Friday 27 September 2013

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.
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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