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Showing posts with label Recorder instruction beginning. Show all posts

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2013

QUOTE:
“Jazz will endure just as long as people hear it through their feet instead of their brains.”
AUTHOR: John Philip Sousa
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“The style of jazz is meant to be felt through movement; that is what 
   attracts people to it.”










COMPOSER
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV


Procession of the Nobles

Procession of the Nobles from “Mlada” (1892)
"Procession of the Nobles" (the introduction to Act II of Rimsky-Korsakov's four-act opera “Mlada”) arranged for an enlarged orchestra, depicts the formal entrance of the local nobility into a lavish reception with an opening brass fanfare providing the pomp and the woodwinds the regal flourishes that embellish this work. The opera itself is based on a text from Slavic mythology around the ninth or tenth century set in a region on the Baltic Sea which was known for the daring of its warriors and their elegant white Arab steeds. Rimsky-Korsakov described this opera as“experimental” when he composed it in 1889 (the solo heroine’s role is performed by a ballerina and not sung at all) and was the first work of his to show the influence of Richard Wagner, who affected so many composers of the time. Although the opera was unsuccessful, the "Procession of Nobles" from it has been enjoyed by audiences since its first introduction and still popular today. It was even used as the theme music for a long-running show on PBS’s public affairs program,  Inside Washington.

GENERAL MUSIC:
01.  MUSICAL ALPHABET WORKSHEET GRAPHS (continued)
........a.  DISCUSSED HOW TO START THE MUSIC ALPHABET WORD LIST (THE NEXT                                   WORKSHEET)
02.  RECORDER
........a.  WARM-UP: ECHO RHYTHMS WITH FINGERS T1/T12/T123 IN STEPWISE MOTION                                FORWARDS and BACKWARDS
........b.   RECORDER SONG #1:  UN BERGERE (BY FINGER NUMBERS)
..............1)  A SONG IN QUARTER NOTES USING FINGERING T1
..............2)  2/4 METER
..............3)  USE OF REPEAT SIGNS
..............4)  DISCUSSION ON WHERE TO BREATHE (USE OF COMMAS) and PHRASING
........c.   RECORDER SONG #2:  KOOKABURRA (BY FINGER NUMBERS)
..............1)  A SONG IN QUARTER and EIGHTH NOTES IN PAIRS USING FINGERING T1
..............2)  2/4 METER
..............3)  USE OF REPEAT SIGNS
........d.   RECORDER SONG #3:  ALLEY ALLEY O (BY FINGER NUMBERS)
..............1)  A SONG IN QUARTER and EIGHTH NOTES IN PAIRS USING FINGERING T1/T12
..............2)  2/4 METER
..............3)  USE OF REPEAT SIGNS
........e.   RECORDER SONG #4:   LUCERNE TO WEGGIS (BY FINGER NUMBERS)
..............1)  A SONG IN QUARTER and EIGHTH NOTES IN PAIRS USING FINGERING T1/T12
..............2)  2/4 METER
..............3)  USE OF REPEAT SIGNS
........f.   RECORDER SONG #5:  HOT CROSS BUNS (BY FINGER NUMBERS)
..............1)  A SONG IN QUARTER and EIGHTH NOTES IN PAIRS USING FINGERING T1/T12/T123

ADV. STRINGS
01.  LOS MACHETES
02.  HOUDINI

BEG. STRINGS
01.  WARM-UP: OPEN STRING 1 OCTAVE MAJOR SCALES SLURRING 4 NOTES PER W.B.
02.  LOS MACHETES (MELODY)
........a.  COMPLETED PART 3
..............1)  WORKED ON BOWING
03.  SOMEBODY I USED TO KNOW
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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2013

QUOTE:
“Every kind of music is good, except the boring kind.”
AUTHOR: Gioacchino Rossini
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"Many people think that music they don’t like is boring but….what is boring 
  to one might be interesting to another.”







COMPOSER
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV

Flight of the Bumble Bee

Freddy Martin "Bumble Boogie" 1948


Maestro Minnie Flight of the Bumble Bee (1999)



Flight of the Bumble Bee 
Played by violinist Jascha Heifetz 


Flight of the Bumble Bee 
Played on flute by James Galway


A version of the "Flight of the Bumble Bee" 
was heard in an old TV show called the "Green Hornet" 
Played by trumpeter Al Hirt


HERE IS A VERSION OF THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE BEE FOR CHILDREN:
http://gentlebirth.org/nutcracker/FlightoftheBumblebee.mp3



GENERAL MUSIC:
01.  MUSICAL ALPHABET WORKSHEET GRAPHS (continued)
........a.  DISCUSSED HOW TO START THE MUSIC ALPHABET WORD LIST (THE NEXT                                   WORKSHEET)
02.  RECORDER
........a.  WARM-UP: ECHO RHYTHMS WITHOUT FINGERS DOWN FOR ARTICULATION and TONE
........b.  HOW A RECORDER WORKS
.............1)  ADDING FINGERS DOWN CONSECUTIVELY MAKES THE TUBE LONGER
.............2)  THE LONGER THE TUBE THE LOWER THE SOUND
.............3)  SOUND IS CREATED BY BLOWING AIR DOWN THE TUBE AND AS THE AIR HITS THE                       EDGE OF THE BLOW HOLE IT STARTS A VIBRATION
...................a)  THE VIBRATION CAUSES A SOUND WAVE
........c.  LEARNING HOW TO PUT FINGERS DOWN
.............1) LEFT VERSUS RIGHT HAND (THE REASON WHY THE LEFT HAND IS PLACED ON TOP)
.............2) PROPER LEFT THUMB PLACEMENT
.............3)  HOW TO SEAL THE HOLES WITH THE FLESHY PART OF THE FINGER TIP                                      (DEPRESSING THE PAD OF THE FINGER DOWN INTO THE FINGER HOLES)
.............4)  SQUEAKING SOUNDS CAN BE CAUSED BY NOT SEALING THE FINGER HOLES                                 PROPERLY
.........d. ECHO RHYTHMS WITH FINGERING T1 and T12

ADV. STRINGS
01.  CABALITO
........a.   WORKED ON GETTING THE BASS LINE and ACCOMPANIMENT FIT WITH THE MELODY
02.  HOUDINI
........a.  WORKED ON THE SHIFTING SECTION (USING GUIDE NOTES)

BEG. STRINGS
01.  WARM-UP: 1ST FINGER SHIFTING THE MAJOR SCALE ON EACH STRING
02.  LOS MACHETES (MELODY)
........a.  WORKED ON PART 3
..............1)  WORKED ON BOWING
..............2)  WORKED ON ARTICULATION
........b.  ADDED THE FIRST PHRASE TO THE SECOND PHRASE
03.  HOUDINI (HARMONY) 
04.  YOU'VE GOT A FRIEND IN ME
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