Look One Hand and side stepping out

Ms Mcmahons' class get to grips with the bow

Today we learned how to put our violins in playing position using just  one hand .
We  worked on our bow hands first with pencil . Then we moved on  tummy grip bow hand  and shadow bowing finally before putting our bows on the A string to bow Rus-sia  and Rock You

Remember
1 Bend your thumb and
2 Fingers well over
3 Little finger in the circle

Afternoon classes learned how to do a scary tremelo . (Make your bow shiver on the the string.)

Programme
Wintertime in Russia   
Rock You  on open A
Foxtrot  with side step

Adam in MsMcahon's class made a great leader . Well done.

Coordinates  All places had a letter and number . Can you remember what your coordinate was eg A6 

Next week guest instrument VIOLA

Mr David  McInerney a visiting teacher came to see the project today

Blue Danube Day

Here was our programme for today

Finger drills

Foxtrot
Bow Hold with pencil
Wintertime in Russia   bowing with pencil  Russ-ia 

I played a waltz by Johann Strauss  named after a very famous river in Austria . Can you find out what the name is?

Well done to my leaders Daniel , Jack and Anna Oisin today. 

Here are the notes for Foxtrot

DDD_  AAA_  DDD_ AAA_
DDD_  DDD_  AAA_ AADsh 

Pizzicato Polka Day

Pizz Perfect

Today we got off to a flying start at Ennis NS. We moved to room 12 . All three classes remembered rest and playing positions very well. We played pizzicato on three strings G , D and A . Remember

1. Butterfly feet
2. Violin up on your left shoulder under your chin . No shoulder seams

We had a closer look at the trumpet . We played a march from  the Ennis Brass Band  cd

1 Can you name another brass instrument.
2 How does the brass player 'make' the notes . He uses l__ _  p_ _ _ _ _ _ _  and v_ _ _ _ s
3 What is the highest pitched brass instrument .

Remember the Ennis Brass Band are recruiting this week at Ennis Community College from 7pm Thursday .
This is a great way to play join in an ensemble . Thanks to Ms Tiernan for bringing in her uniform to show us.

Mr Foley cellist

Fina

Rest position

lly  thanks to my great assistant today Mr Jack Foley. The name of the piece we played was the Pizzicato Polka . It was by Johann Strauss. Can you find out some more about him . Where was he from. When was he composing. Name another famous piece by this composer.  Try this website http://www 

.classicsforkids.com/

Welcome to the Swinging Strings

Welcome to Week 1 of the Swinging Strings to

Mr Blake's class
Mr Corry's class
Mr McMahon's class


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Roadie brings in the violins

Waiting for the players

Mr Foley the cello player