TUESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2013

QUOTE:
“This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly 

  than ever before.”

AUTHOR: Leonard Bernstein

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"When you are angry its not the answer. Get your emotions out 

  with your music instead.”

COMPOSER
DEBUSSY

Arabesque I

(Played by pianist Ciccolini)

Arabesque I

(Arranged for flute and harp)

Arabesque - Classical Music Definition of Arabesque

Definition:

Depending on the context, the term arabesque has several different meanings.

Originally, it described a style of Arab art and architecture consisting of 

intricate designs of geometric floral, and foliage patterns. 

Similarly, as it applies to classical music, arabesque is a style of music that is ornately decorative. 

Most arabesques were composed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. 

GENERAL MUSIC:

01.  PROCEDURES TO GETTING OUT FOLDERS and STARTING THE PRE-LESSON ACTIVITY

02.  REVIEW OF SILLY RULES WORKSHEET QUESTIONS 1-7

03.  ECHO CLAPPING and MUSIC ELEMENTS OF PULSE and RHYTHM

........a.  ECHO CLAPPING MUSIC GAME:  LET'S PLAY THE STICK GAME

ADV. STRINGS

01.  ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
........a.  EXTRA PRACTICE ON THE ENDING RHYTHMIC PASSAGE
02.  SOMEONE THAT I USED TO KNOW

BEG. STRINGS

01.  WARM-UP
........a.  1ST FINGER SHIFTING DO-RE-MI-FA-SOL and BACKWARDS
........b.  SHOWED CLASS HOW SHIFT CAN BE PERFORMED USING THE NEXT HIGHEST OPEN                      STRING AS A DOUBLE STOP TO HELP WITH INTONATION
02.  NEW SONG:  YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME (HARMONY PART)
........a.  REVIEWED COUNTING
........b.  EXPLAINED ADDED SHARP (#) and FLAT (b) NOTES and THEIR SYMBOLS
........c.  PRACTICED MOVING CHROMATIC PASSAGE FINGERINGS: "B" to "Bb" ON THE "G"                       STRING