Friday, December 14, 2012

BEGINNING RECORDER PACKET #2

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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2012

QUOTE:
"A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become."
AUTHOR: W.H.Auden
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"You do not need to think all the time to enjoy music; you can just enjoy the feelings.”








COMPOSER
DVORAK

Dvorak - Slavonic Dances Op.46 
(Orchestra and Piano duet)

Dvorak - Slavonic Dances Op.72 
(Orchestra and Piano duet)

Thursday, December 13, 2012

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2012

QUOTE:
"Music isn't just learning notes and playing them, you learn notes to play to the music of your soul."
AUTHOR: Katie Greenwood
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"There is no music in notes alone. It is the human, emotional element 
  that makes notes into music.”









COMPOSER
DVORAK




String Quartet No. 1 in A Major 
Op. 2 B. 8 (1862)

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2012

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
DVORAK


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

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2012

QUOTE:
"Music gives us a language that cuts across the disciplines, helps us to see connections and brings 
  a more coherent meaning to our world."
AUTHOR: Ernest Boyer
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Music incorporates all the elements of life into one medium.”













COMPOSER
DVORAK


Dvorak Violin Concerto 
(Part 1)
Played by: Josef Suk

Dvorak Violin Concerto 
(Part 2)
Played by: Josef Suk



Dvorak Violin Concerto 
(Part 3)
Played by: Josef Suk

Monday, December 10, 2012

MONDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2012

QUOTE:
"The history of a people is found in its songs."
AUTHOR: George Jellinek
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
"Man leaves behind his history through art.”








COMPOSER 
DVORAK


Romance 
for Violin and Orchestra 
Performed by Tanja Sonc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dFHuCXqvx4&feature=related


GENERAL MUSIC
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE TODAY:
01.  VIOLIN
........a.  PREPARATION FOR LEARNING VIOLIN: FILM DOCUMENTARY "SMALL WONDERS"
........b.  STUDENTS ARE TO TAKE NOTES ON THE SECOND HALF OF THIS DOCUMENTARY (REVIEW OF THESE 
             NOTES IS ON THIS BLOG)

ADV. STRINGS
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE TODAY:
........a.  MUSICAL "OLIVER"

BEG. STRINGS
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE TODAY:
........a.  MUSICAL "OLIVER"

Friday, December 7, 2012

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2012

QUOTE:
“Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had 
  no time to write down.”
AUTHOR: Hector Berlioz
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Artistic inspiration is fleeting (passing quickly) and unexpected.”







COMPOSER
DVORAK


Songs My Mother Taught Me
Played by: Fritz Kreisler 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UlktfcLNAJ0&feature=related


Songs My Mother Taught Me
Sung by Paul Robeson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2pt8re5oYA&feature=related

GENERAL MUSIC
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE TODAY:
01.  VIOLIN
........a.  PREPARATION FOR LEARNING VIOLIN: FILM DOCUMENTARY "SMALL WONDERS"
........b.  STUDENTS ARE TO TAKE NOTES (REVIEW OF THESE NOTES IS ON THIS BLOG)
........c.  SECOND HALF OF THE DOCUMENTARY WILL BE NEXT MONDAY

ADV. STRINGS
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE TODAY:
........a.  MUSICAL "OLIVER"

BEG. STRINGS
THERE IS A SUBSTITUTE TODAY:
........a.  MUSICAL "OLIVER"

Thursday, December 6, 2012

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2012

QUOTE:
“If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. 
  Therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.”
AUTHOR: Robert Schumann
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“No single person becomes successful on their own; it takes the support 
  of others.”














