Monday, February 8, 2010

Cloudy, Say it like Eeyore

Day 72

I am thankful for Mozart.  On bells.  I wish I could remember the name of the piece but it's our performance piece for our upcoming Spring Ring.  We've being ringing it since September.   We close every rehearsal with a little Mozart.  It's a peaceful way to go home.  AND, we started a piece by Arnold Sherman based on the melody, "How Can I Keep From Singing?"  It features "singing bells".  A vinyl coated "clave" sized cylinder of wood is run around the rim of the bell creating a continuous tone.  The sound is based on Chinese bowl singing (I think).  If you've ever rubbed a wet finger around the edge of a glass it's like that but with handbells.  Very cool. 

I did think it was going to be sunny today.  I am disappointed.   No rain but it's looked like this all day:


 A gray day does make the color of the blossoms stand out.  More purple leaf plum blossoms:

2 comments:

  1. Some of the teachers were also disappointed by the rain today too, but I wasn't! I love these rainy days, with sun and showers playing tag with each other! Sweet, fresh air! Beautiful!

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  2. No sun, no showers, clouds, clouds, clouds. Better today, more in today's post. :*D

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