Hi Bluebirds,
In our lesson today we focused on our ensemble skills, and worked on playing together on the beat.
Warm up
For your warm up this week you can try the game we played in our lesson:
Make up your own 4 beat (4 tas) tune to play using any of the open strings and play it on the 4 counts. Try and keep it steady! You can pizz or bow your idea:
Play together on the beat 1 2 3 4
Tap the beat with your feet 1 2 3 4
Piece 1: Cowboy Chorus
Well done, this sounded great pizz. Practice this using the new notation with notes on the stave (new sheet).
Remember to use around half a bow for your tas, and a nice long bow for your two beat notes!
Piece 2: Sailing Home (Vamoosh)
First air bow - sway to your four and air bow along to the backing track below.
Pull - your - bow - and ( 1 2 3 4)
Push - your - bow - and (1 2 3 4)
Then try playing along with the track. Keep counting the 4 beats in your head as you play!
Link to the backing track: