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| MONDAY (rhythm) What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong) Roll – Introductions (name pronunciation) Term Time (this week’s band & choir music) Rhythm Magic Rhythm Matching Read words, not letters 2-handed Tapping I British Note Names Konnakkol & Quads Transcription Fibonacci Konnakol We listened to the 1st “Moldau” link below |
TUESDAY (pitch) W. a W. W. (Jon Batiste and the NSO) Roll – Instrument and/or Voice Term Time (mispronounced names) – Chopin (Raindrop Prelude) – Debussy (Prelude...Afternoon...) – Wagner (Ride of the Valkyries) Bottom of Rhythm Matching Pitch Names – Franz Liszt – Josquin des Prez – AC/DC British note name quiz Diverse Singing Styles – VOCES8 – Beautiful to me! – Bulgarian Women’s Choir – Anna-Maria Hefele – Tuvan Throat Singing – Jodler (last 2 minutes) |
WEDNESDAY (“brass”) W. a W. W. (Playing For Change) Roll – What are your impressions of last night’s recital? Term Time (All-State Orch. Terms) All-State Orchestra Terminology Sheet Finish yesterday’s “Diverse S. S.” – VOCES8 (another selection) – Wagner (Ride of the Valkyries) Lip buzzing – Bugle – Serpent – Alphorn – Shofar – Didgeridoo – Conch Shell Dizzy Gillespie Salt Peanuts |
THURSDAY (“flutes”) W. a W. W. (Elle & Toni) Roll – Of all that we did in this class, what was your favorite? (in case I do this next year) Term Time (Intl. Instr. Names) Blowing across a hole – Flute – Native American Flute – Recorder – Tin Whistle – Organ – Panpipes – Shakuhachi – Bansuri |
Term Time – Several excellent online dictionaries are at williamwieland.com (center bottom).
If time:
Theory Things – Rhythm Syllable Systems – BPM (beats per minute) – Transposing Instruments
Marches
• American march music
• Military March: The Stars and Stripes Forever ( United States Navy Band YouTube Channel )
• Circus March: Thunder and Blazes (Entry of the Gladiators) by Julius Fučík | Circus March
• John Philip Sousa, “The March King” – The Complete Marches of John Philip Sousa (created by the United States Marine Band, “The President’s Own”)
• Karl L. King Barnum & Bailey’s Favorite ( The United States Army Field Band YouTube Channel )
“The Moldau” from Má vlast (My Fatherland) by Bedřich Smetana
• SMETANA - VLTAVA / THE MOLDAU (listening guide) – YouTube video showing the “story” (You can practice your Spanish as well.)
• Lesson Plan: The Moldau by Bedřich Smetana – quite informative
• The Moldau (Vlatava) – includes notated music motives
The overture to Guillaume Tell by Gioachino Rossini
• Four Sections: 1. Prelude: Dawn 2. Storm 3. Ranz de Vaches 4. Finale: March of the Swiss Soldiers
• Rossini: Wilhelm Tell – Ouvertüre ∙ hr-Sinfonieorchester ∙ Christoph Eschenbach – Name that instrument.
• Rossini - William Tell Overture - Cambridge IGCSE Score Analysis - Berliner Philharmoniker – detailed!
Free Sheet Music – Mostly classical music in the public domain
• IMSLP – Search for a classical composer’s name.
• ChoralWiki – Choral Public Domain Library
• Free Piano Solo Sheet Music (Michael Kravchuk)
Masterpieces – each a half hour or less Fantastic Orchestral Music Jazz Standards
Popular Music
• The biggest hits of all time. (Billboard) – Chubby Checker - The Twist
• 50 Most Iconic Songs of All Time According to Science (Spotify) – #1 is Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody (Official Video Remastered)
• Best-selling single worldwide (Guinness World Records) – Bing Crosby - White Christmas (Official 1942 Music Video)
• The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (Rolling Stone) – #1 is Aretha Franklin - Respect [1967] (Aretha's Original Version)
