WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2013

QUOTE:
"Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."
AUTHOR: Red Auerbach

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“When you listen to music your troubles often tend to disappear.”

COMPOSER

ROSSINI

http://www.dsokids.com/listen/by-composer/gioachino-rossini.aspx

William Tell Overture (full version)

http://www.classicfm.com/composers/rossini/music/barber-seville/

William Tell was a Swiss legendary hero who symbolized the struggle for political and individual freedom. According to popular legend, he was a late 13th and early 14th century peasant who defied Austrian authority, was forced to shoot an apple from his son’s head, was arrested for threatening the governor’s life, saved the same governor’s life en route to prison, escaped, and ultimately killed the governor in an ambush. These events supposedly helped spur the people to rise up against Austrian rule. 

Bronze statue of Wilhelm Tell and his son Walter

A mosaic of William Tell at the Swiss National Museum in Zürich

The Tell legend attained worldwide renown through the play Wilhelm Tell (1804) by the German dramatist Friedrich von Schiller. 

Friedrich von Schiller

That play was the inspiration for the four act opera "William Tell" composed by Rossini (withs its French libretto written by Étienne de Jouy and Hippolyte Bis).

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/586320/William-Tell

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell_(opera)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell_Overture

The theme from this overture was used in an 

old TV series called "The Lone Ranger"

"The William Tell Overture" 

arranged by the comedian Spike Jones

GENERAL MUSIC

01. INTRODUCTION TO 16TH NOTES

.......a.  EXPLAINED THE FRACTIONS INVOLVED BY BREAKING DOWN THE QUARTER NOTE IN HALF TO 

            TWO 8THS THEN BREAKING EACH 8TH  INTO TWO 16THS

.......b.  EXPLAINED THE COUNTING USING BODY PERCUSSION 

............1) QUARTER NOTES ARE COMPLETE "PATSCHES" (A DOWN AND UP MOVEMENT OF THE HAND 

                 ON THE KNEE)

............2) 8TH NOTES ARE PERFORMED BY BREAKING THE BEAT (A COMPLETE "PATSCH") IN HALF 

                 BY PLACING THE NON-MOVING HAND (PALM DOWN) SO THAT THE BACK OF THE MOVING 

                 HAND HITS THE PALM OF THE NON-MOVING HAND AS THE HAND MOVES UP ON THE SECOND

                 HALF OF THE BEAT

.............3) 16TH NOTES ARE PERFORMED BY SNAPPING IN BETWEEN THE 8TH NOTE MOTIONS; SPLITTING

                  THE 8TH NOTES IN HALF

.............4)  EXPlAINED THE COUNTING USING SILLY WORDS:  

...................a)  QUARTER NOTES (ONE BEAT) USE THE WORD "ONE" AS THE WORD CONTAINS ONLY 

                        ONE SYLLABLE

...................b)  8TH NOTES IN PAIRS USE THE WORD "JELL-O" (ONE BEAT SPLIT IN TWO)  AS THE WORD 

                        CONTAINS TWO SYLLABLES

...................c)  16TH NOTES IN GROUPS OF FOUR USE THE WORD "HUCK-LE-BER-RY" (ONE BEAT SPLIT 

                         INTO FOUR EQUAL SECTIONS) AS THE WORD HAS FOUR SYLLABLES

.............4)  EXPLAINED THE COUNTING USING MUSICAL MATH

...................a)  EACH QUARTER BEAT GIVEN A NUMBER FROM ITS PLACEMENT IN THE MEASURE (BASED 

                        ON THE METER;  IE:   "1 / 2 / 3 /4 /" (IN 4-4 METER)

...................b) 8TH NOTES (A BEAT SPLIT IN HALF) TAKE THE NUMBER OF THE BEAT FOR THE FIRST 

                        HALF OF THE BEAT AND AN "and" FOR THE SECOND HALF OF THE BEAT; IE: "1 and / 

                        2 and / 3 and / 4 and /")

...................c)  16TH NOTES (A BEAT SPLIT INTO 4 EQUAL SECTIONS) TAKE THE NUMBER OF THE BEAT 

                         FOR THE FIRST 16TH NOTE AND AN "and" FOR THE THIRD 16TH NOTE WITH AN "e" FOR

                         THE SECOND 16TH NOTE AND AN "a" FOR THE LAST 16TH NOTE; IE:  "1 e and a / 2 e and a / 

                         3 e and a / 4 e and a /"

02. INTRODUCTION TO THE STRING FAMILY OF INSTRUMENTS

......a.  BRIEF OVERVIEW ABOUT WHAT A FAMILY OF INSTRUMENTS ARE AND THE VARIOUS SIZES 

           WHICH SOMEWHAT DICTATES THE ROLE EACH INSTRUMENT MUSICALLY TAKES ON IN 

           THE ORCHESTRA

......b.  STARTED A DEMONSTRATION OF ALL THE STRING INSTRUMENTS PLAYED IN THE ORCHESTRA 

           (TO BE CONTINUED TOMORROW)

ADV. STRINGS

[SPRING CONCERT (THURSDAY; MAY 30TH) PREPARATION]
01. PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

02.  SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW

03.  YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME

04.  PARADISE

BEG. STRINGS

[SPRING CONCERT (THURSDAY; MAY 30TH) PREPARATION]

01.  STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

02 . PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN

03.  ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL

........a.  WORKED ON A DIFFICULT FAST PASSAGE IN THE PIECE (PUTTING 2 FINGERS DOWN ON 2 

              DIFFERENT STRINGS AT THE SAME TIME THEN JUST MOVING THE BOW BACK AND FORTH)