Everything music from a perspective of a public
school music teacher with subject integration
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to help teach the Common Core Curriculum.
A state of being pleasantly lost in one's thoughts; a daydream: "I slipped into reverie."
This term, used in an instrumental piece, suggests a dreamy or musing state.
Reverie by E.A. Hornel
GENERAL MUSIC
01. INTRODUCTION TO PERCUSSION: FILM (SUBSTITUTE) .......a. STUDENTS TOOK DOWN IMPORTANT FACTS and DISCUSSED
ADV. STRINGS
01. STRAVINSKY WORK SHEET (SUBSTITUTE)
BEG. STRINGS
01. OPEN STRING ONE OCTAVE SCALES SLURRING 2 NOTES WHOLE BOW 02. YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME .......a. WORKED ON CHROMATIC PASSAGES .......b. PLAYED THE ENTIRE PIECE FOR CONTINUITY 03. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
Syrinx into a Reed or Pane e Siringa, Book I, illustration from Ovid's Metamorphoses, Florence, 1832
In Greek mythology the Syrinx was an Arcadiannymph, who being pursued by Pan, fled into the river Ladon, and at her own request was metamorphosed into a reed from which Pan then made his flute.
01. REVIEW OF SILLY RULES WORKSHEET QUESTIONS 8-12
02. ECHO CLAPPING and MUSIC ELEMENTS OF PULSE and RHYTHM REVIEW
03. ECHO CLAPPING RHYTHM TO FOR CLASSROOM ATTENTION
........a. INTRODUCTION TO THE SYMBOL OF THE QUARTER NOTE ........b. DEFINITION OF TERMS MEASURE and BARLINE 04. EXPLANATION OF USE OF GRAVITY IN THE PRODUCTION OF A STEADY PULSE 05. RECORDER RULES TO TUNE OF "THE BEAT GOES ON" WITH BODY PERCUSSION ADDED TO DISPLAY THE MUSICAL FORM
ADV. STRINGS
01. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL ........a. EXTRA PRACTICE ON THE ENDING RHYTHMIC PASSAGE 02. YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME ........a. DISCUSSION OF SUBDIVIDING BEATS IN ORDER TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE COUNTING
BEG. STRINGS
01. SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW (ADVANCE PART-MELODY) .......a. PRACTICED A PASSAGE IN DETAIL .......b. PLAYED THE ENTIRE PIECE FOR CONTINUITY
Depending on the context, the term arabesque has several different meanings.
Originally, it described a style of Arab art and architecture consisting of
intricate designs of geometric floral, and foliage patterns.
Similarly, as it applies to classical music, arabesque is a style of music that is ornately decorative.
Most arabesques were composed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
GENERAL MUSIC:
01. PROCEDURES TO GETTING OUT FOLDERS and STARTING THE PRE-LESSON ACTIVITY
02. REVIEW OF SILLY RULES WORKSHEET QUESTIONS 1-7
03. ECHO CLAPPING and MUSIC ELEMENTS OF PULSE and RHYTHM
........a. ECHO CLAPPING MUSIC GAME: LET'S PLAY THE STICK GAME
ADV. STRINGS
01. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL ........a. EXTRA PRACTICE ON THE ENDING RHYTHMIC PASSAGE 02. SOMEONE THAT I USED TO KNOW
BEG. STRINGS
01. WARM-UP ........a. 1ST FINGER SHIFTING DO-RE-MI-FA-SOL and BACKWARDS ........b. SHOWED CLASS HOW SHIFT CAN BE PERFORMED USING THE NEXT HIGHEST OPEN STRING AS A DOUBLE STOP TO HELP WITH INTONATION 02. NEW SONG: YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME (HARMONY PART) ........a. REVIEWED COUNTING ........b. EXPLAINED ADDED SHARP (#) and FLAT (b) NOTES and THEIR SYMBOLS ........c. PRACTICED MOVING CHROMATIC PASSAGE FINGERINGS: "B" to "Bb" ON THE "G" STRING
01. INTRODUCTION TO THE CLASS ........a. ENTERING and EXISTING PROCEDURES ........b. CLASS ROOM GENERAL PROCEDURES ........c. FOLDERS FOR CLASS WORK ........d. PASSED OUT RULES WORKSHEETS ........e. DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WILL BE COVERED IN THIS CLASS ........f. BEHAVIOR EXPECTATIONS and TEAMWORK
ADV. STRINGS
01. INFORMATION GIVEN OUT CONCERNING FIELD TRIP NEXT WEEK TO WALT DISNEY HALL IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES TO HEAR THE LA PHILHARMONIC FEBRUARY 7TH
........a. PASSED OUT INFORMATION SHEETS GIVEN TO ME BY MR. ROA and EXPLAINED WHAT IT SAID
........b. PASSED OUT PERMISSION SLIPS THAT NEED TO BE TURNED IN BY THIS FRIDAY IN ORDER TO BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND
........c. REVIEWED THAT ALL SCHOOL WORK MISSED BY ATTENDING THIS FIELD TRIP MUST BE MADE UP
........d. INFORMED STUDENTS THAT THEIR OTHER TEACHERS CAN ASK THAT STUDENTS MISSING WORK NOT BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND SO ALL STUDENTS NEED TO GET ANY MISSING WORK TURNED IN
