“Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger
and argument.”
AUTHOR: Gioacchino Rossini
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Do not let critics stop you from creating your art. Ignore their negative
“Do not let critics stop you from creating your art. Ignore their negative
comments if the comments are not constructive ones.”
COMPOSER
DVORAK
American Quartet
Prazak Quartet
Prazak Quartet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pV-kbAydcwk&feature=related
GENERAL MUSIC
01. THEORY: NOTE READING BY STEP-WISE MOTION
.......a. STUDENTS WERE TO WORK ON PAGES AS NEEDED
02. PERCUSSION: SNARE DRUM STICKING WITH DRUM PAD/COUNTING QUARTERS and QUARTER RESTS
.......a. STUDENTS GIVEN A RHYTHMIC SHEET WITH QUARTER NOTES and QUARTER NOTE RESTS IN PATTERNS THAT CHANGE
............1) REVIEWED QUARTER NOTE/ QUARTER NOTE REST SYMBOLS and MATHEMATICAL MEANINGS
............2) REVIEWED TERMS: BAR LINE, MEASURE, and METER (TIME SIGNATURE) and HOW TO COUNT BEATS PER MEASURE, RESTS
..................a) REVIEWED HOW IMPORTANT SILENCES (RESTS) ARE TO MUSIC and HOW NOTES ARE FELT and HEARD BUT RESTS ARE ONLY FELT
..................b) RHYTHMS HAVE ENERGY AND THE RESTS THOUGH SILENT STILL MUST HAVE ENERGY SO THE (RESTS MUST BE EXECUTED USING SOME SORT OF MOVEMENT)
............3) DISCUSSED SOME DIFFERENT METHODS OF COUNTING RHYTHMS
..................a) USING WORD RHYTHMS LIKE THE WORD "ONE" FOR THE QUARTER NOTE SYMBOL OR THE SILLY WORD "JELL-O" FOR EIGHTH NOTES IN PAIRS
..................b) "TAH TEE-TEE" METHOD WHERE "TAH" REPRESENTS THE QUARTER NOTE and "TEE-TEE" REPRESENTS THE EIGHT NOTES IN PAIRS
................. c) MUSICAL MATH METHOD WHERE THE BEATS ARE MATHEMATICALLY COUNTED PER MEASURE
..................d) DISCUSSED PROS and CONS OF EACH METHOD and THAT MUSICIANS OFTEN VARY THE COUNTING METHODS THEY USE
..................e) MAIN GOAL OF CHOOSING A COUNTING METHOD IS THAT IT SHOULD BE FAST and ACCURATE ALLOWING FOR AUTOMATIC RESPONSES.... THINKING ABOUT THE RHYTHMIC SYMBOLS INSTEAD OF REACTING TO THE RHYTHMIC SYMBOLS WHEN COUNTING IS OFTEN TOO SLOW WHEN SIGHT READING MUSIC
............4) STUDENTS WROTE THE COUNTING UNDERNEATH THE RHYTHMS IN THEIR WORKSHEETS CIRCLING THE BEATS THAT WERE RESTS
............5) CLASS COUNTED THE RHYTHMS OUT LOUD (SOME TRIED THIS USING DIFFERENT METHODS OF COUNTING) USING BODY PERCUSSION (PATSCHES or PATS FOR QUARTER NOTES and WAVES FOR QUARTER NOTE RESTS)
...................a) THIS WAS REPEATED WITH A BACKGROUND RECORDED ACCOMPANIMENT (KEEPING THE BEAT STEADY LIKE A METRONOME)
............6) SNARE DRUM STICKS/DRUM PADS HANDED OUT REPLACING THE BODY PERCUSSION and THE RHYTHMS WERE COUNTED OUT LOUD AGAIN and REPEATED TO PERFECT THE COUNTING SKILL
..................a) SHORT REVIEW OF HOLDING THE STICKS (MATCHED STICKING) and THE WRIST MOTION NEEDED
............7) CLASS DISCOVERED THAT THE CONCEPT OF COUNTING WAS EASIER THAN THE FOCUSING SKILL NEEDED FOR THE PLAYING OF THESE RHYTHMS AGAINST A TIMED-RECORDED ACCOMPANIMENT
..................a) REPETITION OF EXERCISES SUCH AS THIS ONE HELP TEACH THE SKILL OF FOCUSING
..................b) STUDENTS LEARNED TO TRACK ON THEIR OWN (LEARNING TO KEEP THEIR FOCUS EVEN THROUGH MISTAKES)
