Mark's Music School Diary.
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Actually I'm putting on my tux in a couple of hours to go sing in my men's chorus class. Yay.
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You'll get some leg tonight for sure!
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frunobulax
Gak Pernah Cukup!
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this should be the required dress code for all posting activity here.
Some video of the tune I wrote from last night....the sax player had a brain fart and left the room so he's not on the head in the beginning which is a drag because it sounds cool with both horns playing with me. You do get to hear that on the way out after my solo (the teacher had to text him to get back in the room so he only missed HALF of the first tune 
). I edited about four minutes of other peoples solos out for time. Yes, this is all about ME.
). I edited about four minutes of other peoples solos out for time. Yes, this is all about ME.
Finals week!
Today I just have my Jazz Improv final:
Dec 13 - Playing Final at 9:30
"Blues by Five," "Mack the Knife" and "A Train"
THEN: a Written Final - be able to identify and create ii-V7-I's in any key.
spell any chords in the context of ii-V-I's. Also- Listening on all material that is active on Titanium. (more on this later)
See previous exam up on Titanium.
Also - individual - be able to play downward resolutions to 1 and 3 on a ii-V7-I on any of the ii-V-Is in either tune. (Keys of Bb, C, D)
be able to play: all of melodies from above, all chords from the tunes, all scales from the tunes, and connect 3 - 7 from the tunes
Nothing too difficult.
Tomorrow is Music Theory which I should be just fine with. All of my test scores in that class have been between 94% and 98%. I'm just going to practice on the review sheet she gave us today. Then my piano final which is a solo piano piece, sight reading and harmonization.
Thursday is Musicianship where I have to sing a prepared melody with lots of intervallic jumps (all in a major scale though) and sightsing a simple melody. On top of all of this I have three essays to write for my American Character class due on Friday and my jury is Wednesday afternoon. I also have to go to my Choir class during finals time for some reason on that day even though there is no test and we've already turned in our music.
Did I mention we were also closing on a refi of our house this week too? And a couple of other distractions familywise that are pretty significant but not for sharing. Can't wait for Friday evening to get here.
Today I just have my Jazz Improv final:
Dec 13 - Playing Final at 9:30
"Blues by Five," "Mack the Knife" and "A Train"
THEN: a Written Final - be able to identify and create ii-V7-I's in any key.
spell any chords in the context of ii-V-I's. Also- Listening on all material that is active on Titanium. (more on this later)
See previous exam up on Titanium.
Also - individual - be able to play downward resolutions to 1 and 3 on a ii-V7-I on any of the ii-V-Is in either tune. (Keys of Bb, C, D)
be able to play: all of melodies from above, all chords from the tunes, all scales from the tunes, and connect 3 - 7 from the tunes
Nothing too difficult.
Tomorrow is Music Theory which I should be just fine with. All of my test scores in that class have been between 94% and 98%. I'm just going to practice on the review sheet she gave us today. Then my piano final which is a solo piano piece, sight reading and harmonization.
Thursday is Musicianship where I have to sing a prepared melody with lots of intervallic jumps (all in a major scale though) and sightsing a simple melody. On top of all of this I have three essays to write for my American Character class due on Friday and my jury is Wednesday afternoon. I also have to go to my Choir class during finals time for some reason on that day even though there is no test and we've already turned in our music.
Did I mention we were also closing on a refi of our house this week too? And a couple of other distractions familywise that are pretty significant but not for sharing. Can't wait for Friday evening to get here.
OK. Jazz improv final has been crushed. I'm pretty sure the written portion is either aced or pretty close and my performance grades were 96% and 97% for "Take the A Train" and "Mack the Knife", Not the hardest test but it was nice to get off to a strong start.
Now I'm practicing for the rest. My musicianship teacher gave us access to this site and I might just pay for it myself next year to practice with:
We've already done the dictation portion last week so I have a prepared piece I'm practicing and he will pull a random exercise from this site for me to sightsing on Thursday.
Now I'm practicing for the rest. My musicianship teacher gave us access to this site and I might just pay for it myself next year to practice with:
We've already done the dictation portion last week so I have a prepared piece I'm practicing and he will pull a random exercise from this site for me to sightsing on Thursday.
Flamencology
You don't deserve koa.
i started my college (after the USAF) at Shenandoah Conservatory (Winchester Va.)
and after a semester there....i switched to engineering at Penn State.
it was easier.
I teach some undergraduate acting courses. Those poor kids are driven to an insane degree: about 40 hours per week of class/studio time, plus a ton of memorization, plus readings and essays. And then they get shit from science students.
The fine arts aren't easy, academically speaking.
