October 17 - New Day


First session of the Late-Add Music Appreciation class - yes!  Listening to undated African musics, and looking forward to Quiz 1, as below...


C Major Scale

C   D    E   F   G   A  B   C

1    2    3    4   5    6   7   8 (1)

Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do


Five Ways of Making Sound

Wind

Solid-Body Percussion

Drum

String

Electricity


Listening 

[1970] Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra: I. Introduction
                                         (Thus Spake Zarathustra)

[1980] Gustav Holst - The Planets: I. Mars

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Down


the


freeways


and


byways,



primarily


680


through


Solano


to


Contra Costa,


a detour


to


Martinez,


and


on


to


Music History, returning to compose page 3

The Decameron: Sixth Day, Op. 257
     Novel III: Monna Nonna de' Pulci silences the Bishop of Florence

Jonah, Op. 258
     I. Fish Story

216th day of summer, high 71 (ABA of 71-64-71, last three days)

Martinez, 70
Pleasant Hill, 72

... another smidgen of rain -- .01 inch --  for a total of 1.24 since the rainfall year began on July 1...

And, speaking of water, major plumbing work, restoring water pressure that had diminished over the weeks to a mere mist...