THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2013

QUOTE:
“The manner in which Americans consume music has a lot to do with leaving it on their coffee tables, 

  or using it as wallpaper for their lifestyles, like the score of a movie --it's consumed that way without 

  any regard for how and why it's made.”
AUTHOR: Frank Zappa

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Many people don’t listen to music; they just hear it.”

COMPOSER
HAYDN

The Seasons Oratorio

Hob. XXI:3

An oratorio is an extended musical work usually based upon a religious theme, for solo voices, chorus, and orchestra, and performed without action, costume, or scenery. (http://www.thefreedictionary.com/oratorio)

GENERAL MUSIC

01.  KEYBOARD THEORY WORKSHEET WITH SHARPS and FLATS

........a. WORKED ON WORKSHEET #4 IN CLASS TOGETHER FINDING WHITE and BLACK KEY NAMES

02.  RECORDER

........a.  WARM-UP

..............1)  ECHO RHYTHMS and PITCHES USING NOTES FROM "B" DOWN TO "E" and THEN "E" DOWN TO 

                    LOW "C"

....................a)  DISCUSSED THE DIFFICULTY OF PLAYING THE LOWEST NOTES ON THE RECORDER:  

                          ..USE OF  WEAK FINGERS WITH SMALL FINGER TIP PADS TO SEAL THE HOLES 

                          ..BLOWING THE LOWER THE NOTES EXTRA SOFT WITH SLOW CONTROLLED AIR

........b.   RECORDER SONGS WITH NOTE READING

...............1)  INTRODUCTION TO THE TREBLE (OR "G") CLEF

.....................a)  CLEF: 

                          ..A clef is a sign placed on the staff to designate what pitches are to be represented by its lines and 

                             spaces.

.....................a)  TREBLE ("G") CLEF:

                           ..G clef shows us not only that the second line of the staff represents G, but that the first line 

                             represents E, the first space F, etc. 

...............2)  INTRODUCTION TO THE HALF NOTE

...............3)  INTRODUCTION TO THE DOTTED HALF NOTE

.....................a)  THE RULE OF THE "DOT PLACE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF A NOTE"

                           .. A DOTE PLACED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF A NOTE IS ALWAYS WORTH HALF THE VALUE OF 

                              THE NOTE IT SITS NEXT TO

http://www.wikihow.com/Read-Music

...............4)  PLAYING SONGS

.....................a)  USING THE TREBLE CLEF RULE (LINE 2 OF THE MUSIC STAFF IS THE NOTE "G" and THE IDEA OF 

                           STEP-WISE MOTION and THE MUSICAL ALPHABET STUDENTS DECODE THE MUSICAL 

                           NOTATION BY SAYING THE LETTER NAMES AS THEY READ THE MUSIC OUT LOUD

.....................b)  THE LETTER NAMES ARE TRANSFERRED TO RECORDER FINGERINGS

.....................c) RHYTHMS ARE REVIEWED

.....................d) SONGS PLAYED WITH TEACHER TRACKING HELP

.....................e) SONGS PLAYED WITHOUT TEACHER TRACKING HELP

...............5)  NAMES OF SONGS PLAYED

.....................a)  ALL ALONE (B)

                           ..SONG USES HALF and QUARTER NOTES

.....................b)  SKATING AWAY (B, A)

                           ..SONG USES DOTTED HALF NOTES, HALF NOTES, QUARTER NOTES

.....................c)  SONG OF THE SEA (B, A, G)

                           ..SONG USES DOTTED HALF NOTES, HALF NOTES, QUARTER NOTES

(to be continued and reviewed the next time we play the recorder)

ADV. STRINGS

01.  CABALITO
02.  WHAT MAKES YOU BEAUTIFUL
02.  ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
03.  STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

BEG. STRINGS

01.  MY HEART WILL GO ON

02.  STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN 
03.  PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN (SIGHT READING)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2012

QUOTE:
“Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.”

AUTHOR: Ludwig van Beethoven

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“A person will judge him/her self more critically than anyone else.”

COMPOSER

VAUGHAN-WILLIAMS

A London Symphony 
III. Scherzo

GENERAL MUSIC
01.  COMPUTER NET CART ASSIGNMENT: MAKING A PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT
........a.  STUDENT MADE INSTRUMENTS TO BE DEMONSTRATED TO THE CLASS THE FIRST WEEK OF
             NOVEMBER (SPECIFIC DATES FOR THESE DEMONSTRATIONS TO BE DETERMINED NEXT WEEK)
........b.  NEXT WEEK WILL BE OUR LAST CLASS SESSION OF NET CARTS ON THIS PROJECT
........c.  DUE TO COMPUTERS NOT ALWAYS BEING RELIABLE THE GRADING ON THIS PROJECT WILL BE
             ONLY ON HOW MUCH OF THE PROJECT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED WITHIN THE FRAME OF TIME
             ALLOWED 
..............1)  NO STUDENT WILL HAVE THEIR GRADE LOWERED IF THEY CAN NOT COMPLETE THIS
                    ASSIGNMENT DURING CLASS TIME
........d.  STUDENTS (EITHER THOSE WORKING IN PAIRS OR BY THEMSELVES) WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR 
             BRINGING IN SOME PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT (OR ANY INSTRUMENT) THEY MADE TO
             DEMONSTRATE TO THE CLASS
........e.  DOCUMENT DIRECTIONS (REVIEW):
.............1.  LINKS 10-12
.............2.  NAME THE INSTRUMENT YOU ARE MAKING
.............3.  INGREDIENTS LIST
.............4.  DIRECTIONS BY STEP (STEP 1, STEP 2, ETC.)
.............5.  INSTRUMENT CLASSIFICATION (SCRAPER, SHAKER, ETC.)
.............6.  DESCRIBE THE INSTRUMENT: WHAT KIND OF SOUND IT MAKES and HOW IT IS PLAYED
.............7.  MAKE THE DOCUMENT INTO A PRESENTATION THAT CAN BE PUT ON A BLOG 
                  (COLORS/PICTURES/FONTS)
.............8.  SHARE YOUR DOCUMENT WITH ME BY SENDING IT TO ME AT:  sjacobson@ewcsd.org

ADV. STRINGS
01. HARVEST FESTIVAL: THIS FRIDAY; OCTOBER 26TH MEETING IN CAFETERIA AT 7:15 CALL TIME PM to 
       PLAY AROUND 7:30 PM (A NOTICE WENT OUT LAST WEEK ABOUT IT)
02.  WE DECIDED THE CONCERT SONG ORDER WHICH WE PRACTICED TODAY (ABOUT 20 MINUTES
        PLAYING TIME):
........a.  SEA CRUISE
........b.  CIDER HOUSE RULES
........c.  SALLY'S SONG
........d.  BILE CABBAGES
........e.  PUMPED UP KICKS


BEG. STRINGS

01.  OPEN STRING BOWING SLURRING DOWN-DOWN/UP-UP USING BOTH LOWER and UPPER HALF OF BOW

........a.  PLAYED ON PAIRS OF STRINGS G&D; D&A; A&E

02.  SILVER BELLS (HOLIDAY SONG) USING OPEN STRINGS and SLURS

........a.  WORKED ON SPECIFIC SECTIONS AT A TIME USING INDICATED BOWING INSTRUCTIONS 

          (WB: WHOLE BOW or 1/2: USING HALF OF THE BOW)

........b.  CONNECTED THE SECTIONS TOGETHER

........c.  DISCUSSED AND REVIEWED 3/4 TIME and THE CONCEPT OF HALF NOTES; QUARTER NOTES, and NEW 

          CONCEPT: THE DOTTED HALF NOTE

..............a.  THE RULE OF THE "DOT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE NOTE":

    A DOT 

(WHICH SITS TO THE RIGHT OF A NOTE) 

IS WORTH HALF THE VALUE OF THE NOTE IT SITS NEXT TO

........d.  TEACHER DEMONSTRATED THE VIOLIN NOTES AGAINST THE RECORDED ACCOMPANIMENT

........e.  THE CLASS STARTED TO PLAY THE SECTIONS OF MUSIC ALREADY PRACTICED WITH THE

              ACCOMPANIMENT (WE STILL HAVE THE SECOND HALF OF THE PIECE TO WORK ON)

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

QUOTE:
“No man is complete without a feeling for music and an understanding of what it can do for him.”
AUTHOR: Zoltan Kodaly

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Complete fulfillment in life is not possible unless you have some
  music appreciation.”

COMPOSER

CHOPIN

Piano Concerto No. 2 Op. 21
F minor III Allegro Vivace 

Performed by Arthur Rubinstein 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgV1zxKnqEg&feature=relmfu

GENERAL MUSIC
01.  MUSICAL ALPHABET GRAPHING SHEETS and WORD LISTS TO COMPLETE IF NOT FINISHED

02.  FOR PERIOD 3:  PERCUSSION INSTRUMENT REVIEW SHEET

03.  KEYBOARD RULES and PROCEDURES

04.  PERIOD 1, 2: LOCATING NOTE "D" ON THE KEYBOARD (TO BE STARTED PERIOD 3 NEXT WEEK)

05.  PERIOD 1, 2: USING NOTE "D" and THE MUSICAL ALPHABET TO LOCATE ALL THE OTHER KEYS             ON  THE (KEYBOARD TO BE STARTED PERIOD 3 NEXT WEEK)

06.  PERIOD 1, 2: LOCATING NOTES B A G ON THE KEYBOARD TO PLAY "MARY HAD A LITTLE                        LAMB" and  HOT CROSS BUNS" (TO BE STARTED PERIOD 3 NEXT WEEK)

 KEYBOARD ASSIGNMENT TO BE CONTINUED NEXT WEEK  

ADV. STRINGS

01.  SHALOM CHAVERIM

........a.  FORM OF THE PIECE IS A "ROUND"

........b.  REVIEW RHYTHM 

.............1)  RULE OF THE DOT WHEN ADDED TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF A NOTE:

..................."A DOTE TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF  NOTE IS ALWAYS HALF THE VALUE OF THE NOTE IT SITS                           ON"

.............2)  DOTTED HALF NOTES WORTH 3 BEATS

.........c.  GO OVER FINGERING

.........d.   PLAY WITHOUT ACCOMPANIMENT

.........e.   SIGHT READ WITH ACCOMPANIMENT

02. BURGUNDIAN CAROL

03.  GESU BAMBINO

........a.   CELLO and GUITAR HARMONY PARTS PRACTICED 

........b.   VIOLINS ADDED TO HARMONY

BEG. STRINGS

01.  MARKING BOWS WITH TAPE FOR EACH STUDENT AT THE MIDDLE (SQUARE) and TIP                                (TRAPEZOID)

........a.  BOW STICK PLACED ON VIOLIN WITH FULL HAIR ON THE STRING and STICK AWAY FROM                      THE NOSE

.............1)  ARROWS MARKED ON EACH PLAYERS  MIDDLE BOW TAPE TO SHOW THE DIRECTION THE                     BOW STICK NEEDS TO BE PLACED

02.  BOW ON VIOLIN

........a.  BOW PLACED AT MIDDLE (SQUARE) IN BETWEEN BRIDGE and FINGERBOARD 

             (FULL HAIR; STICK AWAY FROM THE NOSE)

.........b.  BOW LEVELS

..............1)  AT EACH LEVEL (STARTING ON "G" STRING) SILENTLY "SPRING" THE BOW 4X

..............2)  BOW ROCKING ON EACH STRING (SEE-SAW MOVEMENT)

....................a.  KEEP BOW DEPRESSED ONTO THE STRING TO KEEP BOW FROM WIGGLING

..........c.  DOWN and UP BOW FULL MOVEMENTS AT THE UPPER HALF (UH) OF THE BOW 4X TO 8X                         EACH

               STRING

...............1)  MOVE THE BOW FROM MIDDLE TO TIP IN ONE CONTINUOUS MOTION

...............2)  START EACH SOUND (DOWN and UP) WITH A SPRING-ARTICULATION SOUND

...............3)  BOW and ARM MOVE TO EACH BOW LEVEL THEN THE ARM FREEZES AND ELBOW MOVES 

                     THE UP and DOWN (ELBOW MUSCLE IS PRIMARILY USED WHEN MOVING THE UH OF THE

                     BOW)

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

QUOTE:
“To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.”

