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Monday, April 29, 2013

MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2013

QUOTE:
"The history of a people is found in its songs."
AUTHOR: George Jellinek
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"Man leaves behind his history through art.”















COMPOSER
ROSSINI

Semiramide Overture

Edgar Degas: Semiramis Building Babylon

Semiramide is an opera in two acts by Gioachino Rossini. The libretto by Gaetano Rossi is based on Voltaire's tragedy Semiramis, which in turn was based on the legend of Semiramis of Babylon.  (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiramide ) Semiramis (sĕmĭr`əmĭs) was a mythical Assyrian queen, noted for her beauty and wisdom. She was reputed to have conquered many lands and founded the city of Babylon. After a long and prosperous reign she vanished from earth in the shape of a dove and was thereafter worshiped as a deity, acquiring many of the characteristics of the goddess Ishtar. (http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com)

http://www.library.yale.edu/~rcastong/projects/semiramide.htm

GENERAL MUSIC
01. KEYBOARDS: PLAYING RIGHT and LEFT HANDS TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME 
      USING HARMONY and MELODY
........a. REVIEWED THE TERMS HARMONY and MELODY
........b. EXPLAINED THAT BEFORE WE PLAYED SONGS USING BOTH HANDS BUT 
            AT DIFFERENT TIMES NOW WE WILL BE PUTTING BOTH HANDS TOGETHER 
            AT THE SAME TIME REQUIRING MORE HAND and FINGER MUSCLE CO-
            ORDINATION
........c. SONG: ODE TO JOY
..............1) SHOWED A CHART OF THE SONG THAT STUDENTS WILL BE LEARNING
..............2) EXPLAINED WHERE TO PLACE THE FRAME OF EACH HAND (STARTING 
                  NOTES OF EACH FRAME)
..............3) EXPLAINED WHERE NOTES (NUMBERS) FOR THE LEFT and RIGHT HANDS 
                  WERE LOCATED
..............4) CIRCLED WHERE BOTH LEFT and RIGHT HANDS ARE PLACED DOWN AT 
                  THE SAME TIME
..............5) DEMONSTRATED THE SONG TO THE STUDENTS
....................a) PLAYED THE ENTIRE SONG LEFT and RIGHT HAND PARTS
....................b) PLAYED ONLY THE RIGHT HAND PART (MELODY)
....................c) PLAYED ONLY THE LEFT HAND PART (HARMONY)
....................d) REPLAYED BOTH HANDS TOGETHER
....................e) RE-DISCUSSED THE CONCEPT OF HARMONY and MELODY
....................f) SHOWED THE STUDENTS HOW TO FIND THE FRAME OF EACH HAND 
                       ON THE KEYBOARD
...............6) TOLD A SHORT HISTORY OF THE SONG WRITTEN BY BEETHOVEN
(STUDENTS WHO COMPLETED THE LAST THEORY ASSIGNMENT CORRECTLY WENT TO KEYBOARDS 
TO PRACTICE THIS SONG WITH MUSIC GIVEN THEM WHILE THE OTHERS MET WITH THE TEACHER 
TO REDO THE LAST THEORY ASSIGNMENT)
02. THEORY
.......a. REVIEWED CONCEPT OF STEP VERSUS SKIP
.......b. WORKED WITH STUDENTS WHO HAD TROUBLE WITH THE LAST THEORY
            ASSIGNMENT
.............1) WENT OVER THE ENTIRE ASSIGNMENT and RE-DID IT TOGETHER BEFORE 
                  RE- TURNING IT BACK IN FOR GRADING

ADV. STRINGS
[SPRING CONCERT (THURSDAY; MAY 30TH) PREPARATION]
01. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
02. WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL
03.  MY HEART GOES ON

BEG. STRINGS
[SPRING CONCERT (THURSDAY; MAY 30TH) PREPARATION]
01. MY HEART GOES ON
02 . HOUDINI
03. SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW
04. WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL
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