“If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. Therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.”
AUTHOR: Robert Schumann
“No single person becomes successful on their own; it takes the support of others.”
COMPOSER
IVES
String Quartet No. 1
"From the Salvation Army"
"From the Salvation Army"
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GENERAL MUSIC
01. THEORY
.......a. REVIEWED THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN NOTES THAT MOVE BY STEP and NOTES THAT MOVE BY SKIP
............1) NOTES THAT DON'T MOVE BY STEP (and ARE NOT REPEATED NOTES) ARE NOTES THAT MOVE BY
SKIP
............2) STEPS ARE WHEN YOU MOVE FROM A LINE NOTE TO THE VERY NEXT SPACE or VICE-VERSA
EITHER UP or DOWN
............3) THERE ARE MANY KINDS (SIZES) OF SKIPS DEPENDING ON HOW MANY LINES and SPACES THERE
ARE INBETWEEN THE TWO NOTES and THEY ARE IDENTIFIED AS INTERVALS (3RD'S, 4TH'S, 5TH'S,
ETC.)
............4) WHEN PLAYING MUSIC THE MUSICIAN DOES NOT THINK THE NAMES OF THE NOTES AS THEY PLAY
THEY VIEW THE STEPS and VARIOUS TYPES OF SKIPS AND KNOW THE PATTERNS OF FINGERING
ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIFFERENT COMBINATIONS THAT IS WHY IDENTIFYING STEPS and SKIPS
IS SO IMPORTANT FOR NOTE READING
.......b. THEORY WORKSHEET: IDENTIFYING NOTES THAT MOVE BY SKIP
.............1) WE DID THIS TOGETHER IN CLASS
.............2) WE PASSED IT IN (ALONG WITH 2 OTHER PRIOR WORKSHEETS) FOR GRADING
02. SNARE DRUM TECHNIQUE and QUARTER NOTE RHYTHMS WITH LEFT/RIGHT DIRECTIONS
........a. CONTINUED FROM EARLIER THIS WEEK
........b. STUDENTS LEARN TO FOCUS BY SAYING THE MOVEMENT DIRECTIONS OUT LOUD WHILE PLAYING
THE RHYTHMS USING SNARE STICKS and DRUM PAD AGAINST A RECORDED BACKGROUND
........c. PRODUCING THE SILENCE IS THE HARDEST PART BECAUSE EVERYONE IN THE GROUP NEEDS TO
STOP PLAYING DURING THE REST AT THE SAME TIME
ADV. STRINGS
[SPRING CONCERT (THURSDAY; MAY 30TH) PREPARATION]
01. SABOR A MI
02. VOLVER VOLVER
03. CABALITO
04. LOS MACHETES
BEG. STRINGS
[SPRING CONCERT (THURSDAY; MAY 30TH) PREPARATION]
01. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
02. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN
03. MY HEART GOES ON