GENERAL MUSIC PERIODS 2, 3, 6:
COMPOSER: Chopin
OBJECTIVE: RECORDER BEGINNING SONGS
NO QUOTE (instead composer report)
1. COMPOSER REPORT: CHOPIN
.....a. Passed out composer report forms and then
.....b. Wrote down some general composer information (name, dates, country of origin)
.....c. Wrote down names of 5 music examples heard in class
To be continued (instead of the quote until finished)
3. WARM-UP: (FOLLOWING THE CONDUCTOR SILENT DIRECTIONS)
.....a. Echo playing: teacher plays a phrase, students imitate
.....b. Echo on T1 [T=THUMB (on back hole)/ 1=1st finger (left pointer) both "pinched" together at the same time]
.....c. Echo on T12 [T=THUMB/12=1st and 2nd fingers (left pointer and middle) all placed down at the same time]
.....d. Echo alternating between T1 and T12
.....e. Echo alternating between T1 and T12 and add T123 [THUMB, 1(1st finger), 2 (2nd finger), and 3 (3rd or left ring finger)] in direction order downwards then reverse in direction order upwards (moving by "step")
.....f. Echo using notes T1, T12, and T123 some out of direction order (notes moving by "skip")
4. Review of music notation terms:
.....a. Staff:
..........1)5 lines, 4 spaces
..........2)Lines and spaces are given number names counting them from the bottom to top
.....b. Note stem direction
..........1)notes placed on line 3 of the staff or higher- stems go down to the left
..........2)notes placed on line 3 or lower- stems go up to the right
..........3)notes on line 3 can have stems that either go up to the right of down to the left
.....c. Treble clef:
..........1)The word "CLEF" originally meant "KEY"
..........2)The word "CLEF" combined with the word "TREBLE" is the symbol which represents the high notes as they are represented in music notation (the right hand of the piano).
.....d. Repeat sign
..........1)A "musical road map" symbol
..........2)Consists of a double bar (one thick and one thin line) and two dots
..........3)Tells the player to repeat a section of music
.....e. More notation terms connected with math:
..........1)Meter/Time Signature:
.............a)"Meter" is a mathematical pattern of strong and weak beats found in music
.............b)Represented by a symbol at the beginning of a piece of printed music called the "time signature"
.................1)Looks like a fraction
.............c)Upper number of the meter tells how many beats are in a section of music (measure)
.............d)Lower number of the meter tells the value of the beat
.................1)Examples: If the lower number is 4=quarter note; if the lower number is 8=eighth note
.........2)Bar Lines:
.............a)Perpendicular lines in the music which separate the music into sections.
.............b)They help keep the eyes from getting lost when reading music notation
.............c)Are placed mathematically determined by the meter
.........3)Measure:
.............a)Sections of music
.............b)Mathematically "measured"
.............c)Divided by the bar lines
.........4)Review of the quarter and eighth notes from a previous lesson
5. SONG: "Lucern to Weggi
.....a. A song from Switzerland.
.....b. In it there is a short INTERLUDE ..........1)A short connecting passage where the instruments stop and then return to the melo.....c. Fingerings: 1,12
6. Start more new songs continuing to use all first 3 fingers on the recorder.
.....a. NEW SONG: JAMES' LOT
..........1)Fingering moves by step and skip
BEGINNING VIOLIN PERIOD 5:
OBJECTIVE: SPRING CONCERT PREPARATION
1. TUNE
2. CIELITO LINDO
3. BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS
.....a. Some tried the VIOLIN I part
ADVANCED VIOLIN PERIOD 4:
OBJECTIVE: SPRING CONCERT PREPARATION
1. TUNE
2. CIELITO LINDO
3. IMAGINE