WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

QUOTE:
“A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.”

AUTHOR:  Gian Carlo Menotti

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“A smart person knows he/she does not know everything …. 

  That there is always more to learn.”

COMPOSER

HILDEGARD

Ordo Virtutum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGPZWUNwLG0

ORDO VIRTUTUM:   (Latin for Order of the Virtues) is an allegorical morality play, or liturgical drama, by Hildegard of Bingen, composed c. 1151. It is the earliest morality play by more than a century, and the only Medieval musical drama to survive with an attribution for both the text and the music.

GRANADA ADV. STRINGS

1. D Major Scale
a.  Taught the advanced violins to play this scale in 4th position ostarting on the "G" string using the fingering pattern 1 2 34
2. Silent Night

INTRO. TO INSTRUMENT

Granada

1.  Recorder

a.  EAR TRAINING/WARM-UP 

1)  NOTES USING FINGERINGS:  1 (T1) alone/ 1 (T1) and 2 (T12)/ 1 (T1),  2 (T12), 3 (T123) IN CONSECUTIVE 

ORDER (BY STEP-WISE MOTION)

b.   RECORDER SONGS USING FINGERINGS 1 (T1 and T2)/quarters and eighths

1)  SHORT EXPLANATION OF TERMS:

a)  STAFF

b)  SPACE NOTE

c)  LINE NOTE

d)  STEP-WISE MOTION

2)  SHORT EXPLANATION OF HOW THE MUSICAL ALPHABET CAN BE USED IN NOTE READING  IN STEP-WISE MOTION

1)  WORK ON NOTES USING FINGERINGS T1, T12, T123 IN CONSECUTIVE ORDER 

b. PLAY SONGS USING NOTES WITH FINGER NUMBERS

1)  UN BERGERE

a)  SONG USING QUARTERS and T1 FINGERING

2)  KOOKABURRA

a)  SONG USING QUARTERS, EIGHTHS and  T1 FINGERING

3)  ALLEY ALLEY O

a)  SONG USING QUARTERS, EIGHTHS and  T1 and T12 FINGERING

4)  LUCERNE TO WEGGIS

a)  SONG USING QUARTERS, EIGHTHS and  T1 and T12 FINGERING

Hillview

1. Recorders
a.  Warm-up step vs skip echo matching using fingers T1/T12/T123
b.  Practiced the fingering alone separate from the blowing to develop automatic 
finger movement reflexes
c.  Played songs (by number) using skips
James' Lot

1)  CONCEPT OF SKIPPING MOTION

2)  CONCEPT OF 3/4 METER (3 BEATS PER MEASURE)

a)  DOTTED HALF NOTES (3 BEATS)

b)  MEASURE OF REST SYMBOL

Hot Cross Buns

Turkey Trot

GRANADA BEG. STRINGS

1.  Violin bow hold
a. How to place the fingers on the bow using the natural shape of the hand as a guide
2.  Individualized help to students to check for proper placement

HILLVIEW ORCHESTRA

1.  C CONCERT MAJOR SCALE SLURRING 2 ARTICULATION
a.  Discussed importance of articulation 
b.  Visually showed on a chart how proper articulation can also hide intonation mistakes 
within a group of performers
2.  SILENT NIGHT
a.  Practiced in sections to even out articulation and intonation

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

GENERAL MUSIC PERIODS 2, 3, 6:
COMPOSER: Chopin Piano Concerto #1 Rondo 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTMzNHDCbP8&feature=related 

OBJECTIVE: RECORDER BEGINNING SONGS BY NUMBER
1. QUOTE AUTHOR: Jasha Heifetz: famous violinist
2. SOLFEGE: MI-RE-DO Introduction of MI-RE-DO hand signals and sounds
a. For each student sings the pattern and hand signs to... teacher: "Did you finish your quote?" Student reply, "Yes I did."
2. Composer Report Chopin: Continued to write down names of music examples heard in class/new section tomorrow
3. Review of songs previously played using fingers T1, T12, T123/fingerings that move by step/skip
a. SONG "Lucerne to Weggis" and "James' Lot"

"Lucerne to Weggis"

GENERAL MUSIC PERIOD 6:
Same as periods 2,3 except started the composer report today: Name/dates/country of origin

BEGINNING VIOLIN PERIOD 5:
OBJECTIVE: PIZZICATO TYPES/NOTE READING QUARTERS and OPEN STRINGS
1.Right hand pizzicato is reviewed: two types "traditional" and "non-traditional"
a. Traditional: Right thumb sits in corner of fingerboard (near the right side of the bridge when looking at the violin in the holding position). Right index (pointer) finger plucks the string by first depressing then pulling it. Finger plucks string from over the fingerboard not where the bow goes.
.....RULE: NEVER PLUCK WHERE YOU BOW and NEVER BOW WHERE YOU PLUCK"
b. Non-Traditional: First, hold the violin in "guitar position" placing fingers of the right hand (except the thumb) against the fingerboard as a support. The right thumb plucks the strings over the finger board, again using the process of depressing first then pulling the string./Next, redo except hold the violin at the jaw instead of in "guitar" position.
c. Different types of pizzicato are used in violin playing. It all depends on what music is being played (music style, ease of technical facility for different musical passages, etc.).
3. SONG "Batman": Students will use the "non-traditional" right hand pizzicato to replay "Batman."
a. I use this "non-traditional" right pizzicato form now because it gets the right arm near to the position of where we will place it (the arm) when using the bow (a bow preparation exercise).
4. DIRECTIONS TO ASSIGNMENT: "Batman" sheet music passed out in black and white. Students to add in the color of notes. "G" string is BLUE, "D" string is RED, "A" string is YELLOW, and "E" string is GREEN. (To work on tomorrow or for those who want to take it home, they can start on it early.)
5. BOW: Discussion of horsehair on the bow; how bows are rehaired. (Tomorrow how to tighen/loosen and start the bow hold.
6. Started to look at the electric violin; how it is different, where it is the same.


ADVANCED VIOLIN PERIOD 4:
OBJECTIVE: Preparation for Harvest Day performance on October 28th/Hoedown music
1. TUNE
2. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL:
a. Put together the introduction: coordinating the violin part (some different rhythms from the cello) with the cello/piano part.
b. Worked on a difficult 4 note passage using fingered double stops (two strings played at once with a finger down on each string) on the violin and for the cello, using an extended 4th finger to 2nd finger pattern (extending out of the 1st position for 2 notes before going back to the 1st position). To continue with this tomorrow.