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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2013

QUOTE:
"Music is your own experience, your own thoughts, your wisdom. If you don't live it, it won't come 
  out of your horn."
AUTHOR: Charlie Parker
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“A lot of who you are is due in part to your life’s experiences. 
 Emotions that emanate from those experiences will come out 
 uniquely in the creation of music.”







COMPOSER
TCHAIKOVSKY


"Capriccio Italian"
Carnival in Rome
by
Aleksandr-Petrovic Mjasoedo, 1839 


Symphonic Poem, Op 45
Conductor: Bernstein


GENERAL MUSIC

PERIODS 1 and 2:
01.  VIOLIN LEFT PIZZICATO
........a.  REVIEW 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)
02.   VIOLIN LEFT PIZZICATO ON OPEN STRING SONGS
.........a.  CRIPPLE CREEK
...............1)  REVIEWED NAMES OF OPEN STRINGS WHICH HAVE BEEN COLORIZED 
                     GREEN: E/YELLOW: A/RED: D/BLUE:G
...............2)  SANG NOTE NAMES AS THE ACCOMPANIMENT WAS PLAYED
...............3)  SANG NOTE NAMES AS THE ACCOMPANIMENT WAS PLAYED and PLUCKED THE                             CORRESPONDING STRINGS AT THE SAME TIME WITH LEFT PIZZICATO 
.........b.  BATMAN
...............1)  PLAYED BATMAN IN VARIOUS KEYS USING THE SAME DIRECTIONS AS ABOVE

PERIOD 3:
01. VIOLIN PARTS/DEMONSTRATION COMPLETED FROM YESTERDAY
.......a.  REVIEWED THE NAMES OF THE PARTS OF THE INSTRUMENT
.......b.  SHORT QUIZ ON THE NAMES OF THE PARTS
.......c.  NAMES OF OPEN STRINGS REVIEWED
.......d.  DISCUSSED THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SHOULDER REST IN HOLDING THE VIOLIN
............1)  EVERYONE GOT TO TRY HOLDING THE VIOLIN WITH A SHOULDER REST ON

ADV. STRINGS
01.  ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
........a.  WORKED ON THE 2 FASTEST SECTIONS TO GET THE PASSAGES UP TO SPEED
02.  WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL
03.  HOUDINI

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: ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
04. SOMEONE I USED TO KNOW