lunes, 20 de diciembre de 2010

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi!!
I´ve been looking at the doubts we had last week when dealing with music vocabulary. I´ve found this for "beat" and " count". REad it and let me know if it helps...

Counting Beats:
This is the number of beats in the measure and it could be the different ways to count the time in a measure.
In 4/4 time; 1 2 3 4 (or could be counted like this) 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & (or like this) 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a …

Counting Note Value:
This has more to do with whole notes, half notes, quarter notes. The note value of a whole note would be 4 counts (in 4/4 time). The note value of a quarter note is 1 count (in 4/4 time).

This is another definition for "beat":

The regular pulse of music which may be dictated by the rise or fall of the hand or baton of the conductor. by a metronome, or by the accents in music.

Regarding "tonalidad", I found that the word in English is "Key". Again, have a look at the definition and see if this is what you understand by "tonalidad":

A specific scale or series of notes defining a particular tonality. Keys may be defined as major or minor, and are named after their tonic or keynote. Thus the series of notes with intervals defining a major tonality and based on the key of C is the key of C major.

I´ve also looke up "keyboard" because someone asked me if it had another meaning apart from "teclado". Well, I haven´t found any other meaning.

And, finally, you also asked me about "articulación". the word that I´ve found is "articulation". You can read the article in Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Articulation_%28music%29

or this definition:

Directions to a performer typically through symbols and icons on a musical score that indicate characteristics of the attack, duration, and decay (or envelope) of a given note. These directions are often interpreted by the conductor for the ensemble. The conductor also provides direction where no articulation markings are provided by the composer.

I don´t know if it helps. You are the experts here!!!

See you tomorrow!!!

miércoles, 15 de diciembre de 2010

ADVANCED LEVEL

Hi there,
Yesterday we continued with some work on connectors which are very, very important when writing your compositions!!! Homework: complete the text (the one with the picture of Mozart) with the appropriate connectors.
Start to think about your oral presentations (which will be part of your exam). Remember that you have to prepare a short presentation of about 4-5 minutes on any topic related to music. You can use a Powerpoint presentatin if you want to. As soon as you have decided on your topic, please send me an email so that I know what you´re going to talk about. I will publish a list with the date when you have to make your presentation either in the school or in the blog. We will start the presentations on January 11th.
The written exam will be on February 8th.
See you next week!!!

INTERMEDIATE LEVEL

Hi guys,
Yesterday we finished our sheet about modern art and connectors and started working with some vocabulary related to music( we did the first 6 exercises).
Remeber to start to think about your oral presentation(which will be part of you exam). You will have to talk for about 3-4 minutes on any topic connected to music that you want. As soon as you have decided your topic, please send me an email so that I know it. I will publish a list with the date of your presentation either in the school or in the blog. We will start with the presentations on January 11th.
The written exam will be on February 8th.
See you on Tuesday!!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,
Yesterday we did a listening activity, a speaking activity and a "bingo" activity related to our topic: holidays and the past simple.
Start thinking about your oral presentation(which will be part of your exam). Remember that you will have to talk for about 2-3 minutes on any of the topics we´ve been working on in class: family, personality adjectives, holidays, weather, giving directions.
I will publish a list either in the school or in the blog with the day when you have to make your presentation. The 1st day will be January 11th.
The written exam will be on February 8th.
See you next week!!

martes, 14 de diciembre de 2010

EXÁMENES ( TODOS LOS ALUMNOS)

Hola chicos,
Hoy hemos estado hablando sobre los exámenes. Como sabéis, el examen consistirá en 4 partes: reading, listening, speaking and writing. Cada parte vale un 25 % de la nota y tenéis que aprobar cada parte por separado para aprobar el examen. En junio, si hay alguna parte que no aprobáis, sólo tenéis que presentaros a esa parte en septiembre. Por ejemplo, si alguien aprueba todas las partes menos el writing, en septiembre sólo se examinaría del writing.
Como os he dicho a algunos en clase, no hay un porcentaje específico de la nota reservado a participación o trabajos. Sin embargo, y esto se me pasó decíroslo hoy, está claro que si alguien viene a clase lo tengo en cuenta a la hora del examen. Por ejemplo, tendría en cuenta a la hora de evaluar si alguien que viene a clase y participa y tiene fluidez al hablar pero en el examen ( por el motivo que sea) se bloquea.
REsumiendo, la asistencia a clase no es obligatoria pero tiene sus ventajas...
Espero que o haya aclarado vuestras dudas. Si no, no dudéis en preguntarme.
Id pensando en vuestro tema para la exposición oral.
Un saludo a tod@s!!!

viernes, 10 de diciembre de 2010

CONSERVATORIO PROFESIONAL

Hi there,
I just want to remind you that the exam will be next Monday, that is, December 13th. This semester the exam will only consist of 2 parts: reading and writing. However, remember that in the 2nd and 3rd semesters the exam will consist of 4 parts: reading, writing, listening and SPEAKING. (Recordad que tendréis que aprobar cada parte por separado para aprobar todo el examen)
See you!!

BASIC LEVEL

Hi there,
Sorry for the delay in uploading the answers to your grammar execises.
a)
1. drove
2. broke
3. spent
4. got
5. couldn´t
6. were
7. didn´t know
8. found
9. stayed
10. saw
11. went
12. bought
13. wanted
14. didn´t have
15. was
16. was
17. started
18. left


b)
1. Did you have a good time?
2. Who did you go with?
3. Where did you saty?
4. Why didn´t you like it?
5. How much did the plane ticket cost?

I hope you´ve had a nice bank holiday.
See you on Tuesday!!!