TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2013

QUOTE:
“There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.”
AUTHOR: Jascha Heifetz

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“There is always a way to improve yourself.”

COMPOSER
DEBUSSY

Petite Suite

The work, which lasts about 13 minutes in performance, has four movements with the first two movements being settings of poems from the volume Fêtes galantes by poet Paul Verlaine

En bateau (Sailing)

Cortège (Retinue)

Menuet

Ballet

Edgar Degas: Bateau échoué

GENERAL MUSIC

01.  STARTED WORKSHEET ON "WHAT IS BODY LANGUAGE and SILENCE"

........a.  DISCUSSED UP TO QUESTION 8 ON THE WORKSHEET IN CLASS
02.  STARTED INSTRUCTION ON THE MUSICAL ALPHABET (FIRST 7 LETTERS: A, B, C, D, E, F, G)
03.  INTRODUCTION TO THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS (continued from            yesterday)

........a.  SHAKER
.............1)  MARACAS

.............2)  TAMBOURINE (COMBO INSTRUMENT WITH SHAKER)

.............3)  RATTLES

.........b. SKINS

.............1)  TAMBOURINE (COMBO INSTRUMENT WITH SHAKER)

.............2)  HAND DRUM
.............3)  SNARE DRUM
.........c.  METALS
..............1)  TRIANGLE
..............2)  FINGER SYMBOLS
..............3)  BELL TREE

ADV. STRINGS
01. YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME

02. PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN
.......a.  WORKED ON FIRST MAIN PHRASE TO GET SPEED
.......b.  PLAYED ENTIRE PIECE FOR CONTINUITY
03.  STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

BEG. STRINGS

01.  WARM-UP
.........a.  FIRST FINGER SHIFTING THE SCALE ASCENDING ON EACH STRING
02.  SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW

03.  PARADISE (HARMONY)
04.  PARADISE (MELODY) SIGHT READ