Showing posts with label Beat Goes On. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2013

QUOTE: 
“Think more of your own progress than of the opinion of others.”
AUTHOR: Felix Mendelssohn
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“In the end, what only matters is what you think of yourself.”





 COMPOSER:
FREDERIC CHOPIN
Henryk Siemieradzki: Chopin in the Drawing Room of Prince Antoni Radziwill, 1887
FANTASIE-IMPROMPTU OP. 66
Vladimir Horowitz, Piano
FANTASIE-IMPROMPTU OP. 66
Artur Rubinstein, Piano

a style of music roughly beginning in the
Romantic Period written for a solo
instrument, typically the piano, that is
improvisational in sound. The music was
written "off the cuff" so to speak and is
loosely performed and interpreted.
a composition free in form and inspiration,
usually for an instrumental soloist.
the creative activity of spontaneous ("in
the moment") musical composition.
Something judged over a period of time
(often lasting through generations) to be
of the highest quality and outstanding.
The following examples are modern versions
of Chopin's classic piece. The song was per-
formed by many famous singers of their day.
I'M ALWAYS
CHASING RAINBOWS
Harry Fox, Vocals
This is the first recorded version, performed in
1918 for Columbia Record who made it a big hit.
I'M ALWAYS
CHASING RAINBOWS
Judy Garland, Vocals
GRANADA ADV. STRINGS
RULES AND PROCEDURES
INTRO. TO INSTRUMENTS

01. INTRODUCTIONS
02. DISCUSSION ABOUT BEAT, RHYTHM, and GRAVITY
03. RECORDER RULES
a. LEARNING RULES ON HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE RECORDER TO MUSIC
          USING "PIGGY-BACK" LYRICS I WROTE TO THE FAMOUS 1967 POP TUNE:
RECORDER CLASS RULES
STUDENT GENERATED CHART
GRANADA BEG. STRINGS
ECHO CLAPPING "COME PLAY THE STICK GAME"
INTRODUCTIONS
HILLVIEW ORCHESTRA
INTRODUCTIONS
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Friday, February 1, 2013

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2013

QUOTE:
“Tones sound, and roar and storm about me until I have set them down in notes.”
AUTHOR: Ludwig van Beethoven
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Some artists can never rest until they are allowed to express themselves.”










COMPOSER
DEBUSSY


Nocturnes
Conductor: Charles Dutoit

Nocturne: 
This is a piece appropriate to the night or evening.
In music it is an instrumental composition of a
 dreamy or pensive character.

"Nocturne" by Nuncques

"Nocturne: Grey and Silver" by Whistler



GENERAL MUSIC
01.  COMPLETED OVERVIEW OF RULES
........a.  PASSED OUT SYLLABUS FOR STUDENTS TO READ and GET SIGNED BY PARENTS
02.  MUSICAL FORM and MATH IN THE SONG "THE BEAT GOES ON"
........a.  COUNTED THE AMOUNT OF QUARTER BEATS (PULSES) IN THE ENTIRE SONG
........b.  BEATS DIVIDED INTO MEMORABLE MUSICAL PATTERNS OR MELODY SECTIONS
........c.  BEATS WERE GRAFTED ON THE PAGE USING DIFFERENT COLORS FOR EACH MUSICAL               PATTERN
........d.  THE DIFFERENT PATTERNS EASILY MADE VISABLE THE MUSICAL FORM OF THE SONG 
             (INTRO/A/B/C/A/B/C/A/B/C/CODA)
........e.  THE SONG HAD AN INTRODUCTION (BEGINNING) MIDDLE and A "CODA" (END)
..............1)  A SONG HAS FORMAT LIKE A STORY IN A BOOK OR A MOVIE
..............2)   THERE IS A BEGINNING, MIDDLE, and END (SORT-OF LIKE A SANDWICH HAS 2                               SLICES OF BREAD WITH OTHER INGREDIENTS INSIDE)
........f.   THE NUMBER OF BEATS IN EACH SECTION FORMED A MATHEMATICAL PATTERN
........g.  STUDENTS COUNTED THE BEATS IN EACH SECTION and PERFORMED DIFFERENT BODY                PERCUSSION ACTIONS FOR THE DIFFERENT COLORED SECTIONS
........h.  STUDENTS THEN ASKED TO STOP COUNTING and BY USING THEIR EARS DETERMINE                  WHEN THE DIFFERENT SECTIONS STARTED DISPLAYED BY THEIR USE OF THE                            DIFFERENT BODY PERCUSSION MOVEMENTS

