Swinging Strings: Scary ghouls and tremelos

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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Scary ghouls and tremelos

Room 12 at Ennis NS was a scary place to be today. When the door opened an assorted collection of witches and ghouls with the occasional super hero. trooped in for violin class. There was no let up in the violin programme. All classes moved on to string crossing today moving from D to A . We worked on our first finger riff and we moved on to put 3rd finger down on D string to make new note G . Mr McInerney was treated to a perfromance of our favourite number this term . Ireland's Call. Here is today's programme .

Cross Lake Blues ** NEW TUNE

Gangster rap

Drunken Sailor First Finger Riff

Down Up Bells (Quavers on new note G 3rd finger on D string)
Ireland's Call .

Scary tremelo Mr Corry's class won most scary tremelo prize