COMPOSER 
DVORAK


Humoresque
Yo Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBDmAxSFt6A&feature=related


Humoresque
Heifetz plays Dvorak's Humoresque
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB8mzdO3MnI&feature=related


GENERAL MUSIC
01. THEORY: 
.......a.  FINISH WORK AS NEEDED
.......b.  "JINGLE BELLS" RECORDER MUSIC
............1) USING THE RECORDER MUSIC WE NOTE READ and PLACED THE NOTE NAMES                               UNDERNEATH THE NOTES
............2) REVIEWED CONCEPT OF "TREBLE" OR "G" CLEF AND USED STEP-WISE MOTION TO                     DETERMINE NOTE NAMES
.................a)  DETERMINED THE LINES and SPACES IN BETWEEN NOTES THAT MOVED BY SKIP
............3)  DEMONSTRATION OF HOW TO TRANSFER THE MUSIC NOTATION OF THIS SONG TO                      BE PLAYED ON THE KEYBOARD
.................a)  LOCATE MIDDLE "D" (WHITE KEY IN BETWEEN BLACK KEYS IN GROUPS OF 2)
.................b)  FROM THE "D" LOCATED MIDDLE "C" ONE WHITE KEY OVER TO THE LEFT
.................c)  PLACE RIGHT THUMB ON MIDDLE "C" AND PLACE THE REMAINING FINGERS                                DOWN OVER THE WHITE KEYS FORM ING THE "FRAME" OF THE HAND
.................d)  USING THE MUSIC NOTATION AS A GUIDE, NOTES GOING UP MOVE TO THE RIGHT                       ON THE KEYBOARD and NOTES GOING DOWN MOVE TO THE LEFT
.................e)  USING THE MUSIC NOTATION AS A GUIDE, NOTES THAT MOVE BY STEP ARE KEYS                       THAT ARE IN CONSECUTIVE ORDER and FINGERING FOR NOTES THAT MOVE BY                           SKIP ARE DETERMINED BY HOW MANY LINES and SPACES ARE IN BETWEEN THE                         NOTES IN THE MUSIC NOTATION [EX:  A LINE AND SPACE IN BETWEEN A NOTE (2)                         MEANS THAT IN THIS EXAMPLE THERE WILL BE 2 SKIPPED WHITE KEYS ON THE                       KEYBOARD 
02. KEYBOARD
.......a.   JINGLE BELLS (RECORDER SONG PLAYED ON THE KEYBOARD)
.......b.   JOLLY OLD ST NICK (REVIEWED)
.......c.   IF TIME SONGS FROM THE "YELLOW" KEYBOARD BOOKLET
(PERIOD 3 CLASS DIVIDED UP:  KEYBOARD PRACTICE FOR SOME and WORK ON A STRAVINSKY COMPOSER REPORT FOR OTHERS)

ADV. STRINGS
STUDENT PERFORMANCE AT LUNCH and IN THE EVENING

BEG. STRINGS
STUDENT PERFORMANCE AT LUNCH and IN THE EVENING

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2012

QUOTE:
“You may call for peace as loudly as you wish, but where there is no brotherhood there can in the 
  end be no peace.”
AUTHOR: Max Lerner
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Peace will only happen when man learns to accept the differences of 
  others and come together as one.” 








COMPOSER
DVORAK

Serenade For Strings
E major Op.22, Complete
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ah14jOLKnSs&feature=related


GENERAL MUSIC
01. THEORY: FINISH WORK AS NEEDED 
.......a.  CLASS WENT OVER THEORY WORK and  STUDENTS TO COMPLETE ANY MISSING or INCOMPLETE 
             PAGES IN ORDER TO BE READY FOR IT TO BE TURNED IN FOR GRADING NEXT WEEK
02. KEYBOARD
.......a.   JOLLY OLD ST. NICK (RECORDER SONG TO BE PLAYED ALSO ON THE KEYBOARD)
.......b.   SONGS FROM "YELLOW" KEYBOARD PACKET

ADV. STRINGS
STUDENTS SET-UP FOR PERFORMANCE IN CAFETERIA

BEG. STRINGS
STUDENTS SET-UP FOR PERFORMANCE IN CAFETERIA

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012

QUOTE:
“Everything will pass, and the world will perish but the Ninth Symphony will remain.”
AUTHOR: Ludwig Van Beethoven
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Good art will outlast the generations and continue to be popular.”







