“Achievements, seldom credited to their source, are the result of unspeakable drudgery and worries.”
AUTHOR: Richard Wagner
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“The audience rarely knows of all the time and effort that goes into
the production of an art form.”
“The audience rarely knows of all the time and effort that goes into
the production of an art form.”
COMPOSER
DEBUSSY
Clair de Lune
(Originally written for the piano.)
Clair de Lune
(A deleted scene from Disney's "Fantasia"
Stokowsky arrangement)
Stokowsky conducts his own arrangement of Clair de Lune
Clair de Lune
http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2010/04/debussy-claire-de-lune-played-by-van.html
http://wheredihearthat.blogspot.com/2011/09/clair-de-lune.html
ADV. STRINGS
http://wheredihearthat.blogspot.com/2011/09/clair-de-lune.html
PERIODS 1 and 2:
01. VIOLIN: BOWING ON VIOLIN
........a. TIGHTENING and LOOSING BOW
........b. BOW LEVELS ON VIOLIN
.............1) SILENT BOW ROCKING
.............2) SPRING OF BOW AT EACH MAIN BOW LEVEL 4X
.........c. BOWING MIDDLE to TIP USING ELBOW (UPPER HALF of BOW) 4X EACH STRING
.............1) EXPLANATION OF DOWN and UP BOWS
.............2) SILENT DOWN and UP MOVEMENTS WITHOUT VIOLIN
.........d. BOWING 4X EACH STRING
.........e. OPEN STRING SONG "PUMPED UP KICKS" (HARMONY: GG/DD/AA/EE)
...............1) STUDENTS BOW UH (UPPER HALF OF BOW) TO THE ACCOMPANIMENT
...............2) AS STUDENTS PRACTICE WITH MUSIC TEACHER CHECKS EACH STUDENT AS TO PROPER BOW TECHNIQUE.
.........f. OPEN STRING SONG "BLAST OFF" USING NOTE READING (TO CONTINUE TOMORROW)
PERIOD 3:
01. VIOLIN: LEFT PIZZICATO CYCLE OF STRINGS
........a. REVIEWED WATCHING THE CONDUCTOR DIRECTIONS
........b. LEFT THUMB PLACED AT CURVE OF THE VIOLIN NECK
........c. PAD OF THE LEFT POINTER FINGER DEPRESSES EACH STRING 8X WITH A SPRING ACTION
........d. REPEAT ABOVE DIRECTIONS and PULL THE STRING TO THE RIGHT TO PLUCK THE STRING
.............1) PLUCKED EACH STRING 4X (DEPRESSING THE STRING DOWN BEFORE PLUCKING EACH TIME)
........e. OPEN STRING SONG "CRIPPLE CREEK"
..............1) REVIEWED NOTE NAMES and RELATED NOTES TO THE OPEN STRINGS
..............2) SANG NOTE NAMES AGAINST RECORDED ACCOMPANIMENT
..............3) REPEATED THE ABOVE DIRECTIONS and ADDED RIGHT HAND PIZZICATO
ADV. STRINGS
01. PIRATES OF CARIBBEAN
........a. WORKED ON ANOTHER SPECIFIC PASSAGE TO GET SPEED
02. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
03. WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL
........a. WORKED ON ANOTHER SPECIFIC PASSAGE TO GET SPEED
02. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
03. WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL
BEG. STRINGS
01. WARM-UP
........a. OPEN STRING SCALES SLURRING 2 NOTES ON A SINGLE WHOLE BOW (WB)
........b. OPEN STRING SCALES SLURRING 2 NOTES AT THE LH and UH OF THE BOW IN PREPARATION TO SLUR 4 NOTES ON A BOW
04. SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW
.........a. REVIEWED A SPECIFIC PASSAGE FOR COUNTING and FOR BOWING
..............1) PULLED APART THE FIRST FEW PHRASES INTRICATELY FOR PROPER BOWING, ARTICULATION, and COUNTING
..............2) DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF PROPER ARTICULATION and HOW IT CAN BE USED TO HIDE MANY PLAYING MISTAKES and ERRORS