First day of the Diablo Valley College Summer 2013 semester --
returning to Piano after a number of years... new book, new ready-to-go group,
after
the
rather
early high-sun season commute.
Thereafter, south and
west,
through
and
over
the
ridges,
to
Piedmont Avenue
and
UC
Berkeley
Music
Library
to
consult the scores of Benjamin Britten's Suite for Violin and Piano: March and the opening re Witold Lutoslawski's Concerto for Orchestra: Passacaglia.
Reverse
course
uphill,
pick up the again-errant music stand at the Arts Festival,
then
wing it homeward
through
typical
scorched
splendor, to produce page 29 of Hamlet.
Back
on the road
yet again,
greet the Music Literature class in their first session: including air-violins,
a practice quiz, and
notes for the first real one...
F Lydian Scale
F G A B C D E F
F Major Scale
F G A Bb C D E F
Pattern of Whole and Half Steps in a Major Scale
WWHWWWH
Four Textures of Music
Monophonic - One line of music, strictly performed
Heterophonic - One line of music, freely performed
Polyphonic - More than one line of music, lines of equal importance
Homophonic - More than one line of music, one line more important
Listening
[5570] Syria - Hurrian Hymn No. 6
[6970] Turkey (Asia Minor) - Epitaph of Seikilos
[8813] Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Triumphal March
[8844] Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov - Scheherazade
[8875] Maurice Ravel - Mother Goose Suite: III. The Princess of the Pagodas
[8899] Francis Poulenc - Double Piano Concerto: I
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Home late to score-study system 16 Alban Berg Three Pieces for Orchestra, Op. 6, No. 1, on this 88th day of summer -- high 88.
