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Thank you

Cathy Desmond

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star


Twinkle Twinkle Little Star  

  Today was  a very exciting day as all three classes moved on to our new tune , 


Twinkle Twinkle.

Guest Jack Foley 


NEW**
Line 1

D D   A  A     B  B    A_  
0  0     0 0       1  1     0 
G G   F# F#   E  E    D _ 
3   3    2  2     1    1     0


Line 2 


A A   G G   F# F#  E_
0  0    3  3    2   2    1
A A   G G   F# F#  E_
0  0    3 3      2  2    1_


DD    A A   B B   A _
G G  F# F# E  E   D _ 

We also worked on Hot Cross Buns with our bows . Just 2 fingers needed for this tune and 1 string 


We learned that this symbol # means sharp 

Hot x Buns-,             Hot Cross Buns-, 
One -a -pen-ny Two_a -pen-ny , Hot Cross Buns- 
  
Thanks to my guest Jack Foley     today  . 
Looking forward to schools workshop with Vladimir on Monday.  Check out the video of this violinist on the right 



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