Remembering Note Names Open Strings Cello Free School for Kids, Cat, Grasshopper, Deer, Ant story

The story of cat, grasshopper, deer and ant with Sarnia de la Mare FRSA.Welcome to the Tale Teller Kid's Club where we will be learning lots of instruments and styles for playing world music.Adults are also welcome.Lessons are kept short to help concentration.hey little tail tellers welcome to the tail teller club this is a story that's going to help you remember the note names of your open strings on your cello okay so the first string the one nearest our ear is a c and it's a big fat heavy cat todayoh big fat heavy cat who ate too much dinner can you play it like that as if it's a big fat heavy cat make sure you're both straightbig fat heavy cat ate an awful lot of foodthe last string next door is a g string but today it's a grasshopper g for grasshopper a grasshopper is very different to fat heavy cat because grasshopper uses a staccatosoundnow how you get that is you push or pull and then you stop suddenly now cat and grasshopper are best matescan you play them together one after the other a long fat cat on the c string and some staccatos for the grasshopper on the g string now they're also best friends with a deer on the d string deer is a dancing flighty creature and deer sounds like thishow beautiful deer is and a contrast to the grasshopper can you do that so on the grasshopper string two short notes and then on the d string a long dancy note done now the cat who ate too much dinner and the grasshopper his best friend wanted to go out for a walk with dear has messaged on their phone and said well i have a house guest ant on the a string always in a scurry hurryso grasshopperasks cat shall we all go for a walk in the forest with antcat says i need to get some of this flab off let's go now grasshopper puts on his hat and coat and they go and meet deerand ant who's scurrying and hurrying about the forest there we go the other thing about music little mini tail tellers is it's very important to have contrast and that's why we make notes sound different to other notes because it gives us a sense that something is happening and helps tell the story so the fat catand the staccato grasshopper and the dancy deer and the scurry harry antall have a big story to tell we'll come back to the story again and we'll use some uh various tactics that we've got up our sleeves because we're musicians now and we can tell stories in a really interesting and exciting way i'll be back later with some exercises for changing strings but for now i can hear children playing outside and i think i'm going to go and join them with a blanket and a cup of coffee Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.