on Beat   Dancer

5 Rap

6 D Scale Wintertime in Russia

Story  Three Little Pigs

1 Vivaldi in G

2 Toreadors March

3 Drunken Sailor

4Open string rhythm Wintertime in Russia

5Irelands Call  D and A

6 Rock You

7Rap

4^th Class  1

Open string rhythm  Bow River

Polkas Terry Teehans /ScartaglenJohn RYans   Upside down rhythm

Twinkle to polka rhythm

Trasna na dtonnta with chords

Aon Do Muc is Bó Scale

Reel  Kilfenora Ceili Dancer
March
Slip Jig  Dilin o Dilin o Dilin o  Rocky Road

 4^th Class 2

Open string tune I stop and You stop

Open string crossing to rhythm

Twinkle to Tango rhythm

Tango

Nead na Lacahn s sa Mhuta

 Sharks Out Eagles Flying

Blues

Beguine

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Seachatain na Gaeilge week 2

Maith an Cailin

 4th class

Amhran agus Deamhsa  Ostinatos

Reel  Kilfenora Ceili Dancer 
March 
Slip Jig  Dilin o Dilin o Dilin o  Rocky Road 
Polkas  Scale and Double Stopping 

Trasna na dtonnta  adding harmony to melody Chords

Play Your Name

Sight Reading: Notes on D string

3rd Class
String Crossing
March
Bravo Holly Reel

Liane's James Galway Facts : Famous flute player from in Belfast
                                                Went to London to study in his teens
                                                Played in the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Herbert von Karajan
                                                Invited to play with rock group Pink Floyd Potsdamer Platz
                                                He is 75 yewars old and lives in Lucerne when he is not travelling the                                                    world playing
                                                He launched First Flute an online teraching website
                                                1997 Musical America named hime musician of the year
                                               

Seachtain na Gaeilge

Is é Seachtain na Gaeilge 


Today's class was all about Irish Music

Amhráin agus Deamhsa  Singing and Dancing

Uirlisí Ceoil:  Musical Instruments  Uilleann pipes , Harp, Flute, Fiddle, Accordion, Concertina, Guitar, Mandolin,


Listen to the Speks of Glasses Island singing Dilin o Deamhas  here http://thespeks.bandcamp.com/track/dil-n


Listen to the tune of Nead na Lachan here  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhNv0FmCrQI

 

Here are the rhythms we played today


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

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

New   Slipjig   9 tip toe beats    The tune Nead na Lachan is a slip jig

     Fonn Mall   Slow Air

     Port Béal     Lilting

Recognise the fiddle player?

Listen to one of the most famous céilí bands in the world in the clip. They are from Kilfenora in County Clare

  Which one of these two rhythms  fits a jig 

Storytime Pigs Goats and Firebird Lesson 6

3rd class made a start on sound effects for stories today.

Tremelo, Pizzicato,  Bow behind bridge,  Glissando up and down, Roll over Bows ,

Col legno (play with the back of the bow-the wood)

Three Billy Goats Gruff  and Three Little Pigs 
 
Glissando   Put your first finger on the bottom of the string and slide it up the string

Violin   Sound Effects

1Down Retakes       2Up Bow Retakes

3Tremelo   on strings 1, 2 3,4

4Strum   Forward

5Knocking on wood  

6Pizz       descending    rain   EADG

7Pizz ascending  GDAE

8Rock and Roll  bow over all 4 strings

9Bow behind bridge   for squealing

10 wolf theme on Double bass  bowing fast A E A E A E A E tremolo on A  off

11 First Finger glissando
12 Col legno with the wood 

4th Class

Ms O S
Chord Major / Minor   Gm  D   C
C string on cellp
Tango  I stop and You Stop  La Cumparsita
Scale Aon Do Muc is Bo .......


Mrs Wilmott
Eagles flying  First tune on E string


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Listening Stravinsky  Firebird Listen to the piece here
 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/tv/tenpieces/stravinsky.mp3

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/1K8WMY8wsxB6q3hg7pJ8g4c/igor-stravinsky

Lesson 4

4th Class

Simultaneous Rhythms  Matching words to rhythms

Scale on D

Theory Note on Stave  D String


Listening

Time Line Handel

Black Dyke Band


I couldn't find a clip of Triumph of Time . Here is another modern piece played by the band .
The Black Dyke Band played in Waterford in October last and brass band members came from all around the country to hear them

3rd Class

Old McDonald

3rd finger on D

Structure Ode to Joy   A A1 B A1  String crossing and tremelo

Listening 

Lesson 3

http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/tv/tenpieces/grieg.mp3

BBC Ten pieces guide to Grieg In the Hall of the Mountain King Click here for guide

What was this piece composed for

Where was Grieg from

When was Grieg living

Can you find out some more about Peer Gynt

4th class

Ms O S
E and G   Engine Engine and Rain Rain
New Rhythms
String Crossing
Scales

Aon Do Muc is Bo
Tri Ceathair Mala Leathair
Cuig Se Cupan Te
Seacht Ocht Teidi Bocht
naoi deich ciste te

3rd class
3rd finger down on  D string to make G
Old McDonald
Quack Quack here Quack Quack there Hera a quack there a quack everywhere  q quack quack
String crossing D to A
Ms Freyne   Harmony Codail a Storin

Lesson 2 Term 2

4th class

  Lines and Spaces The Grand Stave    Treble Clef and Bass Clef
Freeze Game

Notes E and G on D string

Engine Engine No 9
Rain Rain Go Away
Scale all the way  D to D'
Blues

 

3rd Class

More 6 8 rhythms

 Listening : Handel Music for the Royal Fireworks La Rojouissance

Tempo ( Fast or Slow) /Metre  (groups of 3 or 4)  / Instruments (small ensemble or large orchestra)

Timeline: 1500   1600  1700   1800  1900  2000

When was Handel writing . Where on the timeline will we place him?
Learn more about Handel here http://www.classicsforkids.com/composers/bio.asp?id=26