FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2013

QUOTE:
“The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just 

   to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world.”

AUTHOR: Leonard Bernstein

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:

“Artists devote their lives to the creation of beauty for the rest of us to enjoy.”

COMPOSER
VIVALDI

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LUTE CONCERTO
D MAJOR RV. 93

Played by Julian Bream

The Lute Player by Caravaggio

GENERAL MUSIC

01.  KEYBOARD THEORY WORKSHEET WITH SHARPS and FLATS

........a. WORKED ON WORKSHEET #1 IN CLASS TOGETHER FINDING WHITE KEY NAMES

02.  HISTORY OF PERCUSSION (and OTHER INSTRUMENTS MADE BY EARLY MAN)

........a.  DEMONSTRATION OF REAL INSTRUMENTS THAT WERE PASSED AROUND FOR STUDENTS              TO SEE SOME EXAMPLES:

..............1) RATTLES OF DIFFERENT VARIETIES (GOAT HOOF, TURTLE, SHELL,  NUT SHELL,                         MOTH COCOON, GOURD MARACAS)

..............2)  STRING INSTRUMENTS:  MONOCHORD (BASED ON THE PYTHAGOREAN THEOREM),                        GOURD BANJO (THE KIND FIRST CREATED DURING THE EARLY DAYS OF AMERICA)

                    http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2009/12/monochord-and-pythagorus-why-music-is.html

                    http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2012/06/more-on-monochords-pythagoras-and-music.html

..............3)  WIND INSTRUMENTS: ANIMAL HORN (THE ORIGIN OF THE TRUMPET) and PAN FLUTE                    (ORIGINS DATING BACK TO GREEK MYTHS) 

                    http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2013/03/early-horns.html

..............4) BULL ROARER: AN INSTRUMENT TWIRLED AROUND and AROUND PRODUCING A                             ROARING SOUND

                  AS IT MOVES SWIFTLY AROUND THROUGH THE AIR

                  http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2013/03/bullroarer.html

........b.  SHOWED STUDENTS INSTRUMENTS I MADE and SUGGESTIONS OF INSTRUMENTS THAT                COULD BE MADE BY STUDENTS 

.............1)  GOURDS:  WHAT THEY ARE, HOW TO DRY THEM and HOW THEY CAN BE MADE INTO                   INSTRUMENTS

                  http://missjacobsonsmusic.blogspot.com/2013/03/how-to-make-instruments-out-of-gourds.html

.............2)  MAKING A STRING INSTRUMENT USING A COTTAGE CHEESE CONTAINER AS A                               RESONATOR,  A RULER AS A FINGERBOARD, A CLOTHES PIN AS A BRIDGE, FISH LINE                   AS STRINGS, and PICTURE HANGER HOOKS AS TUNING PEGS

.............3)  HOW TO MAKE A VARIETY OF RATTLES  INCLUDING MARACAS and THE DIFFERENT                     THINGS THAT THEY CAN BE FILLED WITH TO PRODUCE DIFFERENT SOUNDS

ADV. STRINGS

01.  STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
02.  SABOR A MI
03.  PARADISE
04.  LOS MACHETES
05.  HOUDINI

BEG. STRINGS
01.  SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW (MELODY)
02.  PARADISE (HARMONY)
03.  LOS MACHETES
04.  STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (MELODY)
........a.  STARTED TO LEARN THE MELODY 
........b.  DISCUSSED COUNTING