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 .?

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