Farewell Cello Performance

Today we bid adieu to Ms Miller

We marked the occasion with an in house performance by 3/4  of three of our ensemble pieces.

We began with Drunken Sailor using our first finger riff.  Next we played a new piece , Daisy , Daisy with Cian and Jordan taking the melody

Finally we played Shetland Song , repeating the first finger riff.

Chord: Two or more Notes played together

5th/6th  class listened to major and minor chords


Chord  two or more notes played together. Most chords have three notes. 


 A  B  C#  D  E  F# G  A  B  C  D    Chord of D is D F#A 
             1    3    5           Chord  of A is A C# E

Here, There and Everywhere

Programme today

Rhythm Only Old McDonald   Two groups

Finger gym exercises.

Three fingers on D new note G
First Finger Riff  Drunken Sailor
Scale on D

Polka Rhythm Ta Ta Ta-aa  DDD EEE F#FF GGG

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Remembering Riverdance

It was 20 years ago today.... that we first recorded Riverdance in Windmill Lane. Fond memories of all those involved pic.twitter.com/tUwWUKER0q
— Bill Whelan (@ShivnaBill) March 3, 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.  Here is what Mrs Long  had to say to the class about those golden TV moments  ' I remember watching the Eurovision when I was just a little girl and I got goosebumps looking at Riverdance. I remember it so well'  You can see for yourself what made Mrs Long and myself 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 Mrs Long for demonstrating the dance steps.

Here are the rhythms we played today

Port - Jig   6/8The 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     12 1 skip rhythm
Hornpipe-  4 beats like a reel but slower tempo
                   Heartbeat rhythm (dotted rhythm) Cornpíopa  Off to California

5th & 6th Class  Dingle Regatta  This type of jig is called a slide Hey Ho Fid-dle dee dee

New bowing technique  Double Stopping Playing two strings at the same time

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

Duets and Balloon Bows

Duet 

Duet Ms Miller and Cian 

Mango Walk Calypso Rhythm  Song from Jamaica
Daisy Daisy     3 beats in each bar       Class pizz on G/D
Pizzicato Polka Conducting Down Up  two beats in each bar  p/ f tempo changes
Brahms Lullaby Gentle song to send babies to sleep    p
                                       Bravo Cian and Ms Miller! 

New today Balloon Bows  ( Down Bow Retakes)
Irelands Call Flag waving Retakes and Tremelo

1st finger riff  Shetland Song
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6th class  (5th absent)

1 Balloon Bows on D and A .   Ode to Joy

Joyful,joyful lift your voices
All creation everywhere.
Hearts and hands‘cross sea and land
Come join us in our fervent prayer.

Every land and every nation
Strong and mighty, meek and mild
Help to build a world of peace 
For every woman man and child

2 Wintertime in Russia Presto and Andante

3 First finger riff - Shetland Song







4 Samba rhythm

5th class absent today

Research the history of the violin . Try this link

http://www.ducksters.com/musicforkids/violin_history.php

Quavers and Tremolos

Both classes worked on a new bowing effect -Tremolo

New rhythm  Kil-fen-or-a Cei-li Dan=cer   8 syllables / 8 quavers

New 1 finger down tunes 3rd Sharks Out, 4th Blues

Kilfenora Ceili Dancers 

2  New Rhythm  Kilfenora ceili Dancer   8 small tiptoe beats Track 6

8 Quavers 

Quavers not to be confused with 

Sports Day

Sports Day Two Anthems

. Here is what we did today.

     

1 Shoulder hold.   Putting our violins in rest position we used our left hand on the underneath shoulder to put our violins in play position.

      

2. Balloon Bows to Irelands Call .  We use Down Bow retakes on D for this popular rugby song. we added some flag waving and some tremelo for a bit of added spice .

   

   3. Toreadors March  Another D and A tune . We learned how to read these notes on the stave . The notes are below. Are the notes on lines or spaces?   

     

Oops ! What is wrong here 

 4.  Rocket bows this  week  (tip first and knuckles  pointing skwards)

5 First finger riff 

That's better

Rabbits and Snails

Bowhold
Today we practiced holding our violins in rest and play positions . We used We played pizzicato  on G,  D  and A  strings 

**New today**  Carrot pencils and bunny rabbit hands. Using our right hands  and pencils we practiced making snail shapes and bunny rabbit hands before biting down on our carrot pencils.

            Things to remember  Bend your thumb
            Fingers well over the pencil to make those bunny rabbit teeth

See the video by star violinist Tasmin Little on how to hold a bow

New Today  Our First Rhythm Win ter Time In  Rus -Sia


We learned a two note tune Foxtrot

and how to read the notes D and A on the 5 line stave 

V  V  l  l  


Rhapsody in Blue is a brilliant piece for piano and orchestra. It is by composer George Gershwin and uses jazz style melodies.  Click on the link beside the cartoon of Gershwin  to see Walt Disney's brilliant animation for the piece .  You can hear it in Waterford on Saturday night at Christchurch Cathedral. 

Fantasia 2000 - Rhapsody in Blue