Monday, February 4, 2013

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2013

QUOTE:
“I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.”
AUTHOR: John Cage
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“To continue to grow as a human being you must be open to try new ideas
   otherwise you stagnate.”














COMPOSER
DEBUSSY



Estampies
Played by pianist Daniel Ericourt



Estampie
Originally this is a courtly dance of the 12th–14th century. 
Mentioned in trouvère poetry, it was probably danced with sliding steps by couples to the music of vielles (medieval viols). It has a series of repeated melodic phrases (aa, bb, cc, . . . ); phrase endings in the repetitions are often varied. 
 Estampies are among the earliest surviving examples of written instrumental music.


GENERAL MUSIC
01.  STARTED WORKSHEET ON "WHAT IS BODY LANGUAGE and SILENCE"
........a.  DISCUSSED UP TO QUESTION 4 ON THE WORKSHEET IN CLASS
.............1)  DISCUSSED HOW SILENCE MAKES SOUND INTO MUSIC
.............2)  LISTENED TO 3 MINUTES OF SILENCE and WROTE DOWN EVERYTHING WE HEARD                       IN ENVIRONMENT AROUND US
.............3)  DISCUSSED HOW THE CONDUCTOR USES BODY LANGUAGE
02.  QUARTER NOTES and QUARTER RESTS
........a.  INTRODUCTION TO THE QUARTER NOTE REST (SILENCE IN MUSIC)
.............1)  DISCUSSED HOW SILENCE HAS A PULSE
03.  REVIEW OF "BEAT GOES ON" GRAPH FROM LAST WEEK
........a.  DISCUSSED ORCHESTRATION (CHANGING THE BODY PERCUSSION MOVEMENTS TO BE                PLAYED INSTEAD ON PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
........b.  DISCUSSION ON WHAT A PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT IS and HOW IT IS USED IN MUSIC
..............1)  TONE COLOR OF DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS CAN BE LIKENED TO ART
....................a)  ARTISTS USE COLORS THAT ARE SEEN MUSICIANS USE COLORS THAT ARE                                    HEARD
....................b)  BOTH ART FORMS DEAL WITH ELEMENTS OF COLOR SHADING, BLENDING and                            CONTRAST
........c.  INTRODUCTION TO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
.............1)  WOODS and WOOD SOUNDING INSTRUMENTS DEMONSTRATIONS and NAMES
...................a)  WOODBLOCK
...................b)  CLAVES
...................c)  SPOONS
.............2)  SCRAPERS
...................a)  GUIRO
...................b)  RATCHET
to continue on tomorrow with the other instruments....

ADV. STRINGS
01. PARADISE
02.  MR. ROA CAME TO OUR CLASS TO DISCUSS PROCEDURES FOR THE FIELD TRIP THIS                   THURSDAY

BEG. STRINGS
01.  DISCUSSION OF FIELD TRIP PROCEDURES and RULES WITH MR. ROA
........a.  APPROPRIATE ATTIRE FOR THE FIELD TRIP
........b.  BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS