Cashel Strings Debut in Science Room Session

The Taster Module finished with a performance workshop for first year music class. Here is the programme 

Concert 2 Stringschool at Cashel  Community College

1 We start with a simple pizzicato on lowest string G  The backing track features bass stringed instruments in a piece by Italian baroque composer , Vivaldi . Pizzicato is an Italian word and  means to pluck the string

2 Next piece is another pizzicato piece . Foxtrot is a dance with 4 beats in a bar.

3 /4 The next thing we learned was how to hold the bow. In the next two numbers we play arco, ie with bow and we change string from D to A

5 The next step was to learn how to place our fingers .  Violin high 5  1^st 2^nd and 3^rd finger to make all the notes of the scale    Here are all the notes on D

6 Then next all the notes on A string

7 Finally all the notes in the octave Low to High Doh

8 Here are all the notes on lowest string G in We Will Rock You

Mr Murray with Cashel Community Strings following debut 

9/10  This next number  is a French Folk tune and was set to words by a 19^th century English poet and became  the most popular nursery song ever.

11 The next track has a bluegrass feel  Bow River  We segue into a Bluegrass tune Bile em cabbage down using the Bow River rhythm

12 Finally audience participation number

Bile em cabbage down down

Burn them biscuits brown brown

The only tune that I can play is

Bile em cabbage down

Ensemble Don Oiche Ud i mBeithil

O Tannenbaum  (Oh Christmas Tree)

Announcing Level 2 programme commences in January week 2 .  Class size limited .  Practice commitment between classes required.  Enquiries  Mr Murray 

Part 2 

After all that excitement we wound down with a couple of ukulele sessions 

Ukulele Group 2

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Recital Day

Performing Group Cashel Strings at SJB NS 

Jack on Sound Desk 

Programme  Debut Recital

Inaugural Stringschool Class in Cashel

Vivaldi in G pizz

1 Foxtrot arco

2 Wintertime in Russia

3 Scale on D

4 Hot Cross Buns

5 Cross Lake Blues

6  Scale D to D'

7 Twinkle Twinkle  x 3

8  Beguine Samaba   pizz  pick up bow p f  tremelo

9   Bile em Cabbage  Song

10 We will Rock You

Next week Musical Games Class

Secondary School
1 Verse Bile em Cabbage down   Variation Bow River
2 We Will Rock You
3 Twinkle Twinkle   Twinkle Heavy rock version
4 Cross Lake Blues

O Come All Ye Faithful   G /D  Down Up   Double stopping
Hark the Herald                F       Down Up Down  on A  on the following syllables

Hark the Her

Glory to the

peace on earth

Glory to

Announcing 
Coming Next week  

Dress Rehearsal Cashel Rock Ensemble  1.25  Science Lab tbc 

Performance 150 

Day 8

Early start due to PT meeting  8 students in total

One beginners class. 4 students
   1 Bile Em Cabbage   Two versions   Lyrics

   2 Twinkle Twinkle   3 steps  1 Rhythm only  2  pizz tune, 3 fingers and bow (arco)

   3 We Will Rock You   Finger sequence on G string  3 2 1 0 11

With ensemble
 4   O Christmas Tree  Chords added  G D7 Am

   5   Hark the Herald   Open string ostinato on A  ( tonic chord F)

   6   O Come All Ye Faithful Open string ostinato on G

Ensemble

Chord sequence Don Oiche Ud i Mbeithil (Em and Bm)

Primary School

All present

Next week recital

Lyrics Bile Em Cabbage

Bile em cabbage down down

Bake them biscuits brown brown

The only tune that I can play is 

Bile em cabbage down . 




              

Cashel Strings

CASHEL STRINGS 

Lesson  7

NEW  Boil em  Cabbage    2 22 2  2 2 3 33 3 33 2 22 222 111 111

                                    2 22  2  22  3  33  3 33 2  22 1 11 0 00 0 00  

7 Tasks  

1 Scale D  an A   All the Way from low to high

2 Bow River  Blue grass rhythm   Track  32  Ta  Ti Ti

3 Boil em Cabbage Down see above

4 Hot Cross Buns

5 Bow rhythm of Twinkle on open string

6 Rain Rain Go Away revision   3 1 33 1 33 11 33 1 _

7Play twinkle pizzicato

Revision Boogie on Up and Down

Ensemble

Don Oiche Ud in Mbeithil

Mary Had a Baby

Hark the Herald in F 

Adeste in G 

Beginners 9 +8 Shannon cello  Thanks to Nicole for technical assistance 

5 fiddles available for midweek practice plus 2 cellos 2 violas 

Books in practice room 

Boil Em Cabbage Down

Primary School

Bow Hands      Fingers well over

Working off last week's task list

This week concentrate on

1 Scale  starting on open D string  and going all the way to D' on A string  Track 23

Notes on D string       D(0)       E (1)         F#2  G(3)

