Harmony Rule #1: Contrary motion is best, oblique motion is net best, similar motion is worst.

Let contrary motion be the bass moving opposite the melody.
Let oblique motion be a movement in the bass or melody while the other stays on the same note.
Let similar motion be everything moving the same direction.

Bottom line: please don’t use parallel motion except in unusual, purposeful places. If the melody is going up, you want the bass going down. If the melody is going down, you want the bass going up. There’s nothing that says “bad arrangement” like a parallel fifth of octave.

I’m racking my brain. The Thanksgiving program went well I thought. It’s going to be fun the rest of the year. I talked to Rosie afterward and she started teaching me how to teach. Very valuable resource is she to me.

Eagles, power. Eagles, power, shout a little louder. EAGLES, POWER. EAGLES, POWER, SHOUT A LITTLE LOUDER. EAGLES!! POWER!! EAGLES!! POWER!! SHOUT A LITTLE LOUDER!! I played basketball for the Eagles when I was little.

Thanksgiving, the day seems like one in which I have coasted. Slept in, saw family (though not that many of them), left early. Not much happened. My Grandpa is funny though. Actually, both of my grandpas are.

Ok, Jessica’s bored stiff, I’ve got to go liven up her day.