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Friday, February 15, 2013

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2013

QUOTE:
“A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.”
AUTHOR: Gian Carlo Menotti
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“A smart person knows he/she does not know everything; that there is 
  always more to learn.”








COMPOSER
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV



Mozart and Salieri Opera



Mozart and Salieri listen as a blind violinist plays. 
Illustration to Pushkin's tragedy "Mozart and Salieri"

by Mikhail Vrubel


Salieri pours poison into a glass for Mozart.
Illustration to Pushkin's tragedy "Mozart and Salieri"

by Mikhail Vrubel



GENERAL MUSIC:
01.  MUSICAL ALPHABET WORKSHEET GRAPHS (continued)
02.  ALLEY CAT LEFT VERSUS RIGHT BRAIN LEARNING IN MUSIC (QUARTER and EIGHTH NOTE        RHYTHM  COUNTING) RHYTHMIC SYMBOL READING and FOCUSING SKILLS)
........a.  DISCUSSION ON HOW IN MUSIC TO PLAY MOST INSTRUMENTS BOTH HANDS ARE USED                EQUALLY
.............1)  COMPARED USE OF BOTH HANDS TO THEIR IMPORTANCE IN THE CREATION OF                           OTHER ART FORMS
........b.   DISCUSSION OF THE BRAIN and HOW IT IS CROSS-CIRCUITED
..............1)  LEFT SIDE OF THE BRAIN CONTROLS THE RIGHT HAND and VICE-VERSA
..............2)  MOST PEOPLE FAVOR ONE HAND OVER THE OTHER
..............3)  MOST PEOPLE HAVE THE USE OF ONE HAND MORE DEVELOPED THAN THE OTHER
..............4)  USING THE WEAKER HAND CAUSES FRUSTRATION BECAUSE IT DOES NOT RESPOND                    TO BRAIN DIRECTIONS AS QUICKLY AS THE STRONG HAND
....................a)  STUDENTS DEMONSTRATED THIS BY WRITING THEIR NAME WITH THE WEAK                              HAND FOLLOWED BY WRITING THEIR NAME WITH THE STRONG HAND and                                    COMPARING THE RESULTS
....THE WEAK HAND EXAMPLE LOOKED LESS SOPHISTICATED PERHAPS CHILD-LIKE
....THE WEAK HAND EXAMPLE TOOK A LONGER TIME TO CREATE AS IT TOOK MORE 
     CONCENTRATION TO CONTROL THE MOVEMENT
..............5)  CONSTANT USING OF THE WEAK HAND (AS NEEDED IN PLAYING MOST                                            INSTRUMENTS) WILL OPEN UP THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRAIN AND, WITH                                    PRACTICE, THE WEAK HAND WILL   EQUALIZE IN ITS ABILITY TO PERFORM EQUAL                    TASKS TO THE STRONG HAND
..............6)  CONCENTRATION and FOCUSING SKILLS ARE LEARNED THROUGH THE PRACTICE                        OF TEACHING LEFT and RIGHT HAND CROSS-CIRCUITING MOVEMENTS
........c.    STUDENTS READ THE "RIGHT" and "LEFT" DIRECTIONS OUT LOUD WHILE READING                    THE RHYTHMIC SIGNALS AND MOVING THE APPROPRIATE RIGHT and LEFT                                  MOVEMENTS
...............1)  LEFT-RIGHT MOVEMENTS IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE SONG ARE IN PATTERNS                            WHICH ARE EASIER FOR THE BRAIN TO EXECUTE
...............2)  LEFT-RIGHT MOVEMENT IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE SONG ARE IN PATTERNS                          WHICH ARE RANDOMLY PLACED TO MAKE IT HARDER FOR THE BRAIN TO                                    EXECUTE
               3)  STUDENTS WERE ASKED TO PERFORM THE MOVEMENTS IN THIS SONG and WHILE                     DOING IT TRY TO NOTICE IF THEY HAD A MORE DIFFICULT TIME PERFORMING                           THE LAST PART OF THE PIECE and IF SO WHY?
.....................a)  THE CLASS DISCUSSED REASONS FOR THE DIFFICULTY IN THE SECOND HALF
.....................b)  THE CLASS DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAIN LIKES TO THINK IN PATTERNS and                             LEARNING SOMETHING NEW WITHOUT PATTERNS THAT THE BRAIN CAN                                       EASILY IDENTIFY IS MORE DIFFICULT TO PERFORM
.....................c)   WITH REPETITION THOSE DIFFICULT PATTERNS WILL BECOME IDENTIFIABLE                           TO THE BRAIN and BECOME EASY FOR THE BRAIN TO EXECUTE
                
ADV. STRINGS
01.  STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
........a.  WORKED ON GETTING THE GUITAR PARTS SYNCRONIZED WITH THE OTHER PARTS
02.  WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL

BEG. STRINGS
01.  LOS MACHETES (MELODY)
........a.  PRACTICED THE FIRST and SECOND PHRASE
........b.  ADDED THE FIRST PHRASE TO THE SECOND PHRASE
02.  HOUDINI (HARMONY) NEW PIECE
........a.  TEACHER DEMONSTRATION
........b.  DISCUSSION OF DOTTED QUARTER to EIGHTH NOTE RHYTHM
..............1)  1 1/2 BEATS FOLLOWED BY 1/2 OF A BEAT
..............2)  ANOTHER WAY TO COUNT THIS IS BY SAYING THE WORDS "SLOW-LY" WHEN YOU                      SEE THE TWO SYMBOLS TOGETHER
........c.  CLASS SIGHT READ THROUGH THE PIECE WITH TEACHER TRACKING HELP