Thursday, January 17, 2013

THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2013

QUOTE:
"Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, 
  the coordination between man and time."
AUTHOR: Igor Stravinsky
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Music is a way that man has emotionally recorded his history 
  throughout time.”









COMPOSER
TCHAIKOVSKY



Marche Slav
Conductor: Slatkin



GENERAL MUSIC
PERIODS 1 and 2:
01.  VIOLIN BOW HOLD
........a.  REVIEWED PROCEDURES FOR USING THE BOW
........b.  EXPLAINED BOW HOLD and REASONS FOR THE WAY FINGERS ARE PLACED ON THE                      BOW
........c.  EXPLAINED HOW THE BOW IS BALANCED ON TOP OF THE VIOLIN TO ALLOW FOR                       FLEXIBILITY OF THE RIGHT FINGERS FOR FLUIDITY OF SOUND
........d.  STUDENTS PRACTICED HOLDING THEIR BOWS WITH TEACHER GUIDANCE

PERIOD 3:
01.  HAYDN WORKSHEET
........a.  STUDENTS WORKED ON HAYDN WORKSHEET WHILE VIOLINS WERE ASSIGNED TO                      EACH STUDENT
02.  VIOLIN PROCEDURES
........a.  OPENING and CLOSING CASES PROPERLY
........b.  LEARNING HOW TO PUT ON A SHOULDER REST and HOLD INSTRUMENT AT THE JAW
........c.  FOLLOWING A CONDUCTOR

ADV. STRINGS
01.  PARADISE
02.  YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND

BEG. STRINGS 
01.  WARM-UP 
........a.  FIRST FINGER SHIFTING DO-RE-MI-FA/FA-MI-RE-DO (0-1-1-1/-1-1-1-0) ON EACH STRING
02.  SONG:  TWINKLE (BY MEMORY)
........a.   PLAYED ON STRINGS D and A (BOW UH) and G and D (BOW LH)BOWING "HUCK-LE-BER-                 RY HOUND DOG" RHYTHM
..............1)  EXPLANATION OF COUNTING 16TH NOTES and 8TH'S
..............2)  USED THE SAME AMOUNT OF BOW FOR EACH NOTE NECESSITATING BOW SPEED                        CHANGES
03.  MY  HEART WILL GO ON (HARMONY)
04.  PARADISE (HARMONY)