With a Song in our Hearts

I am  looking forward to visiting Newtown next week to begin working on some songs. Here is a draft programme and some preview videos. The repertoire includes a mix if folk songs, Irish  and English , songs from musical theatre and art songs

Group 1 Classes 1-3           



Drunken Sailor with riffs trad
Over My Head Gospel
Teddy Bear Rock and Roll
Ceol ars an Asal 
The Crocodile  Peter Jenkyns

Group 2 Classes 4-6
A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes from Cinderella   Grade 1 ABRSM
The Frog  Nina Perry
Siyahamba  trad African
Amhran na BhFiann / Irelands Call Phil Coulter
Count on Me Bruno Marz       

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBp2DHSEZXc  Karaoke version

Infants

Songs and chants based on Three Little Pigs

Trotting Down the road ,
Trotting down the road                        Tune Plainey Mrs Brown
Three Little Pigs on a big adventure,
Trotting down the road.

Have you any straw (Sticks, bricks) for sale ,    Tune Muffin Man
straw for sale , straw for sale
Have you any straw for sale
To build my house this morning

Hot Cross Buns
Tapping Song
Engine Engine Number NIne
This Old Man
Row Row Row Your Boat

Recorder Recital : Trouble At Treble Island

Trouble at Treble Island                            

B Groovy tribe .

B Really Groovy Tribe.

Music has a Steady Beat Musical sentences   Butterflys,  Alligators, Goblins, Donkeys Elephants
Bird Sounds Cuckoo GE GE  Owls and trills ~~   

Stripy Cat Crawl  
Old McDonald

Percussion interlude.  Ocean Drum

 Clair de la Lune  

Frere Jacque      

Joe Joe  

What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor 

Hot Cross Buns   

Who’s That Yonder  

Engine no 9 

Finale Jingle Bell Rock .

Visit  dedicated web page www.musicatnjs.blogspot.com  for weekly updates on classes

Visiting tutor Cathy Desmond : www.cathydesmondstringschool.com

Full Text of Treble Island Here 

 End of Term Report Dec 




Standing Ovation from our audience today

So Many Thank You Cards: Thank You everybody

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Rehearsal Trouble at Treble Island

Click here for full text of Treble Island  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fSdqe6AaQBLiEUeuE1QJyunldQ3eBtoW0_GE4FSYqXY/edit?usp=sharing

Dress Rehearsal 10 am Monday at Meeting House
Concert 11.30 am

New tune today uses all five notes

Group Tutorials

Red Kettle visited the Meeting Room today. It was such fun. We are looking forward to putting on a show too in two weeks time

More on Treble Island next week.

BAG notes secure . More practice needed  getting the low D and low E

Make Sure you can blow all 5 notes clearly . BAG are easier than E and low D

Tonguing Don't forget, in order to make the notes properly  say Du or tut into your recorder-- not hah hah hah . We are working on Task List 7 / You can print off a copy here.

THE SNOWMAN in WATERFORD

Boys and Girls   You can hear a live orchestra in our very own Theatre Royal on Sunday as they play the lovely music by Howard Blake to the story of The Snowman. Check with the Theatre for bookings  Showtimes 1pm and 3pm
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NJS Recorder Task List 7
NJS Lyrics

Lesson 7: Hunting Horns Note Skipping

No new notes today.
Well done Hannah for super sentences based on Butterfly, alligator, goat, elephant, donkey

Illustration from BBC Ten Pieces Mozart Horn Concerto No 4

Listen to the piece here
 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/tv/tenpieces/mozart.mp3

More information here  on Mozart Horn Concerto
http://bristolcdn.s3.amazonaws.com/bbcmusic/Ten%20Pieces%20PDFS/2.%20Mozart.pdf

*****New Song 

Who's that yonder 
Who's that yonder dressed in red
Must be the children that old Moses led
Who's that yonder dressed in white
Must be the children of the Israelite 

 NJS Worksheet 7

Varying the tempo  Allegro Presto   Moderato Andante  Largo Adagio

1 Bill Was A Bandit Big Bad and Bold ….

     All thro’ April Rain Rain Wind and Rain

          Gilbert Goblin gob-led up a goat

                     Donkeys dither in the noon day sun

                               Elelphants Walk with an aw-ful bump

2  BAG Tunes  Hot Cross Buns    BAG_ BAG_ ggggaaaa  BAG_

                         Clair de Lune  GGGA B_ A_ GBAA G_ _  _

                         Joe Joe  see  NJS Task List 6

                        Merrily We Roll Along     BAGA BBB_ AAA_ BBB_ 

                                                                    BAGA BBBB AABA G_ _ _

         Skipping a  Note Exercise BGB_  BGB_   

                     Who’s That Yonder?  BGBG BGB z B bbbaga BAG_

3   Frere Jacque Part 1  GABA     x4

                              Part 4  GDG_ GDG_  x4

4  Engine Song  ggeeggE  x4  Choo Choo  Try this at different speeds

              Fast – allegro   slow largo  medium –andante

5 Elephants E_ _     G_ _   E_ _   G_ _   ABA    GAG    E_ E G _ _

                      1-2-3 

                      Hump Wump Hump Wump  elephants walk with an awful bump

 6 10 pieces Horn Concerto Mozart

A How many times does the main tune come round

B Concerto Can you find out what a ‘concerto’ is

C How many brass instruments can you name ______________________________________

D The music changes from major to minor after a 1.20 How does the mood change?

Lesson 6 New Note D

Below are the practice tips for this week.

(Note  Stripy Cat Crawl on the agenda for next week. )

  ***New Note Low D     Can you play all five notes start with B  B A G    E D

                                                                                            1 2 3    2 3    
       

Double Bass Notes  Elephant Alligator Donkey Goat  

 Tick when you can

Play all 5 notes clearly –aim for a strong clear sound

Make up a sentence with these words
               Butterfly , alligator, goblin, elephant, donkey

Eg I saw a butter-fly on the win-dow pane Play each sentence on the appropriate note

   El-e-phants walk with an awful bump

Now play all your sentences one after another

BAG Tunes 1Play  Hot Cross Buns nice and smoothly  BAG_BAG_gggg aaaa BAG_

                    2 Play part 1 Frere Jacque   GABA

                    3 Play  Clair de la lune G G G A B_A_G B A A G_ _ _

                4 Joe Joe    G G aa A     bb aa gg G

                 bbbb aaA   bb aa gg G

                 aa gg bbA  bb aa  gg G

               5 Merrily we row BAGA BBB_  AAA_  BBB_

                                               BAGA BBBB AABA  G_ _ _

Bird sounds Make a sound like a cuckoo  G E GE GE

                      Make a trill sound  Try different fingers which is easiest?

Train Song ggee ggE ggee ggE  x 2 practice some choo choo sound s

Sight Reading Stripy Cat Crawl two notes**

Listening Piece Dance Macabre by Saint Saens Find out more about this composer .  www.classicsforkids.com Think of spooky skeleton sounds

Can you pick out a rhythm What conducting pattern would you use 2, 3 or 4

Double Bass Leon Sorcha 

Lesson 5 Boats and Trains

3 Note BAG Tunes

Hot Cross Buns

B A G_ BAG_ ggggaaaa BA G_

Joe Joe  Question and Answer

Frere Jacque   GABG

 New Note E


Songs Drunken Sailor   Riff  AAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGAAAAAAAAGGGGA_A_



Engine Engine No 9
Sing Clap Play