After some revision of open string tunes , it was on to first finger down on D string to revise new note E . Ms Spring's class and Mr Blake's class went on to put 1 23 down on D string . We had some fun with Old MacDonald . We split into Blue and Brown squares and took turns to play and sing .
Mr Corry's class took the next step in bowing , non stop quavers . No stopping ye now!
We played a game with musical cards . Here is a sample of four . Tempo; Arco : Pizz. : Waltz
( Play with bow) (Speed of music ) (Pluck string ) (Dance in 3 time)
Well done to our leaders today Maeve, Leah and Patrick who lead our ensembles today. Ms Spring's students Cadhla and Sarah were highly commended for effort today. A special thank you to Shauna , Aoife and Leah for acting as practice mentors this week. Great. Well done girls . Ye did a great job!
Check out our two new clips. Vladimir Jablokov who sends his best wishes to Swinging Strings following his brilliant gig at Dolan's Limerick plays his Bond/Mozart mix on the LateLate Show and a clip from the movie by composer James Barry
Quiz next week on the website clips .
Some questions
1 In one word describe how Vladimir Jablokov is using his bow at the opening.
What instrument from the wind family also features in the clip?
2 Now You Has Jazz Clip 1 How many instruments can you identify in the clip ?
3. Complete the sentence The Jaws theme is based on a S_ __ _ _ _ _ _
4 What is a Toreador . The Toreadors song come from the opera __ _ _ _ _ _
5 In The Kerry Dances with fiddle players Stephane Grapelli and Frankie Gavin ;
Describe how the tempo changes when the second fiddle player Frankie Gavin joins in . _____________________________________________________
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