April 11 - Groovy, Man


[Terry Riley, looking forward to his music being featured on Quiz 12 (20th-Century Music IV), sometime after 11am, Wednesday, April 18, Diablo Valley College, San Ramon, CA]


Two Classic-Rock Progressions


Three Typical Rock Bands

Piano Band

Guitar
Piano
Bass
Drums

Guitar Band
Lead Guitar
Rhythm Guitar
Bass
Drums

Power Trio
Guitar
Bass
Drums


Three Types of Jazz After Bebop

Cool
Free
Fusion



Listening


Terry Riley - In C

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbTn79x-mrI

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Riley

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_C

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ecd8UJ-3wGU (practice version of score!)


Steve Reich - Octet (Eight Lines)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Np9yApXD94 (with score!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Reich

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Lines



Philip Glass - Koyaanisqatsi: Vessels

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uc1vu4sVYdA (from the film!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_Glass

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koyaanisqatsi



John Lennon - A Day in the Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usNsCeOV4GM (video from filming of the orchestral recording!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Day_in_the_Life


Roger Waters - Shine On You Crazy Diamond: I-V

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmbLRLMRiIk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Waters

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shine_On_You_Crazy_Diamond
(N.B. Wikipedia's accounting of I-V differs from the sheet music, which will be projected in class)


John Adams - Nixon in China: I Am the Wife of Mao-Tse Tung

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoxaunpyA0g&t=2335s (@45:05 - with score!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adams_(composer)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_in_China


****


After


the


trip


south


to


rendezvous


with


the



Diablo Valley College, San Ramon,


Music


Historians,


out for another link on the DVC-SR-to-Mt.-Diablo walk, now parking on Monte Carlo,


and simply walking Old Blackhawk from Fontaine


to


Tassajara


and


back. 


Following this,


a brief exploration of the


path


ahead,


on


the


76th


day


of


spring, high down 6 to 63 (.08 precip, 15.14 since July 1)

Fairfield, 61
Pleasant Hill, 65
San Ramon, 66

Edit of system 78 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45; score-study page 10 Igor Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms, as part of The Opus Project presents Opus 64 (8pm, Saturday, April 28, 2018, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Viking Drive) --



some of this continuing over a re-appreciation of videos re Samuel Beckett directing both  


Waiting for Godot and


Endgame...