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        This semester comes a new teacher who shares the work of teaching the counterpoint course ¡V and this is Dr. Au. This small man with a pair of thick glasses and not-so-much hair talks in a very same style as our composer teachers in the department. Without so much facial expressions, his imagination reflexes through his humorous, at the same time quite meaningful, examples during our classes.

        My little homepage may be a good chance for me to gather the tiny bits of his interesting stuff in his lectures. (For the sake of originality, I will try my best to type the essential parts in Chinese.)

        Please remind me if I¡¦ve missed any more interesting things.

 

Link:

=> Dr. Au¡¦s Counterpoint ¡V Modal & Modern student aid homepage

 

My counterpoint lessons with Dr. Au

 

4/2/2002

l           (·íÊ\¥ÎºòFinal, copy & paste®É) ·h¤W¥h¡K Hey¡¦s! (I like this one!)

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l           (When discussing about the use of rhythm in a phrase, he said we should hv some points that should be rhythmically giving the player a place to breath, e.g. oboe players¡K)

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(²³¹D) ¦n !

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l           (¦U¦ì¦P¾Ç­n¯d·N ,¥Î chord ®É­ø¦n°à¤ñËݦh surprise ¤H¦a ¡K) ­ø¦n¦n¦ü Beethoven 1^st sym ËÝ¡K (¶}ÀYªG´X­Ó chord)

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29/1/2002

l           Where¡¦s Jacqueline? ¡K

Oh! Jacqueline, you are the ¡¥class-captain¡¦ now ¡V cos you did best in this assignment!

 

 

21/1/2002

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l           (He was moving the very heavy lecture podium¡K I was sitting in the front role and heard him whispered¡K)

Wa¡K wa¡K Let¡¦s go.

 

 

14/1/2002

l           I hear, and I forget; I see, and I remember; but not until I do, I understand.

 

 

7/1/2002

l           ­ø¦n¿ð¨ì§r! ¡K§A¾¤sit°ó¤ú¡Ksit°ó³£­ø¦n¿ð§r! ¿ð·l¥¢¦n¦h¬[!

l           §Úd counterpoint ¸òÃä­Ó¾Ç? Bach, Hindermith¡K (<= Quite meaningful)

 

 

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