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