October 10 - Let There Be


Light after the dark,


hurtling forth


towards


paper-grading


and


Diablo Valley College to meet the morning Music Historians for their weekly rendezvous, now with Romantics, continuing as below.


C Chromatic Scale (Up in Sharps, Down in Flats)

C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C

C B Bb A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db C


Typical Large Orchestra

Woodwinds
[4] Flutes
[4] Oboes
[4] Clarinets
[4] Bassoons

Brass
[4] Trumpets
[8] Horns
[3] Trombones
[1] Tuba

Percussion
Harp
Piano
Mallets
Battery
Timpani

Strings
[17] Violin I
[15] Violin II
[13] Viola
[11] Cello
[9] Bass


Listening

[8813] Richard Wagner - Tristan und Isolde: Prelude
[8835] Camille Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals: Fossils
[8838] Georges Bizet - Carmen: Habanera
[8860] Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1: III
[8862] Claude Debussy - The Children's Corner: Golliwog's Cakewalk
[8866] Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No. 1

***


Thereafter,


deal with matters


financial


and


petrolic,


before


making


the


jump


to


Marin


on



580


and


101


for


post


box,


errands,


and


north


a


spell


to


standard


vehicular


maintenance,


biding


awhile


at


Chevy's,


while


dealing


with


various


catch-up


endeavors. 


Subsequently,


embark


on


a


very


circuituous


return:


Novato


Boulevard


northwest 


to


Hicks


Valley


and


Point Reyes - 

Petaluma,


north


to


San


Antonio


Creek,


over


the


Sonoma


border


through


the


road's northern namesake,


generally east on Lakeville,


Frates,


Adobe,


121


towards


the


Mayacamas,


116


over


the


same


to


Napa,


and


12


across


the


Valley,


ultimately


through


Jamison


Canyon,


et al --


on the 209th day of summer, high 88 (152nd at 80-or-more)...


81 Pleasant Hill
72 San Rafael
77 Novato and Petaluma...


composing page 3 re Portraits of ___(Some Multiple of 3) Women: XVII. Bridget over somewhat


minimalist videos with Harriet.