MARK ALBURGER, 2016: November 2016

November 30 - Light at the End

Write a Minimalist Passage

Any repetitive melodic-rhythmic figure

Three C Seventh Chords

CMaj7 C7   Cm7

B          Bb    Bb
G           G       G
E           E        Eb
C           C        C

Names of Three 7th Chords and their Constituent Triads and 7th Intervals

Major Seventh Chord = Major Triad + M7 Interval
Dominant Seventh Chord = Major Triad + m7 Interval
Minor Seventh Chord = Minor Triad + m7 Interval

Three Periods of Music / Aesthetic History After Baroque and Before Present - with Dates

Classical 1750-1825
Romantic 1825-1900
20th Century 1900-200

Listening

[8951] Sting - Every Breath You Take
[8957] Mark Alburger - Camino Real: Block 9
[8957] Tan Dun - Ghost Opera
[8958] Prince - Darling Nikki
[8959] Erling Wold - Sub Pontio Pilato: Credo
[8968] Thom Yorke - Morning Bell

***

The merriment never ceases (OK, sometimes it does, a little... or a lot),

specifically on the 26th day of fall,

high 55

(60, Pinole; 59, Pleasant Hill),

composing page 6 Jonah, Op. 258: IV. Out of His Gourd late...

November 29 - X Mark

Getting to be pretty familiar with the Vacaville Community Medical Center, now with X-rays of the abberant limb --

before this

an active,

adventurous day

south to the

Theoreticians for first of three review sessions, looking towards the Final (to be initially given December 8) -- specifically Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings: Shire and Elton John's Lion King: Circle of Life

both re Dictation / Board Harmony / Added Tones

(also fine Student Composition 3's from Logan,

Adam,

Jessica,

and

Kaylan).

More dizzying delectations

homeward to the

Rontgen Reyes,

composing page 5 Jonah, Op. 258: IV. Out of His Gourd upon return, on this 25th day of fall, high 60 locally and in Pinole -- 59 Pleasant Hill...

November 28 - Gather Round

OK,

so the photos didn't quite come out perfectly,

but hopefully we had another wonderful time, proceeding from Samuel Barber to George Crumb and beyond, as below...

Two Classic Rock Chord Progressions

Please Mr. Postman
C Am F G
I vi IV V

Stairway to Heaven
Cm Bb Ab
i bVII bVI

Three Types of Rock Band

Piano Band
Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums

Guitar Band
Lead Guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Bass
Drums

Power Trio
Guitar
Bass
Drums

Three Styles of Jazz After Bebop

Cool

Free

Fusion

Listening

[8935] Terry Riley - In C

Steve Reich - Daniel Variations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-SFbo2vdhI

Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi: Vessels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc1vu4sVYdA

[8940] John Lennon - A Day in the Life

[8943] Roger Waters - Shine On You Crazy Diamond: III

[8947] John Adams - Nixon in China: I Am the Wife of Mao Tse-Tung
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mtMI_huRtY

***

Ah,

yes,

and

racing

southwest

and

east

ultimately

Magoo's for paper-grading

before class, with after devoted to composition page 4 Jonah, Op. 258: IV. Out of His Gourd, on the 24th day of fall, high 57 (.01 for 4.74 inches of rainfall since July 1)...