“No man is complete without a feeling for music and an understanding of what it can do for him.”
AUTHOR: Zoltan Kodaly
“Complete fulfillment in life is not possible unless you have some
music appreciation.”
COMPOSER
CHOPIN
Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 21
F minor
F minor
Performed by Arthur Rubinstein
GENERAL MUSIC
01. MUSICAL ALPHABET GRAPHING SHEETS and WORD LISTS TO COMPLETE IF NOT FINISHED
02. FOR PERIOD 3: PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT REVIEW SHEET
03. KEYBOARD RULES and PROCEDURES
04. PERIOD 1, 2: LOCATING NOTE "D" ON THE KEYBOARD (TO BE STARTED PERIOD 3 NEXT WEEK)
05. PERIOD 1, 2: USING NOTE "D" and THE MUSICAL ALPHABET TO LOCATE ALL THE OTHER KEYS ON THE (KEYBOARD TO BE STARTED PERIOD 3 NEXT WEEK)
06. PERIOD 1, 2: LOCATING NOTES B A G ON THE KEYBOARD TO PLAY "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB" and HOT CROSS BUNS" (TO BE STARTED PERIOD 3 NEXT WEEK)
KEYBOARD ASSIGNMENT TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
ADV. STRINGS
01. SHALOM CHAVERIM
........a. FORM OF THE PIECE IS A "ROUND"
........b. REVIEW RHYTHM
.............1) RULE OF THE DOT WHEN ADDED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF A NOTE:
..................."A DOTE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF NOTE IS ALWAYS HALF THE VALUE OF THE NOTE IT SITS ON"
.............2) DOTTED HALF NOTES WORTH 3 BEATS
.........c. GO OVER FINGERING
.........d. PLAY WITHOUT ACCOMPANIMENT
.........e. SIGHT READ WITH ACCOMPANIMENT
02. BURGUNDIAN CAROL
03. GESU BAMBINO
........a. CELLO and GUITAR HARMONY PARTS PRACTICED
........b. VIOLINS ADDED TO HARMONY
BEG. STRINGS
01. MARKING BOWS WITH TAPE FOR EACH STUDENT AT THE MIDDLE (SQUARE) and TIP (TRAPEZOID)
........a. BOW STICK PLACED ON VIOLIN WITH FULL HAIR ON THE STRING and STICK AWAY FROM THE NOSE
.............1) ARROWS MARKED ON EACH PLAYERS MIDDLE BOW TAPE TO SHOW THE DIRECTION THE BOW STICK NEEDS TO BE PLACED
02. BOW ON VIOLIN
........a. BOW PLACED AT MIDDLE (SQUARE) IN BETWEEN BRIDGE and FINGERBOARD
(FULL HAIR; STICK AWAY FROM THE NOSE)
.........b. BOW LEVELS
..............1) AT EACH LEVEL (STARTING ON "G" STRING) SILENTLY "SPRING" THE BOW 4X
..............2) BOW ROCKING ON EACH STRING (SEE-SAW MOVEMENT)
....................a. KEEP BOW DEPRESSED ONTO THE STRING TO KEEP BOW FROM WIGGLING
..........c. DOWN and UP BOW FULL MOVEMENTS AT THE UPPER HALF (UH) OF THE BOW 4X TO 8X EACH
STRING
...............1) MOVE THE BOW FROM MIDDLE TO TIP IN ONE CONTINUOUS MOTION
...............2) START EACH SOUND (DOWN and UP) WITH A SPRING-ARTICULATION SOUND
...............3) BOW and ARM MOVE TO EACH BOW LEVEL THEN THE ARM FREEZES AND ELBOW MOVES
THE UP and DOWN (ELBOW MUSCLE IS PRIMARILY USED WHEN MOVING THE UH OF THE
BOW)