Monday, 7 April 2014

Telling Stories

Three Billy Goats Gr\uff

Trip Trap Trip Trap x3 Col Legno

Trip          Trap       Trip       Trap
Left           rt           Lt           Rt

Down      Up          Down      Up 

Down                    Down                Down                   Down

Tremelo Trolll

Glissando   Up      Up in the air  

Glissando Down    Down in the river

Splash                  Up bow

Rock and Roll Bows   happy sound   after sweey green grass


5th 6th class   Three little Pigs 

Tuesday, 1 April 2014

Telling Stories Music Marathon

Welcoming Mrs McSweeney to the project this week

Music Marathon  Programme  below

3/4
Foxtrot
Toreadors March
Vivaldi in G
Wintertime in Russia Fast /Slow
Crosss Lake Blues
Scale on D
Irelands Call
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   5th 6th

Telling a story
Three Little pigs

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

The three little pigs
Bows down 
1 Once there were three little pigs .  (Garry ,   solo pause   watch for signal  two beats  (pizz on G  2Danny solo    Pause)   cue two counts D  pause and Arnie solo  pause   ) A
3Time came for them to leave home and make their own home.   They were so sad to  be leaving home they played the KBlues  before they left  First finger riff
4The first little pig Garry found a nice spot on the Lissycasey Road   and began building  his house of straw  pizz ascending  wait for   12 counts  GGGG DDDD AAAA EEEE  (Add row by row    Watch for cut off )
5When he finished he sat down and admired his new house .  Rock and Roll**  
6But look who is this coming up to Gary’s door. It’s a wicked wolf semitone theme
7  Then there were three knocks on the door    Cue ¾ (Knock Knock Knock )
‘Who’s there’ .   Mr wolf  
Little pig Let me come in ………’Not by the hair on my chinny  chin  chin’
8 So the wolf huffed  follow leader  (tremolo on G  he puffed (tremolo on D and he blew the house down    (down arpeggio   EADG together    plus bass pizz G D)

9 The second little pig gathered some wood , got out his hammer and nails and began building his house of timber    (Kilfenora Ceili Dancer     Arco assigned a string each row GGGGGGGG DDDDDDDD AAAAAAAA EEEEEEEE

10 Very soon the house was ready and the little pig sat down admire his work  Rock and roll but 
11who is this coming up to his front door  semitone theme  
12( Knock knock knock)  Guess who ! 
13 Guess who ? ( Wolf Theme ) Little pig let me come in      Not by……..
14  ( So he huffed    G  tremolo   and puffed  D tremolo   
15and blew the house of stix in    arpeggio descending off and bass pizz).

16 The last pig took his time . He decided to bulid his house of bricks . When he had got all his supplies he  slowly  began to build his house of bricks

17  Pause down bow retakes     slow  G     G     G   G etc DD D D A AAA E E E E

18 And at last he sat down to look at his lovely house  Rock and roll  but whats this !
19Guess who is rowing across the lake  semitone theme  .
20 The little pig ran Into the house with him and     he shut the door  slap on wood .   (

21The water was choppy and the wolf’s boat rolled about in the water rock and Roll

 22It began to rain Pizz EADG rpeat  but eventually the soggy wolf arrived at the little pigs door Knock knock knock

. Little pig little pig let ,me come in  Not   by hair ………….

23 So he huffed tremolo  G
24 He puffed  tremolo  D  

25And he huffed    ####### G again
26He puffed      #######   D gradually slow down  but he couldn’t blow the house down
27 he looked for another way in   First finger gliss up  on Dhe climbed up the chimney 

28 But quick as a flash  he little put a match to the fire   34   Up bow retake

29 The flames  grew higher  Gliss on D A E
30  The wolfs cries grew louder    Bow behind bridge Tremelo on E  Watch for cut off  Bass Pizz on A E
Down into the pot Gliss down and Splash  Up bow 
That was the end of the big bad wolf and the little pigs had a party before going back to work to rebuild their houses
Twinkle Twinkle  Echo Twinkle with Band

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Monday, 24 March 2014

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

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

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

Monday, 3 March 2014

Seachtain na Gaeilge: Remembering Riverdance





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

Tuesday, 25 February 2014

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






Monday, 17 February 2014

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