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Deck the Halls:
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We Wish you a Merry Christmas:
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This is an Irish tune in our current key of E minor. Take notice of the slurs and all the shifts! ‘Shift early and often…’ Break the hard parts into 4 – 8 note sections and drill! We’ll perform this at the Skillz Hour on Friday, October 28th…
[audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Leonids-Monaghan-Jig-9.26.11.mp3|titles=Leonid’s Monaghan Jig 9.26.11]
[audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/07-The-Monaghan-Jig1.mp3|titles=07 The Monaghan Jig]
Say these rhythms a bunch of times before playing them! You are in extension in every position in the scale. This key, E minor, is the relative minor of G major, which means they share a key signature (one sharp: F#) This is in a ‘call and response’ form, so listen to each cell, then repeat. The new clef you see is tenor clef – we’ll start using some tenor clef this year… We’ll perform this at the Skillz Hour on Friday, October 28th!
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[audio:http://www.communitymusicworks.org/medialab/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Leonids-Fiddle-Funk1.mp3|titles=Leonid’s Fiddle Funk]