Getting Ready to Jam

Ennis NS  programme  WEDS 

From the archive
Last years Band + Violin Group Final Rehearsal

Group 1         

Greensleeves + Music Box Dancer
Ashokan Farewell/ Ode to Joy
Blues / Scaley Monkey

Group 2 

Foxtrot / Jambalaya + You'll Never Walk Alone

GRAND FINALE:   / (Somewhere Over the Rainbow), Ireland's Call, Amhran na bhFiann,                      

Music Box Dancer

{GGGG ZZZZ GGGG ZZZZ DDDD ZZZZ GGGG ZZZZ}

  0 0 0 0            0 0 0 0            0 0 0 0           0 0 0 0  

Greensleeves 

E   E  D D E  E   D  D 

E E   D D E  D# E  E     *Slide 1 st finger back to make D#

National Concert Hall

Ode to Joy 

A     DDz z   AA z z   DDzz    AA  ZZ   
   
A*    DDzz    AA zz    DDzz    AADZ
B     A           A           A          A      Down Bow Retakes


A*    see above 


See Last week's post for the other numbers .


It was a busy day today as we get ready to join the band  next week in preparation for the Shannon School Band Jam .


We played tremelo game and I was amazed at how good eveyone was at watching and stopping. It was hard to catch anyone out . Leanne in Ms MacMahon's was the winner. 


Next week, we look forward to a visit from Dorothy Conaghan from the Learn and Explore Dept at the National Concert Hall.  Check out their website  on the right which has lots of fun games .







Ms McMahon Blues, and Scaley Monkey
Mr Blake        Greensleeves.  Ode to Joy Foxtrot.
Mr Corry         Greensleeves , Ode to Joy, Foxtrot.


New today Sharp notes # When you see this symbol you play the black note to the right of the keyboard note to make a note a half tone higher. 

Show Time/ Focus on clarinet

Pizz.

When you walk through a storm

                D                     D

Hold your  head    up     high

                A                     A
And don't be afraid of the dark----------
          G              D               A         A
At the end of the storm

          G              E   

Is a  gold  en       sky

          D               G 

And the sweet silver song of the lark

             D                A                 D--D----

Walk on through the wind

          G                     A  

Walk on through the rain

          D                    E

Though your dreams be tossed and blown
                    D               D               G        A
Walk on walk on with hope in your heart

 SCALE  D           E (1)     F# (2)          G(3)
And you'll never   walk    alone       --- -

                   A(o)   G (3)     F#(2)   E(1)
You'll never     walk     a-lone

          D             G            D           D

 Lyrics to Jambalaya (On The Bayou) :

Goodbye Joe, me gotta' go, me oh my oh

               DD                 DD            AA      AA
Me gotta' go pole the pirogue down the buyou

               AA              AA                       DD      DD

My yvonne, the sweetest one, me oh my oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun, on the buyou.

Jumbalaya, and a crawfish pie, and a file gumbo.
Cause' tonight I'm gonna' see my Machez a mio
Pick guitar, fill fruit jar, and be gay- oh
Son of a gun, we'll have big fun, on the buyou.

It was all about harmony today . We are getting ready to join the Ennis NS Band to make a super group- The Nash Big Band.  We added some chords to two of the band tunes.  We worked on Jumbalay and the big number from the musical Carousel.  We had lots of Liverpool fans in Mr Blakes's class who recognised the tune very often sung at football matches. 


Chord  two or more notes played together. Most chords have three notes. 


 A  B  C#  D  E  F# G  A  B  C  D    Chord of D is D F#A 
             1    3    5           Chord  of A is A C# E


Ace clarinettist Ms de Buitléir dropped into Ms McMahon's class to play a few tunes with me . Clarinets are great jazz instruments and were developed first in Germany . 


Oh When the Saints
The Entertainer  Scott Joplin 
Marche Militaire Scubert

Fortissimo

Performing 
 
Foxtrot   Track 2 Arco (with bows)
First Finger Blues  Track 15
Bow River Fiddling Track 4
Cross Lake Blues   Track 5

The Water is Wide (Unison and Echo) Ms McMahon's class treated me to a wonderful rendition of this  beautiful Irish folksong

Leaders Tara, Damien 

Bass Players Luke , Jack and Clare

Listening 
All about dynamics .

piano , forte , pianissimo, fortissimo, crescendo,  


The Rite Of Spring  by  Igor Stravinsky  

Why do you think this piece caused a fuss when it was performed in Paris first in 1913. ?

Key Words Instruments, Dynamics, Rhythm , Beat 

After School Orchestra Class 

Welcome back Ali and Abigail and hello to Katie who is practicing very hard

New Tunes French Folk Song 106 and Old McDonald. Use your Cds and DVD play along tracks to practice all the tunes we played this term 

After School Orchestra Class

Ballet Dancers