C Chromatic Scale
Up in sharps, down in flats
No accidentals between adjacent white notes E-F and B-C
We say "C#" but write on the staff "#C", etc.
C C# D D# E F F# G G# A A# B C
C B Bb A Ab G Gb F E Eb D Db C
Instrumentation of an Idealized Large Orchestra
Woodwinds
[4] Flutes [Piccolo, Alto Flute]
[4] Oboes [English horn]
[4] Clarinets [I-IV, Piccolo Clarinet, Bass Clarinet]
[4] Bassoon [Contrabassoon]
Brass
[4] Trumpets
[4 French] Horns
[3] Trombones
Tuba
Percussion
Harp [possibly Guitar, Mandolin]
Piano [possibly Celesta, Harpsichord, Organ, Synthesizer]
Mallets [including Bells, Chimes, Marimba, Xylophone]
Battery [including Cymbals; Triangle; Snare, Tenor, Bass Drums]
[4] Timpani
Strings
[17] Violin I
[15] Violin II
[13] Viola
[11] Cello
[9] Bass
Listening
[8813] Richard Wagner - Gotterdammerung: Finale (The Twilight of the Gods)
[8833] Johannes Brahms - Symphony No. 4: III
[8858] Giacomo Puccini - La Boheme: Act II (The Bohemians)
[8860] Gustav Mahler - Symphony No. 1: III
[8862] Claude Debussy - Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
[8868] Scott Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag
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In other news,
make the jump to
DVC in the morning for Charles Ives's Spanish Variation from Variations on America as Dictation / Keyboard-Solfege / Board Harmony, plus review of Week 8 material and innovative student compositions.
Financial errands thereafter,
lunch at Peking-Tokyo grading Theory work (Quiz 7 and Compositions 1),
followed
by a
stint
at
Elephant
Bar,
working over
the night
class's
6th
endeavor.
As for the Music Literature folks, we proceed from F.J. Haydn Symphony No. 45 ("Farewell") to the Quartet from Giuseppe Verdi's Rigoletto. And, yes, more late night compositional endeavors upon return:
Pdf Lot in Life: I (15)
Detail-edit Decameron - Third Day: I (17)
Compose D-TD: II (5)
