November 11 - Within Sight


At last up and away,


after


many


morning


challenges


(including


having


the


Macbook


semi-manhandled


through security check),


but all's


well


in


the


skies


above


spectacular


Colorado


and


Utah


(the


Uinta


and


Wasatch


Ranges,


Salt


Lake


Valley),


touching


down


for





second


transfer, at a distance from windows for the final leg. 


Ah, California! 


At last arrive for the


evening class,


initially to the strains of the Ottorino Respighi Laud to the Nativity piano parts,


fast-forwarding as below.



Write a Minimalist Passage
(any pattern of notes featuring repetition)

Three Typical C 7th Chords
C Major 7th     C Dominant 7th    C Minor 7th
B                     Bb                           Bb
G                     G                            G
E                     E                             Eb
C                     C                             C  

Three Periods After the Baroque and Before Present (and Dates)
Classical (1750-1825)
Romantic (1825-1900)
20th Century (1900-2000)

Triads and 7th Intervals in Three Typical 7th Chords
Major 7th Chord = Major Triad + Major 7th Interval
Dominant 7th Chord = Major Triad + Minor 7th Interval
Minor 7th Chord = Minor Triad + Minor 7th Interval

Listening
[8951] Sting - Synchronicity: Every Breath You Take
            Oliver Knussen - Flourish with Fireworks
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZmSe2aPBTY
[8957] Mark Alburger - Camino Real: Block 9
[8957] Tan Dun - Ghost Opera
[8958] Erling Wold - Sub Pontio Pilato: Credo
            Prince - Purple Rain: Darling Nikki
     http://bingenow.com/video?vidid=1903

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True to tradition, summer seems to have ended, with a 13-degree plummet from the last two days' pairs of high 79's...