ADV. STRINGS
01. THEORY: NOTE READING BY STEP-WISE MOTION
.......a. STUDENTS WERE TO WORK ON PAGES AS NEEDED
02. PERCUSSION: SNARE DRUM STICKING WITH DRUM PAD/COUNTING QUARTERS and QUARTER RESTS
.......a. STUDENTS GIVEN A RHYTHMIC SHEET WITH QUARTER NOTES and QUARTER NOTE RESTS IN PATTERNS THAT CHANGE
............1) REVIEWED QUARTER NOTE/ QUARTER NOTE REST SYMBOLS and MATHEMATICAL MEANINGS
............2) REVIEWED TERMS: BAR LINE, MEASURE, and METER (TIME SIGNATURE) and HOW TO COUNT BEATS PER MEASURE, RESTS
..................a) REVIEWED HOW IMPORTANT SILENCES (RESTS) ARE TO MUSIC and HOW NOTES ARE FELT and HEARD BUT RESTS ARE ONLY FELT
..................b) RHYTHMS HAVE ENERGY AND THE RESTS THOUGH SILENT STILL MUST HAVE ENERGY SO THE (RESTS MUST BE EXECUTED USING SOME SORT OF MOVEMENT)
............3) DISCUSSED SOME DIFFERENT METHODS OF COUNTING RHYTHMS
..................a) USING WORD RHYTHMS LIKE THE WORD "ONE" FOR THE QUARTER NOTE SYMBOL OR THE SILLY WORD "JELL-O" FOR EIGHTH NOTES IN PAIRS
..................b) "TAH TEE-TEE" METHOD WHERE "TAH" REPRESENTS THE QUARTER NOTE and "TEE-TEE" REPRESENTS THE EIGHT NOTES IN PAIRS
................. c) MUSICAL MATH METHOD WHERE THE BEATS ARE MATHEMATICALLY COUNTED PER MEASURE
..................d) DISCUSSED PROS and CONS OF EACH METHOD and THAT MUSICIANS OFTEN VARY THE COUNTING METHODS THEY USE
..................e) MAIN GOAL OF CHOOSING A COUNTING METHOD IS THAT IT SHOULD BE FAST and ACCURATE ALLOWING FOR AUTOMATIC RESPONSES.... THINKING ABOUT THE RHYTHMIC SYMBOLS INSTEAD OF REACTING TO THE RHYTHMIC SYMBOLS WHEN COUNTING IS OFTEN TOO SLOW WHEN SIGHT READING MUSIC
............4) STUDENTS WROTE THE COUNTING UNDERNEATH THE RHYTHMS IN THEIR WORKSHEETS CIRCLING THE BEATS THAT WERE RESTS
............5) CLASS COUNTED THE RHYTHMS OUT LOUD (SOME TRIED THIS USING DIFFERENT METHODS OF COUNTING) USING BODY PERCUSSION (PATSCHES or PATS FOR QUARTER NOTES and WAVES FOR QUARTER NOTE RESTS)
...................a) THIS WAS REPEATED WITH A BACKGROUND RECORDED ACCOMPANIMENT (KEEPING THE BEAT STEADY LIKE A METRONOME)
............6) SNARE DRUM STICKS/DRUM PADS HANDED OUT REPLACING THE BODY PERCUSSION and THE RHYTHMS WERE COUNTED OUT LOUD AGAIN and REPEATED TO PERFECT THE COUNTING SKILL
..................a) SHORT REVIEW OF HOLDING THE STICKS (MATCHED STICKING) and THE WRIST MOTION NEEDED
............7) CLASS DISCOVERED THAT THE CONCEPT OF COUNTING WAS EASIER THAN THE FOCUSING SKILL NEEDED FOR THE PLAYING OF THESE RHYTHMS AGAINST A TIMED-RECORDED ACCOMPANIMENT
..................a) REPETITION OF EXERCISES SUCH AS THIS ONE HELP TEACH THE SKILL OF FOCUSING
..................b) STUDENTS LEARNED TO TRACK ON THEIR OWN (LEARNING TO KEEP THEIR FOCUS EVEN THROUGH MISTAKES)
ADV. STRINGS
PREPARATION FOR THE HOLIDAY CONCERT DECEMBER 6TH
WE WORKED ON OUR HOLIDAY MUSIC FOR THE CONCERT AS NEEDED
WE WORKED ON OUR HOLIDAY MUSIC FOR THE CONCERT AS NEEDED
BEG. STRINGS
PREPARATION FOR THE HOLIDAY CONCERT DECEMBER 6TH
WE WORKED ON OUR HOLIDAY MUSIC FOR THE CONCERT AS NEEDED
WE PRACTICED IN THE CAFETERIA TODAY WITH THE CHORUS
WE WORKED ON OUR HOLIDAY MUSIC FOR THE CONCERT AS NEEDED
WE PRACTICED IN THE CAFETERIA TODAY WITH THE CHORUS