ADV. STRINGS
01. PIRATES OF THE CARRIBEAN
.......a.  PULLED OUT A DIFFICULT RHYTHMIC PASSAGE AND INTELLECTUALIZED THE                               COUNTING NUMERICALLY, COUNTED and CLAPPED IT, THEN INCREASED THE SPEED OF             THE PASSAGE, THEN ELIMINATED THE COUNTING and "TAH-ED" THE PASSAGE TO                     TRANSFER THE RHYTHM AS AN AUTOMATIC REFLEX
.......b.  PLAYED THE ENTIRE PIECE
02.  MY HEART GOES ON

BEG. STRINGS
01.  MY HEART GOES ON (MELODY)
........a.  DEMONSTRATION OF THE MUSIC
........b.  SIGHT READ
........c.  REVIEW OF MUSICAL ROAD SIGNS
........d.  READ THROUGH AGAIN
02.  PARADISE (HARMONY)
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Thursday, August 30, 2012

AUGUST 30-31, 2012 THURSDAY-FRIDAY,

QUOTE: 
“Think more of your own progress than of the opinion of others.”
AUTHOR: Felix Mendelssohn
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“In the end, what only matters is what you think of yourself.”





COMPOSER
CHOPIN

Fantasie-Impromptu Op. 66
Played by Horowitz 

a style of music roughly beginning in the Romantic Period written for a solo instrument, typically the piano, that is improvisational in sound. The music was written "off the cuff" so to speak and is loosely performed and interpreted. 

a composition free in form and inspiration, usually for an instrumental soloist

IMPROVISATION: 
the creative activity of spontaneous  ("in the moment") musical composition

CLASSIC: Something judged over a period of time (often lasting through generations) to be of the highest quality and outstanding. 


This is a modern version of Chopin's classic piece:

Judy Garland - "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows"


GENERAL MUSIC
01.   PROCEDURES
02.   "WHAT IS SILENCE" WORKSHEET CONTINUED (TO BE DISCUSSED LATER)
03a.  ECHO TECHNIQUE: "COME PLAY THE STICK GAME" REVIEW
03b.  ECHO TECHNIQUE:  TO A PULSE EACH STUDENT PERFORMS A 2-MEASURE 
          RHYTHMIC PATTERN AND THE CLASS ECHOS (IMPROVISATION)
04.    ELEMENTS OF MUSIC WE ARE ALL EXPERTS AT: BEAT, RHYTHM, PITCH
05.    LEARNING RULES ON HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE RECORDER TO MUSIC  
          USING "PIGGY-BACK" LYRICS I WROTE TO THE FAMOUS 1967 POP TUNE: 




05.  USING "THE BEAT GOES ON" TUNE, INVESTIGATE THE "MUSICAL FORM" OF 
       THE PIECE BY UTILIZING A MATHEMATICAL COLORED GRAPH OF THE BEATS 
       WITH COLORS ARRANGED BY PATTERNS OF SOUNDS (MELODIC PATTERNS) 
       ALSO SHOWING HOW MUSIC IS MATH
  
ADV. STRINGS 
01.  PROCEDURES/RULES ON HOW TO TAKE INSTRUMENTS OUT OF CLOSET AND 
       PUT THEM BACK (PRACTICE)
02.  SET-UP STANDS AND PASS OUT MUSIC (SELECTION OF LIBRARIAN?)
03.  PLAYING IF TIME: 
.......a.  OPEN STRING BOWING AND ECHO BOWING 
.......b.  "HOE DOWN" REVIEW (FOR DOUBLE STOPPING AND SPICCATO BOWING)
.......c.  SIGHT READ THROUGH "ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL"

