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

Away We Go: Rest and Play Lesson one at NJS

Greedy Dinosaurs Ate Everything

We had a very exciting day at the Friends Meeting House  as all the students in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th classes began the new NJS String  programme .    Well done to the classes of  and Misses Miller, Long and  Connors. Super attention and concentration in the first class today!

We learned how to hold the violin in rest and play position .

*We  met three members of the bowed string family.  can you remember what they were  ( violin, C_ _ _ _  and  Viol_ ) ?

*We learned about low pitched and high pitch . What  is the lowest pitched string  on the violin. ?

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We played pizzicato ( plucking the string on  lowest string G to a piece by Vivaldi )

We played pizz on D and A to a blues track 

*We learned the names of all four violin strings (see above)

*We practiced a bow . 

BRAVO TUTTI !

New words 

Pizzicato - Italian for to pluck string

piano -play softly 

forte- play loudly     

pitch -whether a note is high or low. 

More about Vivaldi here on this link 

Viol  Can you spot any differences between a viol and a violin 

Strings to Newtown

Announcing the commencement of a new education initiative for Newtown Junior School.

Next week all students in 3rd , 4th , 5th and 6th class are to start their adventure with strings.


Watch this space for updates!