Miriam Troxler

Learn Like Yo-Yo Ma, Day 5

Posted on January 5, 2016 by miriamtroxler

Violin Partita No 2 in D Minor, Gigue. Day 5

Cello Suite No 1 in G Major, Prelude. Day 5

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Learn Like Yo-Yo Ma, Day 4

Posted on January 4, 2016 by miriamtroxler

Violin Partita No 2 in D Minor, Gigue. Day 4

Cello Suite No 1 in G Major, Prelude. Day 4

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Practice creates myelin

Posted on January 3, 2016 by miriamtroxler

I read a terrific book about learning, practice, and how it affects the brain over time. Look for The Talent Code by Daniel Coyle. It makes me happy to see there is research to support that learning is a series of attempts, failures, trials and discovery.

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Learn Like Yo-Yo Ma, Day 3

Posted on January 3, 2016 by miriamtroxler

Violin Partita No 2 in D Minor, Gigue. Day 3

Cello Suite No 1 in G Major, Prelude. Day 3

I think the purpose of a piece of music is significant when it actually lives in somebody else. A composer puts down a code, and a performer can activate the code in somebody else. Once it lives in somebody else, it can live in others as well. Yo-Yo Ma

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Looking for more points?

Posted on January 2, 2016 by miriamtroxler

I have a special category of learning music “on your own.”

Piano: Are You Sleeping? for 25 points

Piano: Streabbog, Op 63, No 1 for 25 points

Piano: Polonaise, from the Notebook for Wolfgang for 25 points

Violin and Viola: Are You Sleeping? for 25 points

Violin and Viola: Are You Shifting while you are Sleeping? for 25 points

Cello: Are You Sleeping? for 25 points

Cello: Are You Shifting while you are Sleeping? for 25 points

Violin, Viola, Cello: Learn Like Yo-Yo Ma for 25 points, 25 point bonus for memorized.

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Learn Like Yo-Yo Ma, Day 2

Posted on January 2, 2016 by miriamtroxler

Violin Partita No 2 in D Minor, Gigue. Day 2

Cello Suite No 1 in G Major, Prelude. Day 2

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Mystery Composer 2016

Posted on January 1, 2016 by miriamtroxler

Listen to the musical samples at the following links. Submit your answers on paper at your lesson or by email. Composer and name of the work is required for 25 points.

Mystery Composer 1

Mystery Composer 2

Mystery Composer 3

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Learn Like Yo-Yo Ma

Posted on January 1, 2016 by miriamtroxler

At the Proms, Yo-Yo Ma presented all six of the Bach Cello Suites in the same performance, from memory, with no intermission. During one of the interviews, he talked about learning and memorizing the suites. He began when he was 4 by learning one measure. The next day he learned the next measure. Then in about a month he had learned the first movement.

Your point contest challenge is to learn a movement of Bach like Yo-Yo Ma, one measure at a time, one day at a time.

Violinists will be working on the Violin Partita No 2 in D Minor, Gigue. Day 1

Violists and cellists will be working on the Cello Suite No 1 in G Major, Prelude. Day 1

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Point Contest Starts January 1

Posted on December 30, 2015 by miriamtroxler

Point contest begins January 1, 2016. For six weeks musical points are awarded at lessons. Each category has a first, second, and third place trophy winner.

Point Contest Rules

Listening Chart