Monday 18 April 2016

Telling Stories:Pigs and Goats

Lessons in Library today.

Junior and Senior Infants are polishing up their singing stories
with some Teddy Bear Rock  Aon Dó

1st CLass Steady Beat Rap/ Everybody Down Up Song/ Yo Bow Rap/ Shadow Bowing Twinkle and Hot Cross Buns  Bows on the string Fingers gym Fingers drumming on wood

2nd Class FOxtrot on stave  D monkey scale  Twinkle Bowing the rhythm

3rd Class Violin Story  Three Billy Goats Gruff  Scale warm down

4th Class Violin Story Three Little Pigs

5th class: Solo Turn Ciara Mr Cool Notes on stave
Bravo Ciara  q&& A tempo pulse , dynamic


Telling Stories

Three Billy Goats Gr\uff

Trip Trap Trip Trap x3 Col Legno

Trip          Trap       Trip       Trap
Left           rt           Lt           Rt

Down      Up          Down      Up 

Down                    Down                Down                   Down

Tremelo Trolll

Little Goat Squeal behind the bridge tremelo

Glissando   Up      Up in the air  

Glissando Down    Down in the river

Splash                  Up bow

Rock and Roll Bows   happy sound   after sweey green grass

Monday 4 April 2016

Music at Marist: New term begins




Back to music classes this week after our extra long holiodays


Junior Infants: We are busy working on our production of Three Singing Pigs. Today we had all three groups together. Today we added percussion .

Senior Infants: Have a listen to Ms Bradley's class perform their version of Jack and the Beanstalk

https://audioboom.com/boos/4396386-senior-infants-singing-story?t=0
There was time too for some rhythm games and a blast of thePenguin Song

1st Class: Steady Beat Rap / Open String Rap
                E for Elephants and Echo Calypso
                Know Your violin song (Scroll, Shoulder, Strings and Bridge)
                Rhythm Quiz  Drum rhythms

 2nd class Bow Hold with Pencil
                 Yo Bow Rap
                Toreadors March / Foxtrot/ Cross Lake Blues

3rd class Violin Special effects  tremelo, glissando / rolloover bows
 adding special effects to Ripples in the Rockpools  trremelos and glissandos
Listen again here   Ripples in the Rockpools 

1 Who is the composer 2 Ripples in the Rockpools is one part of a longer piece. What is the title of the whole piece. 3  What are the Irish instruments used ?

4th /5th class Focus on Jazz
4th class  Cross Lake Blues
                Open string riff and tremelo to Ode to Joy
                Now you has Jazz Check out the video for the listening track . Can you name all the instrument. In two or three sentences, can you describe what jazz music is

5th class  Mr Cool adding vocals
                Now You has Jazz






1 Who is the composer 2 Ripples in the Rockpools is one part of a longer piece. What is the title of the whole piece. 3  What are the Irish instruments used ?

4th /5th class Focus on Jazz
4th class  Cross Lake Blues
                Open string riff and tremelo to Ode to Joy
                Now you has Jazz Check out the video for the listening track . Can you name all the instrument. In two or three sentences, can you describe what jazz music is

5th class  Mr Cool adding vocals Scroll across to see all the notes