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L076 Revision 2 · Mon 2027-01-11 · Melody and Meaning: Writing Your Own Hook 100%
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Revision 2

Lesson 76 · Unit 3 · Week 19

Revision 2

Monday, January 11

As you walk inAl entrar

  1. Take your recorder from the bin.Toma tu flauta del cubo.
  2. Your page, Harmony Card and Response Card are on your desk.Tu página y tus tarjetas están en tu pupitre.
  3. Same four bars, twice. One note is different.Los mismos cuatro compases, dos veces. Una nota es distinta.
Today you make the page worth handing to a stranger.
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Do Now
As Meant, As Written
Como se pensó, como está escrito

The same four bars twice. First as the composer meant them. Then as a reader played them straight off the page. One note is different.Los mismos cuatro compases dos veces. Primero como los pensó quien compuso. Luego como los tocó alguien leyendo la página. Una nota es distinta.

The note that changed was ______. The reader played it that way because ______.La nota que cambió fue ______. Quien leía la tocó así porque ______.
As meant, then as writtenComo se pensó, luego como está escrito
Made for this class. The reader played exactly what was on the page.

The reader made no mistake. They played what was written. Something was missing from the page.

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Today
I Can
Yo puedo

I canYo puedo

I can write a clean final score of my piece and have somebody who has never seen it play it from the page.Puedo escribir una partitura final limpia de mi pieza y lograr que alguien que nunca la ha visto la toque desde la página.

I know I have got it whenSé que lo logré cuando

  • I found the one note that changed between the two readings, and said why it changed.Encontré la única nota que cambió entre las dos lecturas, y dije por qué.
  • I wrote a clean score carrying every mark a reader needs.Escribí una partitura limpia con todas las marcas que necesita quien lee.
  • Somebody who had never seen my piece played it from the page while I said nothing.Alguien que nunca había visto mi pieza la tocó desde la página mientras yo callaba.
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Warm-Up
F Sharp, F Natural
Fa sostenido, fa natural
  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. F sharp. Hold it.Fa sostenido. Sostenlo.
  4. F natural. Hold it. Hear the gap.Fa natural. Sostenlo. Escucha la diferencia.
  5. Alternate the two, four times.Alterna las dos, cuatro veces.
The row, up and down, 76 BPMLa fila, subiendo y bajando, 76
Made for this class.

That gap is what one missing mark costs you. Play the pair even if your own piece has no F in it - you will be reading somebody else's page shortly.

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I Do
What a Reader Cannot Guess
Lo que quien lee no puede adivinar
With the key signature.
Without it. Also correct notation.

Six things a reader cannot guessSeis cosas que quien lee no puede adivinar

  • The clef.La clave.
  • The key signature, on every stave.La armadura, en cada pentagrama.
  • The time signature.El compás.
  • Where each bar ends.Dónde termina cada compás.
  • Which line is the tune and which is the second part.Cuál línea es la tonada y cuál la segunda voz.
  • Whose piece it is.De quién es la pieza.

Neither page is wrong. They are different pieces, and the only difference is one mark at the front.

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We Do
Find the Missing Mark
Encuentra la marca que falta
A page handed to a reader. What is missing?
  1. Name the mark that is missing.Nombra la marca que falta.
  2. Say what a reader would play because it is missing.Di qué tocaría quien lee por esa falta.
  3. Two readers play it as written.Dos personas lo tocan tal como está escrito.
  4. Then again with the mark restored.Luego otra vez con la marca puesta.

Naming the missing mark is the easy half. Saying what the reader would actually DO is the half that sends you back to your own page.

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You Do
The Clean Copy
La copia limpia
  1. Write it fresh. Do not correct the old page.Escríbela de nuevo. No corrijas la página vieja.
  2. Eight bars, two parts, in pencil.Ocho compases, dos voces, a lápiz.
  3. Run the six checks.Repasa las seis revisiones.
  4. Hand it to a reader who has never played it.Dásela a alguien que nunca la haya tocado.
  5. Say nothing at all while they read.No digas nada mientras lee.

The reader is the testQuien lee es la prueba

If they play something you did not intend, a mark is missing. They are not the culprit.Si tocan algo que no pensabas, falta una marca. No son culpables.

My reader played ______ where I meant ______.Quien leyó tocó ______ donde yo quería ______.
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Exit Ticket
Show Me
Muéstrame
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    Both pages in the Do Now were correct notation. So why did they sound different? 1 ptLas dos páginas del Do Now eran notación correcta. ¿Entonces por qué sonaron distintas?
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    What could your reader not guess from your page, and what did you add? 2 pts¿Qué no pudo adivinar quien leyó tu página, y qué añadiste?

Pack upA guardar

  1. Clean Score on top, your old page clipped behind it.La partitura limpia arriba, tu página vieja 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: Rehearsing Your Own Piece
Mañana: ensayar tu pieza

Tomorrow you rehearse it. Not write it - rehearse it.Mañana la ensayas. No la escribes: la ensayas.

It is a piece that exists now, on a page anybody can pick up. Tomorrow is about playing it like one.Ahora es una pieza que existe, en una página que cualquiera puede tomar. Mañana se trata de tocarla como tal.

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