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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Thank you

Cathy Desmond

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

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

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