Wednesday, October 19, 2011

WHAT WE DID TODAY 2011-2012: SEMESTER #1 WEDNESDAY; OCTOBER 19, 2011

GENERAL MUSIC:

REVIEWED BASS CLEF AND SHOWED CLASS HOW TO EASILY TRANSPOSE TREBLE CLEF NOTES INTO BASS CLEF NOTES BY COUNTING UP THREE ALPHABET LETTERS (IE: TREBLE G is BASS B and TREBLE C is BASS E)

CONTINUED ON WITH KEYBOARD RECITAL

PERIOD 4:
HARVEST FESTIVAL MUSIC and SILENT NIGHT

PERIOD 5:
LEARNED HOW TO COUNT AND UNDERSTAND THE "ROAD MAP" DIRECTIONS OF OUR NEW PIECE "PACHELBEL CANON/JOLLY OLD ST NICK" DISCUSSED METER, MEASURES REST, QUARTER and EIGHTH NOTES and QUARTER RESTS. PERFORMED PIECE WITH BODY PERCUSSION THEN TRANSFERRED THE COUNTING INTO PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS EIGHTH NOTES BECOME WOOD SOUND, QUARTERS BECOMING SKINS, AND RESTS BECOMING METALS. WE DID THIS WITH THE ACCOMPANIMENT PLAYING BEHIND US. TOMORROW WE WILL BE READY TO PLAY IT WITH THE VIOLINS>