August 28 - More Cameos


Week 2 Review for the Theoreticians, finishing up initial Board work with the Prime / Retrograde / Inversion / Retrograde-Inversion exercise,


a brief Finale tutorial with Carol following.


Before this,


the scenic commute


past yesterday's


fire,


under


the


fiery /


foggy


skies


of


Solano


County


and beyond.


After,


the retrograde homeward --


plenteous


videos


(informational, disturbing, not completely consistently credible) with


Harriet while composing page 9 of Psalm 102 and At a Medical Deposition 157th day of summer, second high-in-a-row of 93 (65th 90+).  Late in the evening, just after downloading pictures, the iPhone becomes an inoperative brick -- so, will have to fix or have replaced tomorrow....

August 27 - Ready for Anything



Second week of Music Literature, and definitely an interesting group,



proceeding from music resonating with Prehistoric possibilieis, looking ahead to Ancient ambiences....


F Lydian
F G A B C D E F
Do Re Mi Fi Sol La Ti Do

F Major
F G A Bb C D E F
Do Re Mi Fa Sola La Ti Do

Pattern of Whole and Half Steps in a Major Scale
W W H W W W H

Four Kinds of Textures
Monophonic - One Line of Music, Strictly Performed
Heterophonic - One Line of Music, Freely Performed
Polyphony - More than One Line of Music, Lines of = Importance
Homophonic - More than One Line of Music, One Line More Important

Listening:
[6971] Asia Minor (Turkey) - Epitaph of Seikilos
[8813] Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Triumphal March
[8835] Camille Saint-Saens -  Carnival of the Animals: I. Royal March
[8875] Maurice Ravel - Mother Goose Suite: III. The Princess of the Pagodas
[8999] Francis Poulenc - Double Piano Concerto: I
[8929] George Crumb - Vox Balaenae (The Voice of the Whale): I

***


The day begins bumping down the freeway to beginning of Week 2 with the Theoreticians,


lunch


locally,


lurching


homeward


680-


and


80-


wise,


via errands,


for more paper-grading and planning,


back down


in the


evening air (past the surreally beautiful denoument of the Marigold Fire in Fairfield),


heading out after Music History to late libations with faculty.  How can another composed page (8) for Psalm 102 and At a Medical Deposition possibly get done on the 156th day of summer, high 93 (64th 90+)?

August 26 - Cameos


Sol Bloom's Snake Charmer for Dictation and Keyboard / Solfege,


followed by the Prime / Retrograde / Inversion Board exercise.



The


beautiful


sunny-foggy


80-680


commute


through


Solano


and


Contra Costa fore


and


aft,


followed


by


errands and composition of page 7 for Psalm 102 and At a Medical Deposition,


over revelatory


videos on the 155th day of summer, high 88.