Week 8, Day 2, for the
Diablo Valley College
Theoreticians, with Charles Ives's Variations on America: Spanish Variation for Dictation / Keyboard-Solfege / Board Harmony, with marvelous Student Compositions (Round 1 and 2) from Sia Jamshidi and Martin Lejano,
lingering after with several in
tutorials,
ultimately
heading homeward
under
high cirrus for class preparation and paper grading,
returning
under
a
dramatic
earlier-than-has-been-for-quite-awhile
evening
sunset
for
enlightening Music Literature adventures from
F.J. Haydn's Symphony No. 104 ("London"): I to Richard Wagner's Gotterdammerung: Finale. looking ahead as follows...
C Chromatic Scale
Up - C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C
Down - C B Bb A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db C
Typical Large Symphony Orchestra
Woodwinds
[4] Flute
[4] Oboe
[4] Clarinet
[4] Bassoon
Brass
[4] Trumpet
[8] Horn
[3] Trombone
[1] Tuba
Percussion
Harp
Piano
Mallets
Battery
Timpani
Strings
[17] Violin I
[15] VIolin II
[13] Viola
[11] Cello
[9] Bass
Listening
[8833] Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4: III
[8838] Georges Bizet - Carmen: Habanera
[8839] Modest Mussorgsky - Pictures at an Exhibition: Gnomus
[8840] Peter Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6: II
[8860] Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1: III
[8866] Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1
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Late-night outing with Owen and company, returning to compose page 49 of At a Medical Depostiion and Psalm 102, on the 197th day of summer, high 79.
