Only 2 weeks to go to our concert

Rehearsals continued today for our first performance in two weeks tim .  We said goodbye to Ms Barry who leaves us at the end of this week.

Principal Bass Player

Ms Larkin and Ms Barry

New***** Music Box Dancer   We refined this to include a  second chord. We learned  how to feel where the chord changed and how to move our elbow down to change  from low G to D to make the harmony more interesting.   Thanks to Tara for demonstrating the two chords on guitar .
Here is the sequence:

{GGGG ZZZZ GGGG ZZZZ DDDD ZZZZ GGGG ZZZZ}
  0 0 0 0            0 0 0 0            0 0 0 0           0 0 0 0  

Toreadors March
Vivaldi on G 
Wintertime in Russia 
Music Box Dancer


Leader Eoin Bass Elise 

Ms McMahon 
This class learned how to work out the notes  in a chord.
 A B C D E F  GA B C D E       G chord
                      1     3     5 


A B C D E F# G A 
           1     3     5                         Dchord
  
Away in a Manger 


GD   GD    GD   DA 
DA   GD   GD   GD

Away in a Manger
Good King Wenceslas
Ireland's  Call 
Rock  You

Mr Corry's 
We changed Drunken Sailor riff to fit our new tune Greensleeves


E   E  D D E  E  D  D 
E E   D D E  D  E  E  

We added some pizz notes to Down Up Bells. We had a new student on double bass when principal Mr McInerney popped in.

Brilliant Back Row

Greensleeves
Down Up Bells
Cross Lake Blues  sidestep
Foxtrot  

By popular request we had a  repeat performance of Eoin Carroll's polka

Rehearsing for a show

New place settings


Each class rehearsed  a short programme combining arco and pizz elements in preparation for a performance in a few week's time . Here is a draft programme.

Mr Blake's class
Programme A
O Come All Ye Faithful /Vivaldi in G  pizz on G
Toreadors March
Wintertime in Russia
Music Box Dancer                  Bowing rhythm  Kil-fen-or-a

Leader Eoin     Bass Elise
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Programme B Ms McMahon's class


Away in a Manger   Broken chord G and D   **** New feature Broken chords
Good King Wenceslas       3rd finger down on D string new note G
Rock You
           next week Ireland's Call

Leader Daniel   Bass Jack
        
Mr  Corry's class

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Programme C  Mr Corry


Jack on Bass Daniel leading



 Cross Lake Blues / Ode to Joy

Foxtrot

Down Up Bells (Jingle Bells)

     next week Greensleeves

Leader  Eoin Carroll   Double Bass Oisin

Guest slot Eoin: John Ryan's Polka

  

Orchestra Group  3pm

Jingle Bells practice pizz
Twinkle Twinkle
Good King Wenceslas
Lightly Row

Term resumes / Down Up Bells / New Note G'

Vivaldi in G       
Toreadors March
First finger riff
Old MacDonald Quavers on new note G'
Clapping rhythm Kil fen or a Ceil i Dan cer

Welcoming new student Ruben to the Swinging Strings programme

Ledger Lines   Extra lines added to the stave for low (or high notes ) How many ledger lines did we need for low G .

All classes began with a warm up pizz on G for our Vivaldi backing track but adding in some rests

lG G z z l G G G z l G G G G l G G z z ll

D (3)   Third finger down on D string makes new note G'

First second and third fingers on D string .

All classes worked hard. I was specially impressed with Mr Corry's class who even though it was the last class of the day concentrated really well on learning the new elements.  Joe in Ms McMahon's class tried out the ukulele.

happy faces