Finale Recital at Cashel Primary School.

After School Class Cashel Primary School

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination
and life to everything.”

Foxtrot
Wintertime in Russia Allegro
Scale on D
Frere Jacques
Sharks Out
Twinkle Twinkle Little Star
Blues
Mr Cool

Old McDonald






I had a lovely afternoon last Thursday with students of the Violin Class at Cashel  National School. It was lovely to meet parents of Tom, Niamh, Kate and Anna.  Jack was a great assistant on  sound and we played through a selection of our repertoire before a presentation of certificates.
I am so very proud of them and how far they have progressed over the two terms of weekly lessons.

Thank you to our audience who came and made the occasion.
Thanks also to Mrs Cawley for making the space available to us over the course of the programme. 
Thanks also to Mrs Laffey for her support and assistance in the office. I am very grateful to you all.

 I have so much enjoyed my afternoon sessions at Cashel National School. I read all your notes and cards today  and  I am very touched to read how much you enjoyed them too. Thank you Wishing you all well in your musical journeys.  

1st May

Present  Kate Aisling, percussion

Group 1 Maya Emma , Niamh 

Group 2 Heather Ciara Clodagh, Corinne

Ensemble Johanna Rose, Sarah

Programme ]

Tango    Beginners Tango rhythm on chord sequence 

Tacet part 3

Mo Gile Mear Piano intor 

A B Unison 

AB Parst

A Unison 

Radetsky March 

Christchurch 

A A BB 

One combined Ensemble Session today 

10 April

Session 1 Heather Kate,  Kate . Corinne, Clodagh Ciara  , Niamh

Maya, Emma, Niamh Nicole

Ensemble Johanna, Rose Sarah, Maya, Emma Niamh

Programme

1 Tango
2 Christchurch    Beginners G G zz DD zz    on first half
3 Mo Gile Mear   piano intro whistle A| Unison A B Parts A B Unison A
Ode to Joy
Shetland Song/ Drunken Sailor  Firts finger riff

Radetskty March

New piece  Junior School

French Folk Song 

Fingers in red on A  

333 222 123 0 
333 222 111 0 
012 012 012 3 
123 123 123 0 
3210 321010

April 3

Session 1 Emma, Heather Niamh on cello , Kate , Kate Aisling
Session 2 Maya Emma Niamh Nicole
Ensemble Johanna Rose Sarah, Nicole, Maya , Emma
Absent Ning Ciara, Corinne, Clodagh Andrea.

Work today on Mo Gile Mear/ Ode to Joy / Tango 

March 27

Programme: Mo Gile Mear,  Bass Drone, pno intro, Unison
                  Ode to Joy   Unison , Parts , Dotted Rhythm
                   Shetland Song First Finger riff
                  Tango Pitts

Next week Radetsky March

Two new copies of Eseential Elements available

Kate issued with violin in lieu of viola. 

Group 1   Kate, Kate , Aisling, Heather, Corinne, Clodagh, Ciara,     Ning absent 

Group 2    Andrea, Niamh, Johanna,  Rose (pno), Sarah,  

Cashel GNS Working on ws issued 13th Mar 

Skye Boat Song

New students Aisling, Kate , Jane




Group 1
Ciara, Corinne, Clodagh , Ning present

Mo Gile Mear
G Major Scale
Bile em cabbage

Group 2 

Maya Niamh Nicole  present,  (Andrea and Emma absent )
Mo Gile Mear
Skye Boat Song

Ensemble 
Skye Boat Song

Drunken Sailor Trio

Mo Gile Mear Duet with Bass drone 

Mo Gile Mear

3pm class

Practice Schedule 

Scale   1 Any rhythm  2 Long tonic (long first and last note)  
  Three tunes  Twinkle Old Mac Frere Jacques 

D-- E  F# G A B C D'__  Up and Down

Arpeggio on D  DDD F# F F A A A D' D'D' 
                          0 0 0  2  2  2 0  0 0 3    3 3

Slurs    Exercise 1 4 5 

Try French Folk Song     Can you name all the letter names?

