Sound of Silence Simon & Garfunkel

Hello darkness, my old friend
I’ve come to talk with you again
Because a vision softly creeping
Left its seeds while I was sleeping
And the vision that was planted
In my brain still remains
Within the sound of silence

In restless dreams I walked alone
Narrow streets of cobblestone
‘Neath the halo of a street lamp
I turned my collar to the cold and damp
When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of
A neon light that split the night
And touched the sound of silence

And in the naked light I saw
Ten thousand people, maybe more
People talking without speaking
People hearing without listening
People writing songs that voices never share and no one dared
Disturb the sound of silence

Fools said I, you do not know
Silence like a cancer grows
Hear my words that I might teach you
Take my arms that I might reach you
But my words like silent raindrops fell
And echoed in the wells of silence

And the people bowed and prayed
To the neon God they made
And the sign flashed out its warning
In the words that it was forming
And the signs said, ‘The words of the prophets
Are written on the subway walls and tenement halls’
And whispered in the sounds of silence

1) Introduce the Jazz musician that is famous for the instrument you wrote about for your last homework. In your short text, provide the following information:

• full name
• instrument
• nationality
• style/genre
• years active
• famous for (song, album, band, playing technique, instrument)

2) In music, what do the following letters stand for, and what do they mean?

Oct 10, 2014

Grade 2 and 3 have been singing, listening and dancing to music related to space travel and robots!

The Robots Kraftwerk

Major Tom Peter Schilling (make sure to find the English version; the original is in German)

Neonlicht Kraftwerk

Here are the words for Calling Home (Major Tom) by Peter Schilling

Standing there alone, the ship is waiting
All systems are go, are you sure?
Control is not convinced
But the computer has the evidence
No need to abort

The countdown starts

Watching in a trance, the crew is certain
Nothing left to chance, all is working
Trying to relax, up in the capsule
“Send me up a drink”, jokes Major Tom
The count goes on

4, 3, 2, 1
Earth below us, drifting falling
Floating weightless, calling home

Homework Oct 06-10:

Describe, in your own words, one of the following instruments.

Drumset

Electric guitar

Saxophone

Double Bass

Piano

Research on the internet and answer, in your description, at least 3 of the following questions:

When was the instrument invented?

How do we play it?

Which jazz musician is famous for playing this instrument?

What material is the instrument made of, and how does it produce sound?

The lyrics to Shosholoza:

Shosholoza

Shosholoza

Kulezo ntaba

Stimela siphume South Africa

Wen’ uyabaleka

Kulezo ntaba

Stimela siphume South Africa

Wikipedia provides this rough translation:

Go forward

Go forward

from those mountains

on this train from South Africa

Go forward

Go forward

You are running away

You are running away

from those mountains

on this train from Zimbabwe

September 26, 2014

We’re learning about Jazz at the moment. Here’s a list of tunes we have been listening to:

The Dave Brubeck Quartet: Take 5

Pat Metheny: James

Wes Montgomery: Four on Six

Miles Davis: So What

Hajime Yoshizawa: Home

Keith Jarret: The Koeln Concert part 1

O morro (Favela): Astrud Gilberto

Dream A Little Dream Of Me: The Mamas & The Papas