Friday, February 8, 2013

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2013

QUOTE:
“Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.
AUTHOR: Frank Zappa
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"The vibrations that emanate from music create a sound from air as an artist 
  creates a sculpture from a rock."













COMPOSER
DEBUSSY

The Children's Corner
Played by Valdimir Viardo


GENERAL MUSIC
01.  NAMING THE PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS WORKSHEET 
........a.  PASSED OUT/STUDENTS STARTED (TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK)
02.  PASSED BACK GRADED WORK/PASSED IN WORK TO BE GRADED
03.  "BEAT GOES ON" PERCUSSION ORCHESTRATION
........a.  DISCUSSED THE TERM "ORCHESTRATION"
.............1) APPROPRIATE USE OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS USING SOUND COLORS FOR                              CONTRAST
.............2)  PROPER USE OF THE METALS (TRIANGLES/FINGER CYMBALS) DUE TO VIBRATION                       QUALITIES
........b.  CLASS ORCHESTRATED THE COLORED GRAPHED PHRASES OF THE PIECE  (ONE                          INSTRUMENT GROUPING PER COLOR) 
........c.  STUDENTS DIVIDED INTO SECTIONS AND EACH STUDENT GIVEN A PERCUSSION                            INSTRUMENT TO PLAY
........d.  STUDENTS COUNTED THE BEATS (SQUARES) ON THE GRAPH and PLAYED THEIR                          INSTRUMENT ON EACH BEAT OF THEIR ASSIGNED COLOR WITH THE RECORDED MUSIC

ADV. STRINGS
01.  LOS MACHETES
........a.  SIGHT READ THROUGH
........b.  DISCUSSED THE FORM
........c.  PRACTICED EACH SECTION SEPARATELY COORDINATING WITH BASS and GUITAR                       HARMONY
........d.  PLAYED THE PIECE FOR CONTINUITY
02.  PARADISE

BEG. STRINGS
01.  WARM-UP: TWINKLE (HUCKLEBERRY HOUND DOG VARIATION)
........a.  L.H. BOW G and D STRING
........b.  U.H. BOW D and A STRING
02.  LOS MACHETES
........a.  DEMONSTRATION
........b.  COUNTING REVIEW
........c.  FORM DISCUSSION (INTRO/AA/BB/CC/AA/BB/CC/A/CODA)
........d.  WORKED ON THE FIRST PHRASE ANALYZING WHAT TO PRACTICE and WHAT IS                            REPETITIOUS