Notes on A string        A          B (1)         C#(2) D'(3)

2 Hot Cross Buns   on D string
   2 1 0_ 2 1 0_00 00- 11 11 2 1 0_

3 Listen to Twinkle Little Star  Can you play the rhythm on open string D
4 On D String play Rain Rain

 Rain Rain Go A Way Come a Gain A nother day
 3      1         3  3   1      3     3   1   1   3   3  1  

Cashel Community College

1 Boil Em Cabbage

2  22  2 22 3 33 3 33 2 22 2 22 1 11 1 11
2  2 2 2 2 2 3 33 3 33 2 22 1 11 0 00 0 00

2  Bow River Open string rhythm

3 Rock You on G   3 2 1 0 11  track 19

Scales and Ladders

St John School Class

To last week's task list we added two new tasks

New Today 

1     Scaley monkey on D            Track 25  

0000 00 (1 down) 1111  1  1 (2 down) 2222 2 2 (3 down)  333333 (3 again) 

333333 (lift up 3) 222222 (lift up 2 ) 111111 (lift up 1) the End

2    Boogie on Up 
        Play each string 4 times
                                      E E E E
                            AAAA           AAAA                              A
              D D D D                                 DDDD                D    D
G G G G                                                          GGGG G                START AGAIN

15 students Cashel Community School

New Tune Blues


CCC Ensemble

Christmas Tree
Mo Gile Mear    Drones Doublestopping
Canon arr Iers 

1, 2 3 down Finger Placement

10 things to do this week
 Beginner's Class
 1 try playing arco and pizz to Vivaldi in G Track 1

2 Foxtrot  Pizz and arco   Track 2

3 Cross  strings Blues   D D z z  A A zz  repeat  Track 3

4 Wintertime in Russia on D string track 30

5 Wintertime in Russia   String Cross from D to A  same rhythm as task 4 but moving from D to A track 4

6  Boogie on up and down
      E             x8
   
      A        x8     x8

      D    x8               x8
 
     Gx8                         x8

Play each string 8 times

7   We Will We Will Rock You    track 19
     1      1      1    1     V

Try this rhythm on open A string

8 Now put your first finger down on G string and play the same rhythm as task 7

9 Down Bow Retakes Balloon Bows on D string to  Irelnad's Call

10 On D String  pizz

Rain Rain Go Away
3      0      3  3    0

Come Again Another Day
    3 3      0  0    3 3    0

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Beginner's Class Community College

Class 1  Finger placement

D D   A A B B A_
G G F# F# E E D ___

A A G G F# F' E_   x 2

Ensemble 

2 Christmas numbers

O Christmas Tree

Don Oiche Ud i mBeithil

2 x cello , Bass, Guitar,  piano , 3 on violin

Pizzicato Polka Day

Stringschool Task List Week  3 

Guest today was Alice Foley on cello . Here is the piece we played

Twinkle Twinkle

      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

1 Bowing Rhythms  Rhythm 1 Win ter time in Russia      ti ti ti ti  Ta  Ta  Track 30

2 Foxtrot Pizz           D D D_ A A A_ D D D_ A A A_

                                   D D D _ D D D_ A A A_ A A Dz

                                                                                                                    Track 2           

3 String Cross Blues    D D  Elbow Down  A   A  Elbow Up  Track 3  

       Rhythm 2        Ta Ta sh sh   or Ta Ta z  z

4  Play the rhythm of  Twinkle on Open String D  Which words have the long bow ?

5  Pizz. Twinkle  Twinkle

Put a tick when you do each task

               M   T   W   Th  F  Sa   Su

Task 1

Task 2

Task3

Task 4

Task 5

 11 present at NS  Tom, Ross. Ava, Selena, Niamh, Kate , Jasmine, Emma, Blanaid, Hannah, Louise

Item 5 deferred to next week 

Instead we worked on a First finger riff 

1st finger on D is new note E 

E E E E E E E E  D D D D D D D D E E E E E E E E E D D D D E_ E _

8 notes in each group 

Community College

Ensemble  Programme  5 
Pachelbel Canon Violins Guitar and Bass 
Joy to the World
We Three Kings 

Beginners  Community College 18 

1 Rhythm Riffs 
   Ti Ti Ti Ti Ta Ta   v v l  l  Mary Had a Baby 
    d d d d    D D 
2 Down Bow Retakes    Joy to the World
3 Bass Drone on E         Three Kings 

4 First Finger Riff 
5 Tremelo Game 

  next week 1 2 and 3rd finger placement.

5 violins and 2 violas and bass in instrument room
1 copy each of Essential Elements Level 1 in room Don't remove

Debut Class of Cashel String Programme

Rocket Bows





Following the lunchtime demo, a group of 2 dozen students gathered in the music room for the first session. Here is what we covered .

1 Names of strings 
Violin  Greedy Dinosaurs Ate Everything

Both Cello and Viola have the same strings but an octave apart  In addition to GDA they have a botton C string

Bass Same as violin but order reversed.

2 Violin Positions Rest and Play 
3Pizzicato 
Thumb in under corner of fngerboard
Vivaldi in G and Foxtrot (D and A )

4 Beginners Bow Hold see video on right

Fingers well over 
First finger lying down on stick

 1 Tremelo

Retakes
2 Down Bow Retakes .

3 Drones A long slow bow on one note played under a tune is very effective especially on lower strings

4 Rocket Bows Knuckles point skyward

Playlist

 1Vivaldi in G pizz on G
2 Foxtrot  D D D- A A A_              D D D_ A A A_              D D D_ D D D_
                   A A A_ A A D 0ff
3 CCC Fiddlers  The Miller / Lilting Fisherman Drone and pizz on A

 4 Abba Dream pizz on D and G

5Toreadors March   track 14

Next week 2 sessions

4.30  5.15 Established Musicians and Seniors
5.15 -6.10 String Class Absolute Beginners 

Rabbits and Snails

Task List Week 2

Bow Hold

1 With Pencil   Make a ring with your thumb and  first crease of middle finger

                       Fingers Well Over

                       Thumb Bent

                        Little Finger Sitting on top

  see the video on the right of Tamsin Little demonstrating the bow hold

Can you tap the pencil and move it easily .

2 things to try with your bow

        Task  1 Tremelo    Make your bow shiver on the D string Try track 35 or 11

        Task 2 Rhythm 1    Winter Time In Russia  ┌┐┌┐││     on D strings    Track 28

RHYTHM 1 Win-ter Time in Rus sia  

Pizzicato

   Task 3   Foxtrot  Pizz. Track 2  Say the name of the strings as you play them

                  See last week for notes 

 Task 4   Pizz on A to Prelude from Carmen  Track 12

With Bow 

  Task 5    Try Down Bow Retakes / Circle Bows on D to Irelands Call’

                    ┌┐    │

Open string D 

      1 absence  New sudent Blainaid

String Family Demo: Cashel Community Community College

Announcing String Instrument Demo

 Thursday Lunchtime 

Music Dept. 

Instruments available at Cashel Community College will be on display 

Would you like to try your hand at the cello, double bass or violin  . A limited number of places are available on an beginners programme starting soon .

Enquiries John Murray Head of Dept Music

Away We Go Rest and Play

Greedy Dinosaurs Ate Everything 

A dozen students had a first violin lesson in Cashel on Thursday .

Cashel Community College Outreach Project at St John the Baptist NS

Lesson 1 Rest and Play

A message to you

Welcome to the Stringschool  beginners' violin course. You will make good progress if you take out your violin every day and practice what you have learned

10-15 minutes every day will make a difference to your progress. On the accompanying CD

you will find all the tracks we use in class and some new ones.

,

Tasks this week

Listen to your CD a lot. This will help you learn the new tunes and rhythms. How many tracks

can you play along with.

Things to practice

Task 1 W T F S S M T

Task 2

Task 3

W T F S S M T

Task 1 Practice putting your violin in rest and play position. Can you do it with

your eyes closed.

Task 2 Track 1 Vivaldi in G arco (with bow)  we played pizzicato.

Task 3 Foxtrot  

D D D_ A A A D D D _ A A A_

D D D_ D D D_ A A A_ A A D_

Task 4 Can you find Old Mc Donald on the CD Play pizzicato on G in time to

the steady beat .

Put a tick beside each task each day you complete it

Ten students had a first lesson at St John the Baptist School on Thursday 26th Sept

Session 1 at Cashel Community College
                I beginner  , 1 Improver

Rhythms   Bow hands , Twinkle Little Star