Tuesday, January 15, 2013

TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 2013

QUOTE:
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music."
AUTHOR: Aldous Huxley
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Silence, an element of music, is often a more powerful expression 
 than words."




COMPOSER
TCHAIKOVSKY


Conductor: Bernstein



GENERAL MUSIC

PERIODS 1 and 2:
02.  VIOLIN LEFT HOLD
........a.  LEFT PIZZICATO EXERCISES WITH EACH FINGER TO ESTABLISH THE PROPER ANGLE                  OF THE VIOLIN and THE LEFT ARM UNDER THE VIOLIN
..............1)  FORMED A BACKWARDS "C" AT THE CURVE OF THE NECK
..............2)  PLACED PAD OF THE 1ST FINGER DOWN WITH A "SPRING" ACTION 4X ON EACH                            STRING THEN DID THE SAME WITH ALL THE OTHER FINGERS
..............3)  REPEATED THE ABOVE ACTION EXCEPT ADDED PULLING THE STRING TO THE                              RIGHT CREATING THE LEFT PIZZICATO (PLUCKING ACTION)

PERIOD 3:
01. VIOLIN PARTS/DEMONSTRATION
.......a.  DISCUSSED VIOLIN BOW
.......b.  REVIEWED THE NAMES OF THE PARTS OF THE INSTRUMENT

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

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: SOMEBODY THAT I USED TO KNOW
........a.  DISCUSSED THE COUNTING..SPECIFICALLY THE 8TH NOTES