Thursday 12 December 2013

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  1st 2nd and 3rd 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 19th 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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Thursday 5 December 2013

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