Additional Assignment 2 Week 1,
Find the E-book assignments 1 through 3 in Course Resources.
Due date: Sunday 7/11
Always include Timestamps (elapsed time) when required. No timestamps, if required, no credit will be received for the answer. This assignment isn’t designed around right or wrong answers, but is graded heavily on effort.
(10 pt.) Find and open the Play list to The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra: scroll down to Marin Alsup narrating the work. Listen to M. Alsup speak and conduct the performance. Keep in mind that she is not the composer (one who writes the music) but she is the conductor, one who rehearses and leads a performing group. Please understand that a conductor helps the orchestra play the music as intended by the composer. A composer creates/writes the music including all the notes tempo’s dynamics, orchestral colors and nuances for every instrument. Answer this: What parts of Alsup’s narration were most surprising or intriguing to you? Please do not be a minimalist!
(10pt) Use the E-book Play list, open; The Young Persons Guide to the Orchestra ILG (Interactive Listening Guide). Use it when following the music. Click circles specific to sections of music if you wish to hear that part again. This work is diagramed for you.
Answer this: What did you find most helpful and which part/parts were most difficult to comprehend? If none were difficult, please state so and provide solid reasons for your answer.
Links for#3,4,and 5 below, are also posted in Week 1 for easier access.
(10 pt.) Rhythm Participation tape #1: Answer this: (After going through this tape twice, using level 1 through 10, 10 being the highest, how much did you improve the second time through the video and what was the most difficult part for you? https://www.dropbox.com/s/ouczv84lispcvxu/Rhythm participation #1.mp4?dl=0
(10 Pt.) https://www.dropbox.com/s/80eumztx0njhqcy/Simple scales.mp4?dl=0
Major and minor scale or mode: (mode is scale type) : Write a review of the Major and minor scale link week 1. Use timestamp naming any specific music (song) used as demonstration of the scale type. Include such things as when a song was played in major mode then again in minor mode, what did you discover about switching modes?
(10 pt.) Rhythm Reading :(After going through this tape at least twice, using level 1 through 10, 10 being the highest, how much did you improve the second time through the video and what was the most difficult part for you? https://www.dropbox.com/s/sqbaezvec0w7l84/Rhythm Reading ).mp4?dl=0