“Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.”
AUTHOR: Frank Zappa
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"The vibrations that emanate from music create a sound from air
"The vibrations that emanate from music create a sound from air
as an artist creates a sculpture from a rock."
COMPOSER
CHOPIN
Nocturne Op. 27, No. 2
D Flat Major
Played by Dinu Lipatti
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0VhKERbhkE&feature=fvst
GENERAL MUSIC
01. WORKSHEETS GATHERED and COLLECTED TO BE GRADED
........a. BODY LANGUAGE/SILENCE
........b. MUSICAL ALPHABET GRAPHS
........c. MUSICAL ALPHABET WORD LIST
........d. PERCUSSION FILM NOTES
........e. PERCUSSION: NAME THE INSTRUMENTS
........f. SIGNED RULE SHEETS (AS NEEDED)
02. KEYBOARD WORKSHEETS
........a. HOW TO DRAW A KEYBOARD
03. WHAT IS MUSICAL DISCUSSION and WORKSHEET
........a. REVIEWED FIRST 7 QUESTIONS
........b. TO COMPLETE NEXT WEEK
ADV. STRINGS
01. NO HOLLY FOR MISS QUINN
........a. REVIEWED FINGERINGS
........b. PLAYED WITHOUT TEACHER TRACKING HELP
........c. BASS PART ADDED IN
02. GESU BAMBINO
........a. REVIEWED FINGERINGS
........b. PRACTICED CONTINUITY
NEXT WEEK TO CLEAN-UP DETAILS IN CERTAIN SECTIONS
BEG. STRINGS
01. MARKING BOWS WITH TAPE FOR EACH STUDENT AT THE MIDDLE (SQUARE) and TIP (TRAPEZOID)
COMPLETED
........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 NEEDS TO BE PLACED
02. BOW ON VIOLIN (REVIEWED)
........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)
..........d. BOW LEADING (CONCERT MASTER or CONCERT MISTRESS)
................1) BOW MOVEMENTS FOR ALL PLAYERS IN EACH STRING SECTION ALWAYS MUST MOVE IN THE SAME DIRECTION AND ALSO USING THE SAME AMOUNT OF BOW
.......................a) THE BOW MUST BE PLAYED AT THE SAME PLACE AS WELL
................2) EACH STRING SECTION HAS A LEADER FOR ALL THE OTHERS TO FOLLOW
................3) STUDENT IN CLASS IS CHOSEN TO BE THE BOW LEADER and THE PREVIOUS EXERCISE IS
REVIEWED AGAIN WITH STUDENTS MAKING SURE TO WATCH THE LEADER'S BOW
..........e BOW ARTICULATION (CLICK-TYPE SOUND) DISCUSSED and DEMONSTRATED
................1) ARTICULATION SOUND IS PRODUCED BY THE BOW INITIALLY BEING PUSHED DOWN ONTO THE STRING TO SET-IT INTO VIBRATION
................2) "CLICK SOUND" IS LIKE A MINUTE SCRATCH or POP ONTO THE STRING
......................a) THE AMOUNT and LENGTH OF PRESSURE APPLIED IS DETERMINED BY THE SOUND
WISHED TO BE PRODUCED (DIFFERENT ACOUSTICAL VENUES WILL HELP DETERMINE THIS)
................3) LISTENING FOR THE ARTICULATION
.......................a) STUDENTS TO LISTEN TO 4 BOWED OPEN STRING SOUNDS; THREE SOUNDS WITH GOOD ARTICULATION AND ONE WITHOUT and DETERMINE WHICH SOUND WAS NOT CORRECT
..........f. PRACTICING BOWING and ARTICULATION AT UH (UPPER HALF) OF BOW FOR RHYTHMIC
FLOW USING OPEN STRINGS IN ORDER: GG, DD, AA EE (REPEATING OVER AND OVER) TO THE SONG "PUMPED UP KICKS" AS A BACKGROUND