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...