AUTHOR: Igor Stravinsky

MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Listening and hearing are not the same. Anyone with healthy ears can hear.
  It takes brains to listen."

COMPOSER

CHOPIN

Etude Op.10 No.5 in G flat Major 
"Black Keys"

Played by Horowitz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNBa1_KUvYo  

GENERAL MUSIC

01.  KEYBOARD WORKSHEETS 

02.  RECORDER

........a. WARM-UP/EAR TRAINING

...........1)  NOTES B, A, G (T1, T12, T123)

.................a)  NOTES IN STEP-WISE MOTION

.................b)  NOTES THAT MOVE BY SKIP (INCLUDING CO-ORDINATION OF FINGER MOVEMENTS)

........b.  SONG: "LUCERNE TO WEGGIS"

............1)  CONCEPT OF STEP-WISE MOTION LINE TO NEXT SPACE or SPACE TO NEXT LINE UP or DOWN

............2)  USING STEP-WISE MOTION TO DETERMINE FINGERING and/or NOTE READING

............3)  LISTENING FOR HIGH VERSUS LOW EAR-TRAINING

........c.  SONG: "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

ADV. STRINGS

01.  SHALOM CHAVERIM

........a. REVIEW CONCEPT OF A "ROUND"

........b. ENTIRE VIOLIN SECTION PLAYS SECOND HALF WHILE LISTENING TO FIRST HALF TO HEAR                 HOW WHEN THE 2 PARTS ARE PUT TOGETHER HOW THEY WORK HARMONICALLY

........c.  VIOLIN GROUP IS SPLIT IN HALF WITH ONE SECTION PLAYING PART 1 OF THE ROUND and THE OTHER SECTION PART 2

02.   ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL

.........a.  WORK ON A SPECIFIC PASSAGE TO GET SPEED

...............1)  BOW PLAYED AT MIDDLE

...............2)  NO PINKY FINGER ON THE BOW

...............3)  ALWAYS START DOWN BOW

...............4)  USE A VERY SMALL AMOUNT OF BOW

...............5)  FINGERING

.....................a)  IN THIS SPECIFIC PASSAGE KEEP THE 3RD FINGER REMAINS DOWN WHILE PLAYING                              THE OPEN STRING BECAUSE PICKING UP THAT FINGER MEANS YOU JUST HAVE TO PUT                          IT DOWN AGAIN and THAT WILL SLOW DOWN THE FINGER ACTION WHEN TRYING TO                             GET SPEED

.....................b)  MAY USE 4TH FINGER INSTEAD OF AN OPEN STRING...GENERALLY WE WOULD USE                                 THE 4TH FINGER BUT BECAUSE THIS IS A "HOE DOWN" FIDDLE STYLE OF PLAYING                                   OPEN STRING USAGE IS VERY ACCEPTABLE

BEG. STRINGS

01. BOW WARM-UP  CYCLE OF STRINGS FOR BOW SPEED (UPPER HALF)

......a. BOW TO RHYTHM OF "HUCK-LE-BER-RY HOUND DOG" 2X EACH STRING

......b. PRACTICE WITH A BOW LEADER

02. STARTED TO PLACE LEFT FINGERS DOWN ON FINGER BOARD IN GUITAR POSITION

.......a.  CONCEPT OF SOLFEGE: DO-RE-MI ON EACH STRING (0-1-2)

.......b.  AMOUNT OF PRESSURE NEEDED TO BE PLACED ON THE STRING BY THE FINGER TO GET A                     GOOD TONE

03. BURGUNDIAN  CAROL (FIRST HOLIDAY SONG) OPEN STRINGS/RIGHT PIZZICATO

......a.  REVIEW