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Composer Workshop 1

Lesson 71 · Unit 3 · Week 18

Composer Workshop 1

Monday, January 4

As you walk inAl entrar

  1. Take your recorder from the bin.Toma tu flauta del cubo.
  2. Your eight bars are handed back at the door.Tus ocho compases se te entregan en la puerta.
  3. One piece plays once. Notice ONE thing.Una pieza suena una vez. Fíjate en UNA cosa.
Your eight bars have been waiting here for two weeks. Today other people hear them.
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Do Now
Notice One Thing
Fíjate en una cosa

One complete piece, played once. Write ONE thing you noticed. Not good. Not bad. Not whether you liked it.Una pieza completa, una sola vez. Escribe UNA cosa que notaste. No buena. No mala. No si te gustó.

I noticed ______, around bar ______.Noté ______, cerca del compás ______.
One piece, onceUna pieza, una vez
Made for this class. Eight bars, shaped and marked.

There is no right answer here. Something happened in it. Say what, and roughly where.

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Today
I Can
Yo puedo

I canYo puedo

I can give a composer one useful response by naming what I noticed and where it happened instead of whether I liked it.Puedo darle a un compositor una respuesta útil nombrando lo que noté y dónde pasó, en vez de si me gustó.

I know I have got it whenSé que lo logré cuando

  • I wrote one thing I noticed in the Do Now piece, with the bar it happened in.Escribí una cosa que noté en la pieza del Do Now, con el compás donde pasó.
  • I gave two composers a response that names a place, not a verdict.Les di a dos compositores una respuesta que nombra un lugar, no un juicio.
  • I wrote down what my own workshop told me and what I will try.Anoté lo que me dijo mi propio taller y qué voy a intentar.
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Warm-Up
Two Weeks Cold
Dos semanas en frío
  1. Breathe in for 4, out for 8.Inhala en 4, exhala en 8.
  2. The row with the recording, up and down.La fila con la grabación, subiendo y bajando.
  3. Now play your own eight bars, once.Ahora toca tus ocho compases, una vez.
  4. Exactly as written. Fix nothing yet.Tal como están escritos. No arregles nada todavía.
  5. Just find out what you wrote.Solo entérate de lo que escribiste.
The row, up and down, 76 BPMLa fila, subiendo y bajando, 76
Made for this class.

Two weeks away is the closest you will ever get to hearing your own piece as a stranger. Use it.

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I Do
Verdict or Observation
Juicio u observación

A verdictUn juicio

"It was good." "I liked it." True or not, the composer can do nothing with it."Estuvo bien." "Me gustó." Sea cierto o no, el compositor no puede hacer nada con eso.

An observationUna observación

"In bar 7 it got loud and I sat up." Now they know their crescendo worked."En el compás 7 creció y me enderecé." Ahora saben que su crescendo funcionó.

The piece you just heard. Bars are numbered so you can name one.

The frame: In bar ___ I noticed ___. And the composer says nothing - a piece that needs you defending it has not finished the job.

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We Do
One Piece, Whole Room
Una pieza, toda la sala
  1. One volunteer plays their eight bars, twice.Un voluntario toca sus ocho compases, dos veces.
  2. Then they sit down and say nothing.Luego se sienta y no dice nada.
  3. The room responds, in the frame.La sala responde, con la frase fija.
  4. I will say which responses are verdicts.Yo diré cuáles respuestas son juicios.
  5. The volunteer writes them all down and replies to none.El voluntario las anota todas y no responde a ninguna.

The frameLa frase

In bar ______ I noticed ______.En el compás ______ noté ______.

If what you are about to say contains the word good or bad, hold it and find the bar instead.

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You Do
Workshop in Threes
Taller en tríos
  1. Threes. Three rounds, about four minutes each.Tríos. Tres rondas, unos cuatro minutos cada una.
  2. The composer plays twice, then hands in lap.El compositor toca dos veces, luego manos en el regazo.
  3. The other two each give ONE response in the frame.Los otros dos dan UNA respuesta cada uno, con la frase.
  4. The composer writes both down.El compositor las anota las dos.
  5. No explaining. No apologising. No saying what you meant.Sin explicar. Sin disculparse. Sin decir qué querías hacer.

Why the silencePor qué el silencio

The same rule as the silent test in December, for the same reason. What you would have explained is exactly what the page has to do on its own.La misma regla que la prueba silenciosa de diciembre, por la misma razón. Lo que ibas a explicar es justo lo que la página tiene que lograr sola.

The most useful thing I was told: ______.Lo más útil que me dijeron: ______.
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Exit Ticket
Show Me
Muéstrame
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    Why is "I liked it" useless to a composer? 1 pt¿Por qué "me gustó" no le sirve a un compositor?
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    What is the most useful thing you were told today, and what will you try? 2 pts¿Qué es lo más útil que te dijeron hoy y qué vas a intentar?

Pack upA guardar

  1. Workshop Card to the front, your page clipped behind it.La tarjeta de taller al frente, con tu página detrás.
  2. Wipe the mouthpiece.Limpia la boquilla.
  3. Recorder in its bag, bag in the bin.La flauta en su bolsa, la bolsa al cubo.
  4. Slip to me at the door.Entrégame la hoja en la puerta.
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Tomorrow
Next: Revision 1
Mañana: revisión 1

Tomorrow you change one thing, because of something a person in this room told you.Mañana cambias una cosa, por algo que alguien de esta sala te dijo.

Not because I said so. That is the difference between a correction and a revision.No porque yo lo diga. Esa es la diferencia entre una corrección y una revisión.

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