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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

QUOTE:
“Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.”
AUTHOR: Nadia Boulanger
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“A true musician must be willing to give up everything for his art"









COMPOSER
CHOPIN


Prelude Op.28 No.15 
Played by Horowitz

GENERAL MUSIC
01.  MUSICAL ALPHABET GRAPHING SHEETS and WORD LISTS TO COMPLETE IF NOT FINISHED
02.  FOR PERIODS 1 and 2:  PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT REVIEW SHEET
02.  ALLEY CAT PERCUSSION ORCHESTRATION and PERFORMANCE
........a.  REVIEW INSTRUMENT NAMES
..............1)  GO OVER  and REVIEW (AS NEEDED) HOW TO ORCHESTRATE PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS
..............2)  ASSIGN COLORS ON THE CHARTS TO DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS
..............3)  STUDENTS COUNT OUT LOUD and PLAY THE INSTRUMENTS ASSIGNED THAT MATCH THE                        COLORS
..............4)  STUDENTS PERFORM TO THE RECORDING
..............5)  AFTER COMPLETION STUDENTS SWITCH INSTRUMENTS TO TRY ANOTHER

ADV. STRINGS
01.  FROSTY
........a.  WORK ON THE ENDING SO THE ENTIRE GROUP PLAYS WITH ALL BOWS TOGETHER
........b.   READ THROUGH THE ENTIRE PIECE
01. NO HOLLY FOR MISS QUINN
........a.   CELLO 
01.  GESU BAMBINO

BEG. STRINGS
01.  SPRING OF BOW 
........a.  THE LEFT ARM REPRESENTS THE VIOLIN and THE RIGHT ARM IS HIGH AND APPLIES                                DOWNWARD  PRESSURE THROUGH THE POINTER INDEX FINGER TO CREATE A SPRING ON TO              THAT LEFT ARM
.........b.  USING BOW REPEAT THE ABOVE SPRING ACTION ON THE SHOULDER AT DIFFERENT BOW                     LEVELS
02.   DOWN (PULL) and UP (PUSH)  BOWING ON THE SHOULDER U. H. (UPPER HALF) OF THE BOW                     (MIDDLE to TIP or SQUARE to TRAPEZOID ON EACH BOW LEVEL
03.    ROSINING THE BOW AFTER TIGHTENING IT
..........a.  EXPLANATION OF WHAT ROSIN IS
..........b.  HOW TO APPLY
04.   PLACING THE BOW ON THE STRING AT THE SQUARE or MIDDLE SO AS TO MARK THE BOWS 
         (TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW)