Trumpets, Cornets and Clarinets in Jig Time



Dan Demonstrates the Trumpet


oday our special guest was a  former member  of Ennis Brass Band .  Daniel Foley brought a trumpet and a clarinet and showed  us how they were played . We  talked about the woodwind and brass family of instruments.  He also spoke about being a band member and what sort of events they played at .  He played a fanfare on trumpet and a groovy clarinet piece.  Here is a quick quiz on some of the points today

1.The ______________ is the highest pitched brass instrument in the orchestra
2. Brass instruments use _ _ _ Pressure and  V__ _ _ _ _ _  to make different notes
3 Why is the trompbone different to other brass instruments .
4 Oboes and clarinets  and bassoons are known as  r_ _ _  instruments
5  The S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _  resembles the Clarinet in the way it is played
6   There are _ small beats in a Jig

Echo Twinkle
1All classes worked on Twinkle . The notes are on last week's post

2We also worked on Blues .  Notes on blogpost

3 Finally Mr Blakes classed learned how to play triplets which will come in handy to play jigs
    rasp-ber-ry straw-ber-ry   1 2 3 4 5 6     tip toe beat = quaver beat
   

Ms Spring's class: Patrick
Mr Corry's class : Mr Corry  
Mr Blake's class : Bradley
 These students  worked very hard to day and made good progess . Keep it up !

Practice Mentors  Ms Larkin , Ms Odea 
This week work on Twinkle and Blues.  Friday is practice day !

You can  find out more information on the  band at www.ennisbrassband.com