April 1 - Fuels for Thought


Write Your Own Four-Note Passage 
(different from the examples below)

Forwards (Prime)
ex. ABCD

Backwards (Retrograde)
ex. DCBA

Upside-Down (Inversion)
ex. AGFE

Backwards Upside-Down (Retrograde Inversion)
ex. EFGA


Instruments in Three Types of Jazz Bands

Dixieland (New Orleans Style)
1-2 Clarinets
1-2 Trumpets
Trombone
Banjo
Piano
Tuba / Bass
Drums

Swing (Big Band)
4-5 Clarinets
4-5 Trumpets
4-5 Trombones
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums

Bebop (Bop)
Saxophone
Trumpet
Trombone
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums


Listening
[8910] Samuel Barber - Second Essay for Orchestra
[8912] John Cage - Sonata No. 5
[8912] Conlon Nancarrow - Study No. 1
[8913] Benjamin Britten - War Requiem: Dies Irae
[8913] Leonard Bernstein - Chichester Psalms: II
[8925] Pierre Boulez - Le Marteau sans Maitre (The Masterless Hammer): I

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With an increasing length of suspicious-sounds-upon-engine-ignition since last week's standard maintenance,


head


back


through


inclement


climes


(more than a half-inch of still-must-be-welcomed rain --


.58 --


for a season total 10.2 since this past July)


to


Novato


Toyota to see what can be done,


picking up a loaner


and


heading


off,


the


weather


slightly


improving


a


bit


into


striking


scenerianicty


towards


Diablo


Valley College.


More Voice-Leading for the 9:30am Theoreticians, after Dictation on Jester Hairston's Elijah Rock, plus as-always engaging Student Compositions, still finishing up those of Round 2.


Final day of substitute teaching for Owen -- the challenging Bela Bartok's Concerto for Orchestra: II. Game of Pairs opening side-drum solo for Rhythmic Dictation, examination of ii7 chords including J.S. Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier: Prelude in C, more Sight-Singing from the same's Cantata No. 140 ("Watchet auf"), and Board-Harmony re yet again his Passacaglia in C Minor, as an introduction to iv7. 


Again to the Arts Division for paperwork,


more


torrents


upon


return


but


letting


up

homeward,

editing


a third page of The Decameron - Fourth Day: VII. Pasquino Rubs a Leaf Of Sage, evening-class preparation, and at least a bit of catch-up grading.


The Music Historians proceed from Jelly Roll Morton and Sergei Prokofiev through Dmitri Shostakovich and Olivier Messian, followed by the second procession to point of origin, and another edited page of VII. Pasquino Rubs a Leaf Of Sage (4 total thus far),


over quirky video fare with Harriet.