July 21 - Round Round


Another


double-circuit


to DVC,


the


first a loop through Contra Costa and


back to


Solano and


Napa


for


paper-


grading,


the


second


a beeline to the


evening class on the130th day of summer, high 86 (80th 80+),


composing page 10 re Sex and the Species.

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50's Progression (C Major)

C Am  F  G
I   vi   IV V


Stairway to Heaven (C Minor - Three Flats Bb Eb Ab)

Cm  Bb   Ab
i    bVII  bVI


Three Typical Rock Bands

Guitar Band
Lead Guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Bass
Drums

Piano Band
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums

Power Trio
Guitar
Bass
Drums


Listening
[8935] Terry Riley - In C
[8936] Steve Reich - Tehillim: I (Psalms)
[8937] Philip Glass - Einstein on the Beach: KNEE PLAY 1
[8943] Roger Waters - Shine On You Crazy Diamond: III
[8947] John Adams - Nixon in China: I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-Tung
[8957] Mark Alburger - Camino Real: Block 9

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Also send out a substantial of music to orchestra members for The Opus Project presents Opus 19: Sounds Good and Is Good for You (8pm, Saturday, July 26, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA), including

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911)            Symphony No. 9: II (1909)
Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)            Impromptu, Op. 19 (1902)
Hugo Alfven (1872-1970)            Swedish Rhapsody No. 1, Op. 19 (1903)
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)    Cello Sonata, Op. 19, No. 1 (1901)  
Charles Ives (1874-1954)            The Circus Band (1898)   
Leonardo de Lorenzo (1875-1962)    Valse Charme, Op. 19, No. 2 (1917)
Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)            Pavane for a Dead Princess, M. 19 (1910)
Anton Webern (1883-1945)            Goethe Song, Op. 19, No. 1 (1926)
Sergei Prokofiev (1891-1953)        Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 19, No. 1 (1916)   
Paul Creston (1906-1985)            Alto Saxophone Sonata, Op. 19, No. 2 (1946)