Friday, February 22, 2013

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2013

QUOTE:
“To study music we must learn the rules. To create music, we must break them.”
AUTHOR: Nadia Boulanger
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“You should not break music rules accidentally; only break them deliberately 
   for artistic reasons.”









COMPOSER
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV


"Hymn to the Sun" from Le Coq d'Or
(The Golden Cockerel)
Arranged and played on the violin by Fritz Kreisler

 Le Coq d'Or 
(The Golden Cockerel)
(with English subtitles)
Conductor: Kent Nagano
This is the back cover illustration for Alexander Pushkin's 
"The Tale of the Golden Cockerel" by illustrator Ivan Bilibin 

"Le Coq de la Liberation" 1944 by Picasso


Le coq rouge et le peintre by Chagall


GENERAL MUSIC
01.  MUSICAL ALPHABET WORKSHEET GRAPHS (turned in)
02.  KEYBOARD WORKSHEETS PASSED OUT
02.  ALLEY CAT (LEFT-RIGHT) RHYTHMIC PERFORMANCE USING HAND-HELD PERCUSSION
........a.  CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY: STUDENTS PERFORMED THIS TRYING MANY DIFFERENT
              INSTRUMENTS
..............1)  STUDENTS PERFORMED WITHOUT TRACKING HELP (DEVELOPMENT OF FOCUSING                      SKILLS) 
03.  KEYBOARD RULES (to be continued Monday)
........a.  STARTED DISCUSSION OF RULES and PROCEDURES FOR USING THE KEYBOARDS IN                      PREPARATION FOR STARTING TO PLAY THEM NEXT WEEK 

ADV. STRINGS
01.  STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
02.  MY HEART GOES ON
........a.  STARTED TO DISCUSS KEY CHANGES IN THIS PIECE (to continue next time we play this) 

BEG. STRINGS
01.  LOS MACHETES
02.  ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
03.  STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (HARMONY)
04.  SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW