Thursday, September 20, 2012

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

QUOTE:
“No man is complete without a feeling for music and an understanding of what it can do for him.”
AUTHOR: Zoltan Kodaly
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Complete fulfillment in life is not possible unless you have some
  music appreciation.”





COMPOSER
CHOPIN

Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 21
F minor III Allegro Vivace 
Performed by Arthur Rubinstein 


GENERAL MUSIC
01.  MUSICAL ALPHABET GRAPHING SHEETS and WORD LISTS TO COMPLETE IF NOT FINISHED
02.  FOR PERIOD 3:  PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT REVIEW SHEET
03.  KEYBOARD RULES and PROCEDURES
04.  PERIOD 1, 2: LOCATING NOTE "D" ON THE KEYBOARD (TO BE STARTED PERIOD 3 NEXT WEEK)
05.  PERIOD 1, 2: USING NOTE "D" and THE MUSICAL ALPHABET TO LOCATE ALL THE OTHER KEYS             ON  THE (KEYBOARD TO BE STARTED PERIOD 3 NEXT WEEK)
06.  PERIOD 1, 2: LOCATING NOTES B A G ON THE KEYBOARD TO PLAY "MARY HAD A LITTLE                        LAMB" and  HOT CROSS BUNS" (TO BE STARTED PERIOD 3 NEXT WEEK)
 KEYBOARD ASSIGNMENT TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK  

ADV. STRINGS
01.  SHALOM CHAVERIM
........a.  FORM OF THE PIECE IS A "ROUND"
........b.  REVIEW RHYTHM 
.............1)  RULE OF THE DOT WHEN ADDED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF A NOTE:
..................."A DOTE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF  NOTE IS ALWAYS HALF THE VALUE OF THE NOTE IT SITS                           ON"
.............2)  DOTTED HALF NOTES WORTH 3 BEATS
.........c.  GO OVER FINGERING
.........d.   PLAY WITHOUT ACCOMPANIMENT
.........e.   SIGHT READ WITH ACCOMPANIMENT
02. BURGUNDIAN CAROL
03.  GESU BAMBINO
........a.   CELLO and GUITAR HARMONY PARTS PRACTICED 
........b.   VIOLINS ADDED TO HARMONY

BEG. STRINGS
01.  MARKING BOWS WITH TAPE FOR EACH STUDENT AT THE MIDDLE (SQUARE) and TIP                                (TRAPEZOID)
........a.  BOW STICK PLACED ON VIOLIN WITH FULL HAIR ON THE STRING and STICK AWAY FROM                      THE NOSE
.............1)  ARROWS MARKED ON EACH PLAYERS  MIDDLE BOW TAPE TO SHOW THE DIRECTION THE                     BOW STICK NEEDS TO BE PLACED
02.  BOW ON VIOLIN
........a.  BOW PLACED AT MIDDLE (SQUARE) IN BETWEEN BRIDGE and FINGERBOARD 
             (FULL HAIR; STICK AWAY FROM THE NOSE)
.........b.  BOW LEVELS
..............1)  AT EACH LEVEL (STARTING ON "G" STRING) SILENTLY "SPRING" THE BOW 4X
..............2)  BOW ROCKING ON EACH STRING (SEE-SAW MOVEMENT)
....................a.  KEEP BOW DEPRESSED ONTO THE STRING TO KEEP BOW FROM WIGGLING
..........c.  DOWN and UP BOW FULL MOVEMENTS AT THE UPPER HALF (UH) OF THE BOW 4X TO 8X                         EACH
               STRING
...............1)  MOVE THE BOW FROM MIDDLE TO TIP IN ONE CONTINUOUS MOTION
...............2)  START EACH SOUND (DOWN and UP) WITH A SPRING-ARTICULATION SOUND
...............3)  BOW and ARM MOVE TO EACH BOW LEVEL THEN THE ARM FREEZES AND ELBOW MOVES 
                     THE UP and DOWN (ELBOW MUSCLE IS PRIMARILY USED WHEN MOVING THE UH OF THE
                     BOW)