Final Exam 5/29/09

Final Exam 5/29
Questions will be taken from the following notes:
String Family
Woodwind Family
Brass Family
Percussion Family
Ensembles
Theory (Letters and Rhythms)
Johann Sebastian Bach
Georg Frideric Handel
Antonio Vivaldi
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven
Franz Joseph Haydn
Johannes Brahms*
Felix Mendelssohn*
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel*
Franz Liszt*
Louis Hector Berlioz*
Gioacchino Rossini*

* These composers will be covered next week. If you are absent you can find all of the notes on my blog.

Canceled Band Practice

Band Practice on March 24th has been canceled due to the dance.

Exam!!!

The nine-weeks exam will take place on Friday the 13th!! It will cover the instrument families and ensembles. Remember to bring a #2 pencil.

Mr. Beckstrom's Music Calendar is now located at the bottom of the blog or you can click here.

Quiz on the Instrument Families

There will be a quiz next week on the instrument families. Be sure you are studying your notes on the String, Woodwind, Brass and Percussion Families.

Upcoming Vocabulary Quiz

There will be a vocabulary quiz some time next week.

Make sure you know the vocabulary words from the string, woodwind and brass families.
Pizzicato
Double stop
Glissando
Plectrum
Vibration
Sympathetic strings
Conical
Cylindrical
Valves
Trills
Hand stop
Multiphonics

You will need to define each word and use each word in a sentence.

Music Quotes

"Man, if you have to ask, you'll never know."

~~Louis Armstrong, when asked what Jazz is.~~



"Without music, life would be a mistake."

~~Frederich Nietzsche~~


Who was Nietzsche? Five points extra credit to the first student from each class who correctly answers that question. (You only get one try, so make sure you do your research before you answer.)

Instrument Families - Homework

Remember to try to figure out which instruments are playing as you listen to music in your daily life.

Song Lyric Assignment

Here's today's assignment and this weekend's homework.
Think of your favorite song
Write down all of the lyrics you can remember from that song. (Leave out the profanity)
Write one paragraph telling what the song is about.
Write one paragraph explaining why you like the song.
Standard: MU. E. 2.3.2

Remember to include your FRIES.
Facts
Reasons
Incidents
Examples
Statistics/Sensory Details

New Semester!!

The new nine-weeks and the new semester start on Tuesday, January 20th. Welcome to all of my new students. We will learn a lot this semester and we will have a lot of fun. Be sure to check my calendar to see what we are working on each day.

Calendar

This calendar will contain important information pertaining to music appreciation class and after school band. I will also post other school and music related items on this calendar, such as the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra calendar.

Final Exam

The Final Exam will be on January 7, 2009. It will cover all of the topics we have covered this semester (since the beginning the school year). Make sure you study all of your notes.

We will review on January 5th and 6th.

Classical Era Quiz

There will be a quiz on Friday (12/5/08) covering Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn. The notes can be found if you click on Classical Era under the Notes heading. Friday is also progress report day.

Counting and Clapping....

We have begun learning out to count and clap rhythms so the students should practice counting and clapping the rhythms on their theory worksheets.

(Start with the worksheet entitled Rhythm Worksheet.)

Letter Quiz

There will be a quiz on the letters on Tuesday, October 28th.
Notes will not be permitted during this quiz.

Salsa Rhythms and Instruments

Here's a cool link where you can learn about the rhythms used in Salsa music.

Salsa Rhythms and Instruments