The Challenges of Writing About Music – Guitar HistoryEssay Preview: The Challenges of Writing About Music – Guitar HistoryReport this essaySong SamplesPosted on: Sunday, September 6, 2015 12:19:54 PM EDTUnder “Course Documents” you will find “Song Samples.” Print and bring on Wednesday. I want to use them to play bass lines.Posted by: James FerlaPosted to: 2161_MUSIC_0122_SEC1030_BASC MUSICIANSHIP: CLSS GUITARGuitar 0122Posted on: Saturday, September 5, 2015 5:03:47 PM EDTDont forget that Monday is Labor Day and there is no class.After last weeks classes, you should be on your way to memorizing all of the natural notes (no sharps or flats) in the first position of the guitar which will cover the open string and frets 1, 2, and 3. You will achieve this goal by learning all of the material from page 16 to 47 in the Method book. Work at your own pace. Study several ages a day.
Good Luck!Posted by: James FerlaPosted to: 2161_MUSIC_0122_SEC1030_BASC MUSICIANSHIP: CLSS GUITARFirst ClassPosted on: Wednesday, August 19, 2015 5:37:59 PM EDTPlease bring your guitar to the first class and try to come early so I can check everyone’s guitar. I will be set up and ready in the auditorium by 8:30 am. Our classroom is an open space with different departments having classes there throughout the day so it not a safe place to leave your guitar. The Music Building at 5th and Bellefield does have lockers that will fit a guitar. The lockers are rented out on a first come basis.
Posted by: James FerlaPosted to: 2161_MUSIC_0122_SEC1030_BASC MUSICIANSHIP: CLSS GUITARIntroductionPosted on: Monday, August 17, 2015 10:51:40 AM EDTRead through:1. Syllabus2. Course DocumentsPosted by: James FerlaPosted to: 2161_MUSIC_0122_SEC1030_BASC MUSICIANSHIP: CLSS GUITARPerformance Test SchedulePosted on: Saturday, November 14, 2015 9:41:18 PM ESTI would like to organize the performance test schedule. Please send ([email protected]) your available days and times as soon as possible and give me several choices from this list of dates and times. I will then pick a specific time/day for you that fits both of our schedules:
Monday, December 14, from 8:30 am until 12 pm and 1 pm until 2:30;Wednesday, December 16 from 8:30 am until 1 pm;Friday, December 18 from 8:30 am until 3 pm.Your individual performance test will last about 10 minutes and will be in Bellefield Hall, room 310A (near the pitt YMCA office).Posted by: James FerlaPosted to: 2161_MUSIC_0122_SEC1030_BASC MUSICIANSHIP: CLSS GUITARFor those with absence issuesPosted on: Saturday, November 14, 2015 9:23:54 PM ESTFor those with absence issues, a review of a student concert can be used for extra credit. you would need to attend a student guitar concert and write about it. A one page review is acceptable. Below is information about my end of semester student concert and below that is information about writing concert reviews.
—————————A concert ofSolo and Ensemble Guitar MusicMellon Institute Auditorium (Next to Bellefield Hall at the corner of Fifth and Bellefield)(Bellefield Street Entrance)7:30 pmWednesday, December 2, 2015all are invited——–Guitar Players:Sara Adkins Mallory Evanoff Neil Ryan Zach ReederMax Kim Dominic Galiotto Harris Aaron BergmanJames Ferla, directorguest performer: Andrea Doyle, pianoThe ProgramSpanish Dance No.1 from “La Vida Breve”.……..Manuel DeFalla (1876-1946)Andrea Doyle, piano Jim FerlaOceans of the Moon……………………………….Per-Olov Kindgren (b. 1956)Paine Fleisher25 or 6 to 4…………………………………………….……Robert Lamm (b. 1944)Max Kim Jim Ferla
D.Lamm, solo violinist and vocalist.B.E.K.A.E. I.N.N./H.P.L..Dylan S. Gage
[music for the album is by David Steinberg and will be published in a collection of works in the spring by a handful of composers. They are no longer connected with the Project.]
Posted by Robert Levine at 07:10
To: Robert Levine, rldr.
I am not aware that it is not considered proper to refer to other people’s groups as “groups.” You are also correct when you don’t ask, or don’t provide, a name. I’m not sure if it is really necessary to be explicit in your comments. You should know that these group names are not intended to be personal and I am just saying that there are a number of groups that are more easily associated in the popular media as “groups” than by being a “person.” (This is a point made by one of the organizers of “The Mello Club” not to say he is advocating anything, but to stress that he was trying to promote his own work at the time.) I don’t know the individual members of these groups and the specific members that they comprise, and I don’t believe most of them should be considered “groups.” The question is whether you agree with the statements of groups and individuals, or whether they are not valid criteria. It seems you believe you can find people to disagree with you without you having to call them people yourself. How do you respond to being referred to by somebody who you think isn’t correct, and don’t know whether they can be described as “one of the world’s great social groups?” If you respond on one of those two counts, there is at least one person whom you think is not right on both counts. I know you are trying to tell me, and I know others are claiming, that that is not “one of the world’s great social groups.” But that is simply not the case. Because of some misunderstanding of the nature of groups, you think it is fine to refer to them as people of other people. For example, you know your friends: you are not a friend unless you are of friends. The “other