02. PREPARED A PRESENTATION ON "THE FIREBIRD" BY IGOR STRAVINSKY TO SHOW THE CLASS IN PREPARATION FOR THE FIELD TRIP AS THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE PERFORMED SEE: http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2013/01/stravinsky-firebird-suite-1919.html
BEG. STRINGS
01. REVIEWED INFORMATION GIVEN OUT CONCERNING FIELD TRIP NEXT WEEK TO WALT DISNEY HALL IN
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES TO HEAR THE LA PHILHARMONIC FEBRUARY 7TH
........a. PASSED OUT THE REMAINDER OF INFORMATION SHEETS GIVEN TO ME BY MR. ROA FOR THOSE WHO NEEDED THEM
........b. PASSED OUT THE REMAINDER OF THE PERMISSION SLIPS THAT NEED TO BE TURNED IN BY THIS FRIDAY IN ORDER TO BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND
........c. COLLECTED COMPLETED PERMISSION SLIPS
........d. REVIEWED THAT ALL SCHOOL WORK MISSED BY ATTENDING THIS FIELD TRIP MUST BE MADE UP
........e. INFORMED STUDENTS THAT THEIR OTHER TEACHERS CAN ASK THAT STUDENTS MISSING WORK NOT BE ALLOWED TO ATTEND SO ALL STUDENTS NEED TO GET ANY MISSING WORK TURNED IN
02. PREPARED A PRESENTATION ON "THE FIREBIRD" BY IGOR STRAVINSKY TO SHOW THE CLASS IN PREPARATION FOR THE FIELD TRIP AS THAT IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO SEE PERFORMED SEE: http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2013/01/stravinsky-firebird-suite-1919.html
A tuning fork serves as a useful illustration of how a vibrating object can produce sound. The fork consists of a handle and two tines. When the tuning fork is hit, the tines begin to vibrate back and forth several hundred times per second. The back and forth vibration of the tines produce disturbances of surrounding air molecules. Often, the vibrations are so fast that they're not visible to the human eye. Experimentally this can be viewed by dipping a humming tuning fork into a cup of water; it will kick up a surprisingly large jet of water.
Tuning fork vibrations in super slow motion:
The speed of a tuning fork's vibrations is known as its frequency, a quantity measured in hertz (Hz), or vibrations per second.The faster a tuning fork's frequency, the shorter the length of the tuning fork tine and the higher the pitch of the note it plays because it has less distance to move. An example: a very high sound may vibrate at 4,000 Hz. and a very low sound vibrate at 28 Hz. It is the same principle as strings on a guitar; a tight string vibrates quickly and a loose string takes longer to shudder back and forth, resulting in a lower tone.
During the vibration, as a tine stretches outward from its usual position, it compresses surrounding air molecules into a small region of space creating a high pressure (compression) region next to the tine. As the tine then moves inward from its usual position, air surrounding the tine expands producing a low pressure (rarefaction) region next to the tine. As the tines continue to vibrate, an alternating pattern of high and low pressure regions are created. These regions are transported through the surrounding air, carrying the sound signal from one location to another forming a sound wave.
The vibration of 440 cycles/sec causes compression and rarefaction of air molecules
generating sound waves.
The "tuning fork" was invented by John Shore, English musician to the royal court in 1711 and had a pitch of A423.5. The numbers underneath the musical notes represent the Hertz (Hz) or cycles per second of the sound wave made when the fork is vibrating.
Standard Pitch or Concert Pitch is a universal frequency or note that all musical instruments are tuned to. Today's standard pitch is A440 or C523.3 and this enables musicians to play instruments together in harmony, without clashing pitches. A tuning fork is normally used to set the pitch. Pitch pipes and electronic tuning forks can also be used, but are not as common
01. VIOLIN: BOWING ON VIOLIN ........a. TREMELO TECHNIQUE ........b. OPEN STRING SONG WITH NOTE READING: BLAST OFF ........c. OPEN STRING SONG WITH NOTE READING: OPEN STRING WALTZ ........d. REVIEW "PUMPED UP KICKS"
PERIOD 3:
01. MUSICAL: MY FAIR LADY
ADV. STRINGS
01. PIRATES OF CARIBBEAN
........a. PLAYED THROUGH FOR CONTINUITY
........b. WORKED ON ANOTHER SPECIFIC PASSAGE TO GET SPEED
02. PARADISE
03. MY HEART WILL GO ON
BEG. STRINGS
01. PARADISE (HARMONY PART) 02. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL ........a. REVIEWED SOME SECTIONS ........b. PLAYED THE ENTIRE PIECE
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
