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Cathy Desmond

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

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. 



1 comment:

  1. Don't forget The Sound of Music opens in Glor next week. Good luck to Rhona Kearney who plays Gretel

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