“If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four. If still boring, then eight. Then sixteen, then
thirty-two. Eventually one discovers that it is not boring at all.”
AUTHOR: John Cage
“Repetition helps to create interest. The more you are acquainted with a subject
the more you are apt to enjoy it.”
COMPOSER
HAYDN
HAYDN
Piano Concerto in D Major,
Hob. XVIII: 11 Movement 1
Hob. XVIII: 11 Movement 1
Sviatoslav Richter Pianist
Piano Concerto in D Major,
Hob. XVIII: 11 Movement 2
Hob. XVIII: 11 Movement 2
Sviatoslav Richter Pianist
Piano Concerto in D Major,
Hob. XVIII: 11 Movement 3
Hob. XVIII: 11 Movement 3
Sviatoslav Richter Pianist
GENERAL MUSIC
01. MUSIC THEORY: IDENTIFYING LINE NOTES BY NUMBER
.......a. REVIEW OF LINE NOTES
............1) USING THE HAND AS THE STAFF THE TEACHER ASKES STUDENTS TO
POINT TO CERTAIN LINES ON THE STAFF BY NUMBER
............2) WORKSHEET FOLLOW-UP
..................a) AFTER VIEWING THE NOTE ON THE STAFF, PLACE WHAT NUMBER
OF THE LINE IT IS ON
..................b) GIVEN THE NUMBER, PLACE THE NOTE ON THE CORRECT LINE OF
THE STAFF
02. SNARE DRUMMING INTRODUCTION
.......a. EXPLANATION OF HOW SOUNDS ARE PRODUCED ON A SNARE DRUM
USING SNARE DRUM STICKS and HOW PROPER HOLDING OF THE STICKS
IS ESSENTIAL IN THEIR PROPER EXECUTION
...........1) STICKING TECHNIQUES
.................a) PROPER BOUNCING
.................b) ANGLES
.................c) HOW HIGH THE STICKS NEED TO BE FROM THE DRUM HEAD
.................d) TECHNIQUE OF VARIOUS TYPES OF ROLLS
............2) HOLDING THE SNARE STICKS
.................a) MATCHED STICKING (BOTH HANDS HOLDING THE STICKS THE SAME
WAY) AND THE OLDER VERSION WHERE THE LEFT HAND HOLD IS
DIFFERENT FROM THE RIGHT
.................b) SHAKING HANDS WITH THE DRUM STICKS THEN RELEASING THE
OUTER 3 FINGERS
.................c) CREATING A "FULCRUM" or HINGE WITH THE MIDDLE JOINTS OF
THUMB and INDEX FINGER TO CONTROL THE DRUM STICK
.................d) HAVING THE BACK OF THE HAND IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CEILING
SO THE STICK CAN BOUNCE BACK ONTO THE PALM OF THE HAND
FOR STICK CONTROL
.................e) LEFT VERSUS RIGHT HAND: BOTH HANDS EQUALLY IMPORTANT and
NEED TO BE OF EQUAL STRENGTH
............3) MOVING THE STICKS AGAINST A RECORDED BACKGROUND
.................a) STUDENTS PRACTICED BOUNCING THEIR SNARE STICKS BY PLAYING
ON DRUM PADS
.................b) STUDENTS GIVEN DIFFERENT LEFT RIGHT COMBINATION PATTERNS
TO FOLLOW TO PLAY AGAINST THE BACKGROUND
.................c) STUDENTS INSTRUCTED TO SAY THE LEFT and RIGHT DIRECTIONS
OUT LOUD AS THEY PERFORMED THE EXERCISES (HELPING TO KEEP
THEIR EYES IN FOCUS ON THE DIRECTIONS)
.................d) TO HELP AVOID RUSHING STUDENTS WERE INSTRUCTED TO PLAY
THE FIRST OF EVERY 4 STICKING MOVEMENTS A LITTLE LOUDER
(CALLED AN ACCENT)
ADV. STRINGS
01. VOLVER, VOLVER
02. SABOR A MI
03. HOUDINI
01. VOLVER, VOLVER
02. SABOR A MI
03. HOUDINI
BEG. STRINGS
01. PARADISE (HARMONY)
02. WHAT MAKES TOY BEAUTIFUL (MELODY)
03. STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN (MELODY)