Monday, November 5, 2012

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013

QUOTE: 
“Any great work of art... revives and re-adapts time and space, and the measure of its success is the 
  extent to which it makes you an inhabitant of that world - the extent to which it invites you in and lets 
  you breathe its strange, special air.”
AUTHOR: Leonard Bernstein
MEANING OF THE QUOTE: 
“A great piece of music can transport your imagination back in 
  time, ahead in the future, make you laugh or cry, and send you 
  to exotic places.”




COMPOSER
COPLAND






Fanfare For The Common Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NjssV8UuVA&feature=related

GENERAL MUSIC
01. THEORY: LINE and SPACE IDENTIFICATION (AS NEEDED)
02.  REVIEW OF PROCEDURES/RULES
.......a.  MANY NEW STUDENTS ADDED TO CLASSES TODAY NECESSITATING A REVIEW
03. MAKING AN INSTRUMENT: STUDENT DEMONSTRATION OF HOMEMADE INSTRUMENTs
04. RECORDERS
.......a.  REVIEW OF BLOWING TECHNIQUE FOR NEW STUDENTS
.......b.  FINGERING 1, 2 and 3 BY STEP and SKIP
.......c.  WHACKY NUTCRACKER (3 NOTE SONG) BY NUMBER REVIEWED and/or INTRODUCED
(TO CONTINUE TOMORROW)


ADV. STRINGS
PREPARATION FOR THE HOLIDAY CONCERT
01.  GESU BAMBINO
........a.  WORKED ON PASSAGE WHICH IS DOUBLED AT THE OCTAVE (HALF THE CLASS PLAYS                IN 3RD  POSITION/OTHER HALF IN 1ST POSITION)
02.  SHALOM CHAVERIM
........a. LISTENED TO OSTINATO (REPEATED PATTERN) PLAYED IN THE HARMONY PART
........b.  WORKED ON BLENDING and BALANCING THE 2 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE ROUND SO                   EACH SECTION  IS HEARD AT THE SAME TIME

BEG. STRINGS 
PREPARATION FOR THE HOLIDAY CONCERT
01.  STARTED (AS A WARM-UP) THE FIRST SECTION (INTRODUCTION) TO THE SONG "HOEDOWN'
........a.  PLAYED 8X
02.  GESU BAMBINO
........a.  DEMONSTRATION BY TEACHER
........b.  EXPLANATION OF 12/8 METER (INCLUDING 8TH NOTES and DOTTED QUARTER NOTES                  IN SUBDIVISION OF THE BEAT)
........c.  WORKED ON THE FIRST LINE OF THE MUSIC
..............1)  STUDENTS DISCUSSED KEEPING FINGERS DOWN ACROSS STRINGS and JUST MOVING                    THE BOW (THE CONCEPT OF PLAYING PERFECT 5THS)
..............2)  STUDENTS MARKED FINGERINGS and COLORS INTO THE FIRST LINE OF THEIR                              MUSIC
..............3)  CLASS LEARNED THE FIRST LINE OF MUSIC (NEXT LINE TOMORROW)