Community School 
Group 1 Heather Ciara, Clodagh , Ning   Corinne(A)   

Scale G major Arpeggio  Mo Gile Mear

Group 2 All present Emma, Niamh, Nicole, Andrea, Maya

G major, Ode to Joy Mo Gile Mear 

Ensemble    Ode to Joy, Cumparsita Vivaldi

Long Bows and Slurs

One long session today

Clodagh, Biamh, Ning, Emma, Nicole, Andrea

1  Scale using half bows  Make your bow last. Nice even tone

2 Slurs Not on your character . Two notes to a bow

3 Using the CD . Each no has a perfomance track followed bu a backing only. Start at the beginning and work through it. Listen to the track first.

4 Ode to Joy  Long Bows  4th finger

5 Have a go at French Folk Song

6 Mo Gile Mear
   Sheet on noticeboard
 
  D  D    D   E  G  A  B
  C  BA B A G E  D
  G  F    E D G A B C
                                                                                       D' E' D' B A G G

Vibrato

Notes on Cello/ Bass

WS 3 and Slur Exercises issued

Cashel Strings  Worksheet  27th Feb    

No new tunes this week. Getting ready for mid term assessment beginning next week.

10 task Checklist .

√ When you have played

1 Foxtrot  Arco (with Bow )  Longer bows for the two beat (minim ) shorter bows for one beat notes (crotchets)        sh sh Long  l l L

2 Played Blues  Half bows on long notes   Track 12

3 Play Twinkle  two ways  Variation  a  Klfenora Ceili Dancer

4                                                                b Straight  Half bows on star and are

5 Mr Cool  half bows on each note

6 Played        slur exercise 1 , 4 and 5  on slur sheet

7 Scale  on D  1   Pick a rhythm    2  Hlaf bows

New 8 Arpeggio   D  F# A D’   ascending      Broken Chord

                       0  2    0 3

And descending   D’ A F# D

9 With a pencil  complete Theory Worksheet  3

10 own choice  

Bonus  Still bored  Try French Folk Song

Practice Try splitting the task list in half and doing two small practices.  

C natural / Fingers on Cello

Primary School
Scale using half Bows
Slurs
Blues ( 1 Finger)
Hot Cross Buns
Mr Cool
Twinkle

Programme today

Group 1
Bile em cabbage
Twinkle Twinkle 
Ode to Joy
Ning,  Ciara, Clodagh  

Group 2
Ode to Joy  using 4th finger
Slurs         86
C natural  106
Lightly Row 
Nicole, Maya and Niamh 

Ensemble (3)
Radetsky/ Tabhair Dom/ Sky Boat Somg 

Keep working your way through the book. Play along with cd.

Long Bows and Slurs

Primary School Class 

1 Half Bows .  practice using half bows.
2Mr Cool Notes on A string    Tones/ semitones
3Slurs

 

Bows on at middle .  Aim for a steady tone with no bulges.

Slur 

CCC Class 1     Present  Ning, Clodagh, Ciara, Corinne

3 tunes  Hot x Buns/ Twinmkle / Bile em cabbage
Book Issued  Essential Elements  Start at the beginning

CCC Class 2   Emma, Maya, Niamh, Andrea,  Nicole

Half Bows Scale    ***New   Longer bows
Slurs
Ode to Joy  no 86     new**** 4th finger

Ensemble   (2)
La Cumparsita   Bass part marked.
Autumn
Radetsky March


Practice Guidelines issued today

Cashel Strings  Task Checklist       6^th Feb   Week 4 Term 2

Revision : √  When you can

□  Sing and play Hot Cross Buns on each string in turn.

□  Sing and Play Part 1  and 2 Frere Jacque    88 Essential Elements

□  Sing and play Part 3 and 4  Frere Jacque 

□    Sing and play  One finger down  Blues

□    Sing and play Twinkle Twinkle Little Star

□ Sing and play Old McDonald  Track 10  try playing it without your cd first.   

