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Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Tangos and Twinkles



Entrance Music A Tango from| Argentina

Scales   Today we joined up the two halves of the scale to make one big scale all the way from D to D'

Here are the names of the   notes  on D and A strings
                                         
Notes on D string  E        F#^ G
                             1         2   3

Notes on A string  B        C#^ D
                             1          2  3

New 
    Twinkle Twinkle Little Star


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 _     same as line 1
G G  F# F# E  E   D _ 

Knock on Wood Blues 
   z  x x   G G G_   
   z x x    z  x z x                For x  Use your  1st finger to knock on wood 
   G G G G G z D z 

2nd Chance 
Bowing Rhythms 
Beguine   Track 11    Good for practicing getting your elbow level right for the four strings.

           G G G G D D D D A A A A E E E E A A A A D D D D G G G G G D A D  Repeat G G G G D D D D A A A A E E E E A A A A D D D D G G G G G z G z 

Beginners Twinkle Improvers New Tune  Fainne Geal an Lae

After School  Class 

New Tune Marine's Hymn 
Marine's Hymn   Click on link here to watch a video of the new tune.

Scale Arpeggio  D Major

An arpeggio is a chord broken up  into single notes

New Tune  Munster Cloak  for advanced group Advanced Tune

Other tunes to practice Mo Gile Mear   Michael Row the Boat (in your book)

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