April 8 - Puzzling It Out


The Theoreticians receive Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms: II for Dictation and Board-Harmony, with plenteous elegant common tones in our realizations,


after


the


scenic


commute and before


heading


back to finally begin catching up with paper-grading for the evening class,


returning


in


the


spectacular


twilight


to proceed from Samuel Barber and Willie Dixon to Dizzy Gillespie and Pierre Boulez, and looking ahead as below...


Two Classic Rock Progressions

Please Mr. Postman
C  Am  F    G
I    vi    IV  V

Stairway to Heaven
Cm  Bb   Ab
i      bVII  bVI


Three Typical Rock Bands

Piano Band
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums

Guitar Band
Lead Guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Bass
Drums

Power Trio
Guitar
Bass
Drums


Listening
[8935] Terry Riley - In C
[8936] Steve Reich - Tehillim (Psalms): I
[8937] Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach: KNEE PLAY 1
[Youtube] John Lennon - Happiness Is a Warm Gun
[8943] Roger Waters - Shine On You Crazy Diamond: III
[8947] John Adams - Nixon in China: I Am the Wife of Mao Tse Tung

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