□ Play a scale with long slow bows on each note .  Bow near bridge . Open out your arm

New to try this week

SJtB Mr Cool  Long Notes   Bow rhythm on open string first

CCC  Ode to Joy    86 Essential Elements

French Folk Song  Tune based on scale with 3 beats in each bar.  No 106 Essential Elements

The Slur     Divide your bow in half 

Down        Up

D      A       A     D

Roll Over Bows

Tremelo

Make a Note here of  any questions .  Any difficulties .?

Fri

Sat

Sun

Mon

Tu

Weds 

Lift Off Term 2

Cashel Strings

Here is the task list for this week 

Task List  term 2 Week 3

Scale Corner 

1 Starting on open D, play a scale pizzicato saying each letter name out loud, D, E ….etc

2 Choose a rhythm, an insect thythm  ta-ran-tu-la ,  caterpillar, butterfly , play with  bow,

3 Play with long notes . Divide your bow in half. Make the notes last for two whole beats (minims)

Tunes

2 New Tune Frere Jacque  

Step 1 Tap Your toe and say /sing the letter names

Step 2 Play pizz and say/ sing letters

Step 3 Shadow bow and sing letter names

Step 4 Play the rhythm on any open string

Step 5 Bow and play the whole tune working on one phrase at a time

Frere Jacque .

  Practice each section over and over until you have it . You can write the fingers under the notes on the stave  .

Write the letter names below .

A 

B

C

D

Revision

Blues  Beguine , Foxtrot

Old Mc Donald

Bile em Cabbage

Next week French Folk Song and Mr Cool

NS 5 students 

Community College 

Students present : Ning, Niamh, Emma, Maya, Andrea, Clodagh -- Corinne , Ciara 

First session      Frere Jacque, Old MacDonald  Scales see above 

Second session  Scale , Bile Em Cabbage Old MacDonald

Ensemble   (2 ) 

Numbers , No Matter What, Autumn, Slievenamon, Eine Kleine

Fiddles are tuned and ready for collection in music room

     Also a copy of Essential Elements and practice tip sheet 

Next Week Group 1 Ning Corinne, Ciara , Clodagh 

                     Group 2 Maya , Emma, Niamh , Andrea 

Quack Quack Here

Programme


Worksheet 2


Task List Put a tick when you do each task                                         S S M T W Th F
1 Play Your name all 4 strings
2 Blues 13  notes on last post.

3 Hot Cross Buns all 4 strings
  New**** 4Old Mac  (a ) Rhythm only (b) pizz fingers down (c) arco
5 Beguine Tr 12
6Bow River 29
7Twinkle 24 Rhythm Only Then with fingers down
8Twinkle Variation 19 ┌┐┌┐││ Win=ter time in Rus-sia

Hot Cross Buns
2 1 0_   2 1 0_ oooo     l l l  l     2 1 0_
F#E D             DDDD EEEE     F#E D
D________________________


Old McDonald 
3  3  3  0 1 1 0 _   1 1  0 0 3_ _ Repeat
G G G D E E D_ B B AA G

Oo 3 3 3 oo 3 3 3_     33 3 333 33333_3_ middle line

3 3 3 0 1 1 0 _1 1 0 0 3_ _


Frere Jacques


Part 1      DE F#D x 2 
Part 2      F#G A_  x2
Part 3      ABAG F#_D_ x 2 
Part 4      D A D_ x2

Mexican Wave Rhythms 

New Term Begins

SJBNS

Niamh, Anna, Tom, Kate , Louise

Here are links to the sheets  given in class today

Welcome to term 2 sheet 1

New Tune Blues see video


Group 1  Niamh, Emma Maya, Ning, x

Group 2 Andrea Nicole Brigit Corinne. Ciara

Programme  1  Triplets ,  2  Twinkle  3 Scale

Use middle of bow Use 1/4 bows and 1/2 bows for long notes.

Ensemble Rose Johanna Sarah, Nicole  Christchurch by J S Sheahan, Abba , Eine Kleine Nachtmusik