April 30 - Taking the Scenic Route

Detour on the way home, to a church perched on the south side of Rills Ridge, with a window north to The Quarry and sunward to

Mt. Diablo

Suisun Bay, the Mothball Fleet

Benicia Bridge, etc.

From here,

take the leisurely way,

walked a number of years ago,

via Lopes Road,

past Close Canyon,

Trash

Valley,

Stonewind

Ranch,

Wooded Top,

Parish

Canyons,

Horse Farm,

The Suburbs,

Hovel Hills,

Eden,

Rohan,

Chinese

Wall,

Long Barn,

Dinosaur

Ridge,

back

on the

freeways and thence home to edit even more of The Decameron - Fourth Day: X and Psalm 122 (pages 5 and 6 respectively),

over a variety of

enlightening videos with

Harriet.

The day begins with the

freewayic

reverse of this

(on the 51st day of summer, highest even yet of year at 89, and 11th as 80-or-better for the year),

meeting the Theoreticians for Zihao's fine presentation of a pentatonic piece,

Board Harmony on Kurt Cobain's Heart-Shaped Box, (borrowed Add6 Chord from Minor) and

another wonderful composition from

Ashley,

 plus another visit to Owen's class.

Also finish score-study of George Enescu's Symphony No. 2, Op. 17, No. 1 (Introduction, 1914 - four pages total), and begin that for the Alan Hovhaness Symphony No. 1, Op. 17: Andante maestoso (1937).

April 29 - Let X = Excellence

Sorab treats us to his expertise as marimbist in Music Theory (on DVC's impressive 5 1/2 octave giant -- C2 to G7 -- the largest type made, larger than the San Francisco Symphony's!),

with performances including a J.S. Bach Cello Suite No. 2 transcription, which, in its new incarnation sounds quite contemporary.

The

ever-

scenic

morning

commute

down

flower-

filled

680

before,

and after up to the Arts Division,

for belated paperwork from last week,

then

a

mid-day

return

to grade papers (still behind, but at least starting to catch up),

and

southwestward

once

more

to

rendezvous with the Literature students to finish with works from recent times, beginning the review for the Final (Part I, as below (for May 20):

Write Any Major Scale Other Than C, with Solfege

Write Any Minor Scale Other Than A, with Solfege

Six Periods of Aesthetic History (and Approximate Dates)
Ancient (before A.D. 400)
Medieval (400-1400)
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Baroque (1600-1750)
Classical (1750-1825)
Romantic (1825-1900)

Listening
[5999] China - Entrance Hymn for the Emperor
[8270] Italy - Trotto
[8450] Josquin - Scaramella
[8785] J.S. Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 1: I
[8870] Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 7: II
[8813] Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto: Quartet

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Out

afterward for the

first Board Meeting of The Opus Project, returning yet again late to edit more of The Decameron - Fourth Day: X (page 4) and Psalm 122 (5).  50th day of summer, by far the highest of the year, at 88, and 10th at 80 or better...