“Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.”
AUTHOR: Robert Schumann
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Art starts out in the artists soul inwardly. The art can not be expressed
“Art starts out in the artists soul inwardly. The art can not be expressed
outwardly without the willingness of the artist to work hard."
COMPOSER
HILDEGARD
VISION: O Euchari In Leta Via
O Euchari In Leta Vita: This religious piece was written in honor of St. Eucharius, the missionary to the Gauls, the first bishop of the city, and the man who laid the cornerstone to Trier Cathedral, the oldest cathedral north of the Alps. Hildegard probably wrote the music and poetry for the monks of the monastery in Trier devoted to his worship. This Sequence would have been sung during Mass on Eucharius' feast day, December 8.
01. KEYBOARD WORKSHEETS
02. HILDEGARD and MEDIEVAL MUSIC
........a. MUSIC NOTATION DEVELOPED IN THE CHURCH DURING THE MEDIEVAL TIMES AS A WAY OF
PRESERVING THE MUSIC WRITTEN FOR
THE RELIGIOUS SERVICES AS THERE WERE NO RECORDING DEVICES INVENTED YET
.............1) EARLY NOTES WERE CALLED NEUMES
.............2) LINES and SPACES OF THE MUSICAL STAFF WERE PATTERNED AFTER THE FINGERS OF THE HAND (FIVE FINGERS and FOUR SPACES IN BETWEEN)
.........b. HILDEGARD WAS A NUN WHO WROTE MUSIC FOR THE CHURCH and THE MUSIC SURVIVED BECAUSE SHE WAS EDUCATED IN MUSIC NOTATION
.........c. MUCH OF NON-CHURCH (SECULAR) MUSIC DID NOT SURVIVE FROM THE MEDIEVAL TIMES BECAUSE THE AVERAGE PERSON WHO CREATED THIS MUSIC HAD NO KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC NOTATION
.........d. TODAY OUR KNOWLEDGE OF MUSIC FROM THIS TIME PERIOD IS MOSTLY FROM THE CHURCH
03. DEMONSTRATION OF EARLY INSTRUMENTS
.........a. VIEWED A REPRODUCTION OF A STRING INSTRUMENT CALLED A VIELLE (AS SEEN IN THE
MEDIEVAL FILM YESTERDAY) AND IT'S EARLIER RELATIVE CALLED THE REBEC
.........b. VIEWED EARLY PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS and HOW THEY WERE MADE
................1) DISCUSSED INSTRUMENTS MADE FROM GOURDS
................2) EARLY INSTRUMENTS THAT SHAKE (RATTLES) and SCRAPE
................3) EARLY DRUMS
................4) MISCELLANEOUS PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS (RAIN STICKS)
..........c. WIND INSTRUMENTS
................1) EARLY FLUTE-LIKE INSTRUMENTS (PAN FLUTE, NATIVE AMERICAN FLUTE)
................2) ANIMAL HORNS
04. HOW TO MAKE SOME INSTRUMENTS FROM BASIC "FOUND" OBJECTS
ADV. STRINGS
.......a. WORK ON A SPECIFIC PASSAGE TO GET SPEED (01230321) or (01234321)
.............1) BOW PLAYED AT MIDDLE
.............2) NO PINKY FINGER ON THE BOW
.............3) ALWAYS START DOWN BOW
.............4) USE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF BOW
.............5) FINGERING
........b. PRACTICE SLOW and GRADUALLY SPEED UP
02. FROSTY
.........a. WORK ON SPECIFIC PASSAGES
.........b. CONCENTRATED ON 8TH NOTES BEING PLAYED EITHER AT THE UH
(UPPER HALF) or LH (LOWER HALF) OF THE BOW (BOW PROPORTIONING)
FOR CLEANER ARTICULATION
01. BOW WARM-UP CYCLE OF STRINGS FOR BOW SPEED (UPPER HALF)
......a. BOW TO RHYTHM OF "HUCK-LE-BER-RY HOUND DOG" 2X EACH STRING
......b. PRACTICE WITH A BOW LEADER
02. PARTNER HOUSETOP (OPEN STRINGS/USING BOW)
.......a. REVIEW UP and DOWN BOW SIGNS
.......b. REVIEW METER and COUNTING
.......c. REVIEW MUSICAL ROAD SIGNS (REPEATS and D.S. SIGNS)
.......d. SING OPEN STRING NOTE NAMES OUT LOUD WHILE LISTENING TO THE RECORDING
.......e, REPEAT ABOVE and BOW STRINGS
03. BURGUNDIAN CAROL (OPEN STRINGS/RIGHT PIZZICATO)
.......a. REVIEW UP and DOWN BOW SIGNS
.......b. REVIEW METER and COUNTING
.......c. REVIEW MUSICAL ROAD SIGNS (REPEATS and D.S. SIGNS)
.......d. SING OPEN STRING NOTE NAMES OUT LOUD WHILE LISTENING TO THE RECORDING
.......e, REPEAT ABOVE and BOW STRINGS
03. BURGUNDIAN CAROL (OPEN STRINGS/RIGHT PIZZICATO)
.......a. REVIEW
04. INTRODUCTION TO OPEN STRINGS NOTES PLACE ON THE MUSICAL KEYBOARDS
.......a. LOCATING THE "D" STRING NOTE ON THE KEYBOARD (MIDDLE "D" ON THE KEYBOARD)
.......b. LOCATING BLACK KEYBOARD KEYS IN GROUPS OF TWO WITH THE WHITE KEY IN BETWEEN BEING "D"
.......c. USING THE FIVE FINGERS ON THE HAND (CALLED A PERFECT 5TH) TO LOCATE WHERE THE OPEN STRING "A" IS LOCATED ON THE KEYBOARD (FIVE FINGERS HIGHER THAN "A" IS WHERE THE OPEN STRING "E" SOUND IS LOCATED ON THE KEYBOARD AND FIVE FINGERS BELOW "D" IS WHERE THE OPEN "G" STRING SOUND IS LOCATED ON THE KEYBOARD)
04. INTRODUCTION TO OPEN STRINGS NOTES PLACE ON THE MUSICAL KEYBOARDS
.......a. LOCATING THE "D" STRING NOTE ON THE KEYBOARD (MIDDLE "D" ON THE KEYBOARD)
.......b. LOCATING BLACK KEYBOARD KEYS IN GROUPS OF TWO WITH THE WHITE KEY IN BETWEEN BEING "D"
.......c. USING THE FIVE FINGERS ON THE HAND (CALLED A PERFECT 5TH) TO LOCATE WHERE THE OPEN STRING "A" IS LOCATED ON THE KEYBOARD (FIVE FINGERS HIGHER THAN "A" IS WHERE THE OPEN STRING "E" SOUND IS LOCATED ON THE KEYBOARD AND FIVE FINGERS BELOW "D" IS WHERE THE OPEN "G" STRING SOUND IS LOCATED ON THE KEYBOARD)