COMPOSER: Chopin Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor (Third Movement)
..........1)A form of music composition which in most cases features a solo instrument with an orchestra accompaniment where
the soloist shows off his/her virtuosic skill
..........2)Each concerto consists of 3 movements generally in three different tempos (fast, slow, very fast)
OBJECTIVE: RECORDER INTRO-CARE-MAINTENANCE/RULES
1. QUOTE AUTHOR: NADIA BOULANGER
.....a. Music composer and famous educator of music composition; teacher of the famous American composer Aaron Copland
.....b. Classical composers and the state of women in the arts
..........1)Suffrage in America; how opportunities for women changed after they got the right to vote
..........2)Chopin's girl friend George Sand is an example of a female who used a pen name in order to get her novels published
2. Solfege DO-MI-LA
3. Collect folders
4. Recorder rules-care and maintenance
.....a. Passed out recorders
.....b. Labelled recorders
BEGINNING VIOLIN PERIOD 5:
OBJECTIVE: SPRING CONCERT PREPARATION
1. TUNE
2. SONG: NUMB
....a. Teacher demonstrated part for the students with the accompaniment
....b. Students learned the first few notes to prepare them for the use of 4th finger on the "G" string
..........1)4th FINGER EXERCISE: Students played open "G" then open "D" then back to open "G" and then 4th finger "D"
on the "G" string/learning to adjust the left arm and thumb under the violin to allow more space for the 4th finger
..........2)Class sight read through a large section of the piece with the accompaniment
3. SONG: A YEAR WITHOUT RAIN
....a. Sight read as the teacher helped with tracking
ADVANCED VIOLIN PERIOD 4:
OBJECTIVE: SPRING CONCERT PREPARATION
1. TUNE
2. SONG: 21 GUNS
....a. Pulled out the section with D (3rd finger) going to D# (raised 3rd finger)
....b. Pulled out 2nd phrase from the end to practice it
....c. Played through the entire piece
....d. Had the harmony parts play alone without the melody
....e. Added the violin parts and determined that the violins needed to unify their bowings.
3. SONG: CIELITO LINDO
....a. Perfected the first section
....b. Worked on counting the tied notes
....c. Started the 2nd section and will need to practice some more on it
