Welcome To the Swinging Strings Blog

The Swinging Strings Project would like to welcome pupils, parents and all interested parties to our website. This blog tracks the progress of 80+ children (and their teachers!) as they learn the violin. It is intended to act as a resource for the pupils as they progress and act as an information point for parents, teachers etc.

The project is delivered on an inclusive basis and links to the Irish Primary Music Curriculum. This means that ALL students particpate irrespective of musical backgrounds. It is believed that it is the one of biggest inclusive projects of its kind in the country. Have a look around and learn all about our violin project. Our cover photo was taken by award winning press photographer, John Kelly.
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Cathy Desmond

Friday, October 29, 2010

Swinging Strings at Ennis National School Week 3

Swinging Strings at Ennis National School Week 3
It was a very important day today as we learned how to hold our bows. We played shadow bowing to Down Up to Queen’s We Will Rock You

We listened to the March of the Toreadors from the opera Carmen by Bizet and the we played along to the music using our D and A strings. We learned how to play pizzicato quavers to Old Mac Donald

Mr McInerney popped in to hear Mr Blake’s class and said they sounded terrific.

Bravo tutti!

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