Tuesday, March 12, 2013

TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 2013

QUOTE FROM THE BOARD:
“What comprises good performance? It is the ability through singing or playing to make the ear conscious of 
   the true content and affect of a composition."
AUTHOR: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“A good performance gets the audience to feel something deep inside.”










COMPOSER
VIVALDI
http://www.artelista.com/obra/8095258345089245-ilpreterosso.html

VIOLIN CONCERTO
G MAJOR RV. 310 OPUS 3 NO. 3
http://www.douban.com/event/16369840/
GENERAL MUSIC
01.  KEYBOARD THEORY WORKSHEET (MUSICAL ALPHABET) PAGE 8
02.  IDENTIFYING THE KEYBOARD'S BLACK KEYS 
........a.  THERE ARE 5 BLACK KEYS IN A PATTERN ON A KEYBOARD: TOGETHER THEY FORM                    THE PENTATONIC (5) NOTE SCALE
........b.  THE BLACK KEYS ARE GIVEN THEIR NAMES FROM THEIR NEIGHBORING WHITE KEYS
........c.  BLACK KEYS ARE CALLED SHARPS (#) and FLATS (b)
..............1)  BLACK KEYS TO THE RIGHT OF THE NEIGHBORING WHITE KEYS ARE CALLED                            SHARPS
....................a)  SHARPS RAISE THE PITCH OF THE WHITE KEY 1/2 STEP
..............2)  BLACK KEYS TO THE LEFT OF THE NEIGHBORING WHITE KEYS ARE CALLED                              FLATS
....................a)  FLATS LOWER THE PITCH OF THE WHITE KEYS 1/2 STEP
..............3)  EVERY BLACK KEY HAS TWO NAMES:  A SHARP NAME and A FLAT NAME                                        (ENHARMONIC
                    EQUIVALENTS or SOUND EQUALS)
03.  EAR TRAINING EXERCISES USING PENTATONIC (BLACK KEY ONLY) SONGS ON THE                      KEYBOARD
........a.  STUDENTS GIVEN A SONG SHEET WITH RECOGNIZABLE, EASY PENTATONIC SONGS                     (STARTING PITCH ONLY) AND THEY ARE TO USE THEIR EARS TO TRY TO PLAY THE                     SONG WITHOUT MUSIC NOTATION or LETTER NAMES BY EXPERIMENTATION 

ADV. STRINGS
01.  MY HEART WILL GO ON
02.  YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME

BEG. STRINGS
01.  LOS MACHETES (MELODY)
02.  SABOR A MI (HARMONY)
03.  YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME