November 6 - Yet Fertile Ground


[Terry Riley, looking forward to his music being featured on Quiz 12 (20th-Century Music IV), Tuesday, November 12, Pleasant Hill / Wednesday, November 13, San Ramon / Friday, November 22, Late Start]


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.google.com/search?q=Steve+Reich+Octet&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1 (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 (@ 45:07)

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

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

***



Shiva is


still ascendant (indeed Megan has a statue similar on the back porch),


vis a vis the quadrangle of Diablo Valley College San Ramon, but will look forward to the influences of Brahma and Vishnu as well as work proceeds. 


Still, wonder about the resulting views, or lack thereof (relatedly true of the multiple-housing units now just south of campus at present),


but also reflect on the wonders of Week 11b with the Music Historians therein,


culminating in Twentieth Century III Quiz,


on the 215th day of summer, high down a notch to 79

Fairfield, 83
Martinez, 67
Pleasant Hill, 73
San Ramon, 77
Pinole, 68

composing page 7

No Exit, Op. 330
    III. Did You Call, Sir? (page 7)