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Monday, January 14, 2013

MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 2013

QUOTE:
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything."
AUTHOR: Plato
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Music can highlight everything you do in life.”








COMPOSER
TCHAIKOVSKY


WAR of 1812 
http://www.taringa.net/posts/info/7991618/1812-Tchaikovsky-y-su-monumental-Obertura.html

The French Invasion of Russia

1812 Overture
Version for Orchestra,  Choir, Organ, War Canons, and Bells
Conductor: Ormandy

Napoleon's withdrawal from Russia
Painting by Adolph Northen

1812 Overture
(another version)


GENERAL MUSIC
PERIODS 1 and 2:
01.  VIOLIN PROCEDURES
........a.  CHECKED OUT INSTRUMENTS
........b.  REVIEWED PROCEDURES OF GETTING INSTRUMENTS OUT and PUTTING THEM BACK
02.  VIOLIN SHOULDER RESTS and LEFT HOLD
........a.  LEARNED TO PUT ON SHOULDER RESTS and HOLD VIOLIN AT JAW WITHOUT HANDS
03.  FOLLOWING THE CONDUCTOR
........a.  LEARNED WHERE TO PLACE VIOLIN BEFORE PLAYING and HOW TO PREPARE FOR                        PLAYING

PERIOD 3:
01. VIOLIN PARTS/DEMONSTRATION
.......a.  LOOKED OVER THE PARTS OF THE VIOLIN
.......b.  DISCUSSED CARE and MAINTENANCE

ADV. STRINGS
01.  ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
........a.  WORKED ON THE 2 FASTEST SECTIONS TO GET THE PASSAGES UP TO SPEED
02.  STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

BEG. STRINGS 
01.  WARM-UP 
........a.  OPEN STRING ONE OCTAVE SCALES SLURRING 2 NOTES ON EACH WHOLE BOW
02.  SONG:  TWINKLE (BY MEMORY)
........a.   PLAYED ON STRINGS D and A (BOW UH) and G and D (BOW LH)
03.  SONG: STARTED ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL (HARMONY)
........a.   DISCUSSED/REVIEWED EIGHTH NOTES
..............1)  LOOKED OVER THE COUNTING IN THE PIECE
........b.  REVIEWED THE CONCEPT OF PERFECT FIFTHS WHERE THE SAME FINGER FINGERS                    TWO NOTES ON CONSECUTIVE STRINGS AT THE SAME TIME
........c.  REVIEWED LEFT HAND PIZZICATO and ITS SYMBOL "+"
........d.  SIGHT READ THROUGH THE PIECE WITH TEACHER TRACKING HELP
04.  SONG: SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW MELODY