BEG. STRINGS
01.   GO OVER RULES AND ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THEM 
02a. SHORT HISTORY OF THE VIOLIN 

02b. INTRODUCTION TO THE VIOLIN FAMILY OF INSTRUMENTS
03a. DEMONSTRATION OF A MONOCHORD
03b. DEMONSTRATION OF A EHRU
03c. DEMONSTRATION OF A REBEC
03d. DEMONSTRATION OF VIELLE (http://stringtechnique.com/history/02.html)
04.   REVIEW VIOLIN PARTS and CARE OF INSTRUMENT


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Thursday, February 3, 2011

WHAT WE DID TODAY (SEMESTER #2-07): TUESDAY; FEBRUARY 8, 2011

GENERAL MUSIC PERIODS 2, 3, 6:
COMPOSER: Chopin Impromptu in C# Minor Opus 66 "Fantasie Impromptu" 
Artur Rubinstein Pianist

.....a. This piece was rewritten in a modern "pop" version called "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows." It was performed by many famous singers of their day. In class we also listened to a modern version of this from the 1940's (sung by Judy Garland) called "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows"

.....b. We discussed the meaning of the words "impromptu" and "improvisation" in relation to Chopin's music. 
OBJECTIVE: Intro to Percussion 
1. Quote by Leonard Bernstein
.....a. Bernstein was a very famous 2oth Century American conductor and composer.
.....b. One of his most famous pieces was the musical "West Side Story" about gang violence in the late 1950's New York City. (http://www.spike.com/video/west-side-story/2672371)
2. Solfege Roll: Review solfege hand signals adding "Sol." Teacher asks with hand signals: Sol-Mi-La-Sol-Mi ("Mar-y did you finish your quote?")/Student answers with hand signals: Sol-Mi-La-Sol-Mi ("Yes I did") and show the quote to me.
3. Pass out various percussion instruments:, tambourine, cabasa, hand drum, guiro, triangle, finger cymbals, spoons, bell tree, claves, woodblock, sand blocks, cowbell, ratchet, maracas, and vibra tone (wah-wah)
4. Review how to follow a conductor's silent cues (signals) and how to start and end together.
a. Experiment with how to make instruments sound loud and soft (some examples: try striking the instruments at different places, try producing the movements that generate the sounds fast and slower, try striking the instruments with different pressures).
5. Go over "Beat Goes On" graph of the beats and the form 
  
[already practiced with BP (body percussion)] and exchange to instruments. Purple is everyone picking the instrument they want, wood sounds play the color green, pink is used for the bell-like metals, and blue for instruments that shake or scrape (have a raspy sound). Students given 3 instruments each with a different tone color to play
a. Students to play with help of the teacher but then be able to follow chart without that help. Students learn to track with their own eyes and listen to the patterns of sound on their own.
6. Do not forget to turn in signed rule sheets: worth 1 point 

 BEGINNING VIOLIN PERIOD 5:
OBJECTIVE: PREPARATION SPRING CONCERT
1. TUNE
2. MARIACHI SONG: CIELITO LINDO
.....a. Review beginning part with harmony notes
..........1)Everyone sings the note names as they play the song (helps for tracking)
.....b. Reviewed the first phrase of music
..........1)Examined the music sections that are repetitive


ADVANCED VIOLIN PERIOD 4: 
OBJECTIVE: PREPARATION SPRING CONCERT
1. TUNE
2. MARIACHI SONG: CIELITO LINDO
.....a. Go over beginning violin part with harmony (guitar and cello parts as well)
..........1)To help tracking, all students are to say note names as they play them
.....b. Learned the first phrase of the piece
3. 21 GUNS
.....a. Played through the entire piece
.....b. Worked on a difficult section near the end and then replayed the music to see if the section was a little easier to play 

LAST SEMESTER'S VIOLIN CLASSES: NEED TO GET PERMISSION SLIPS BACK FOR FIELD TRIP TO THE DISNEY HALL CONCERT IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES SCHEDULED FOR FEBRUARY 24th!
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