Homework 2011-2012 C1 #4-6

Answer the following questions:

Homework #4

1. Where is the C key located on the piano?
2. How should your arms be when playing the piano?
3. How should your fingers be when playing the piano?
4. What fingers do you use to play a root position chord?

Homework #5

1. How are the fingers numbered when playing the piano?
2. What does tempo mean?
3. What is a chord progression?
4. Name some techniques for getting around on the piano without looking at the keys.

Homework #6
1. What is it called when music is written down?
2. What are the names of the white notes on the piano keyboard?
3. What does it mean when notes are stacked on top of each other?
4. What is the phrase to help remember the lines on the treble staff?
5. What do the spaces on the treble staff spell?
6. How should your fingers be positioned when you play Ode to Joy in GB piano lesson 2?

Due Friday Sept 23, 2011 or Monday Oct 3, 2011 if by email (albertwestside@gmail.com)

Homework 2011-2012 C1 #1-3

Homework #1

Answer the following questions:

1. What was Pythagoras' contribution to music?
2. What was the problem with it?
3. How might he have made these discoveries?

Homework #2

Answer the following questions:

1. What is the strongest overtone in the harmonic series?
2. What is the emotional impact of that overtone?
3. How many notes are in the western diatonic scale?

Homework #3

Answer the following questions:

1. What would you call a scale with just one note in it?
2. Name two other popular scales?
3. What are notes not in the scale called?

Due Monday, September 19, 2011

Homework 2010-2011 C5 #12

Using all the notes in your outline write a first draft of your research paper. Do not worry about making it five pages. It can be as long or short as it needs to be, as long as it contains all of the elements that you have provided in your outline. In class on Thursday I would like you to print out a copy of your outline and your first draft of the research paper.

Homework 2010-2011 C5 #11

For each of the three ideas that you've written in homework # 10 find three supporting statements or sources and organize them in terms of week, strong and strongest. Then put them in your outline.

Homework 2010-2011 C5 #10

For tonight's homework you are to rewrite the body of your outline. I would like you to organize the A, B and C points in the following order; weak, strong and strongest. You may not need to rewrite everything because you can cut-and-paste or you can fold homework number 9 into this assignment. Tomorrow in computer lab we will expand upon this idea.

Homework 2010-2011 C5 #9

Organize your 12 arguments like this.

1. Weakest argument
A. Weakest supporting argument
B. Stronger supporting argument
C. Strongest supporting argument

2. Stronger argument
A. Weakest supporting argument
B. Stronger supporting argument
C. Strongest supporting argument

3. Strongest argument
A. Weakest supporting argument
B. Stronger supporting argument
C. Strongest supporting argument

Homework 2010-2011 C5 #8

Find three arguments or statements that support your thesis statement in your paper. Rate your arguments in order of strength. Find three arguments that support each of these arguments and rate them in order of strength. You should have a total of 12 arguments.