COMPOSER
DVORAK


Slavonic dance No. 2
E minor op. 72 
Perlman (violin) and Ma (cello) duet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuOpM43FIDo&feature=related



GENERAL MUSIC
01. THEORY: FINISH WORK AS NEEDED
02. RECORDER
......a.  WARM-UP/EAR TRAINING WITH ECHO RHYTHMS
............1)  USED NOTES B, A, G ALONE and IN COMBINATIONS OF STEPS and SKIPS
............2)  WORKING DOWN THE RECORDER USED NOTES IN THE INTERVAL OF G-D
............3)   USED NOTES IN STEP-WISE MOTION DOWN and UP FROM B TO E
............4)  WORKING FURTHER DOWN THE RECORDER USING NOTES E, D, low C
......b.  JINGLE BELLS
............1)  REVIEW FROM YESTERDAY
......c.   JOLLY OLD ST. NICK (PERIODS 1,2)
......d.   WHACKY NUTCRACKER (PERIODS 1,2)
.............1)  DISCUSSED and PRACTICED ARTICULATIONS: STACCATO and LEGATO
......e.    DONDE ESTA SANTA CLAUS (PERIOD 2)
.............1)  SIGHT READ BY NUMBERS

ADV. STRINGS
PREPARATION FOR THE HOLIDAY CONCERT DECEMBER 6TH
WE PLAYED ALL THE MUSIC IN CONCERT ORDER

BEG. STRINGS 
PREPARATION FOR THE HOLIDAY CONCERT DECEMBER 6TH
REVIEWED CONCERT PERFORMANCE ETIQUETTE and DIRECTIONS FOR THURSDAY'S CONCERT
PRACTICED CHRISTMAS SONG TO REVIEW THE REPEATS
PLAYED GESU BAMBINO

Monday, December 3, 2012

MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2012

QUOTE:
“I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits 
  of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.”
AUTHOR: Igor Stravinsky
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Wisdom and knowledge are developed through lessons learned from 
  making mistakes.”







COMPOSER
DVORAK


SONG TO THE MOON 
FROM RUSALKA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIXwBgmFM7k

In Slavic mythology, a rusalka (plural: rusalki or rusalky) is a female ghost
water nymphsuccubus, or mermaid-like demon that often dwelt in a waterway.

Rusalka in Russian folklore appears as a beautiful maiden or assumes the form of a siren: 
a half women and half-bird or half-fish.

Friday, November 30, 2012

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2012

QUOTE:
“An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.”
AUTHOR: Edgard Varese
MEANING OF THE QUOTE:
“Sometimes artists create art which is not understood by the general public.”










COMPOSER
DVORAK




Dvorak Symphony No.7
Conducted by Pierre Monteux
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXf0DcX8lO8&feature=related


GENERAL MUSIC
01. MUSICAL THEATER: OLIVER
......a.  WORKED ON OUR "OLIVER" WORKSHEET FILLING IN INFORMATION AS NEEDED 
......b.   REVIEWED  WHAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR
......c.  CONTINUED WITH THE FILM
......d.  AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE MUSICAL STUDENTS WILL BE INSTRUCTED ON WRITING A            PERSONAL CRITIQUE INTO THEIR "OLIVER" WORKSHEET and AS A CLASS WE WILL                  COMPLETE THE REMAINING QUESTIONS ON THE WORKSHEET BEFORE TURNING IN

ADV. STRINGS
PREPARATION FOR THE HOLIDAY CONCERT DECEMBER 6TH
IMPORTANT CLASS DISCUSSION CONCERNING FOLLOWING DIRECTIONS
......a.  WE WROTE ABOUT WHAT WE DISCUSSED and TURNED IT IN

BEG. STRINGS 
PREPARATION FOR THE HOLIDAY CONCERT DECEMBER 6TH
......a.  HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS (ADVANCED PART)
...........1)  STUDENTS REQUESTED THAT THEY BE ABLE TO TRY THE ADVANCED MUSIC 
...........2)  STUDENTS WHO FEEL COMFORTABLE PLAYING THIS PART DURING THE CONCERT                      WILL BE ALLOWED TO SWITCH PARTS

Thursday, November 29, 2012

EASY KEYBOARD #2: MELODY SONGS BY FRAME and FINGER NUMBER #2

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