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)