[You Say Carmina, I Say Carmana... with Carl contemplating modern music influenced by Medieval Harmony, as found in Diablo Valley (Pleasant Hill) Music Theory Quiz 4 (Scales and Modes) -- later in the class beginning 7:55am, Thursday, February 21]
Contrary Motion
In counterpoint (note-against-note), one part moving down (by any interval), while another part moves up (by same or different interval)
Four G Scales / Modes
Solfege for Mixolydian: Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Te Do
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G_major
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixolydian_mode
Intervals from Perfect Fifth (P5) to Perfect Octave (P8), and Number of Steps in Each
P5 = 3 1/2 Steps
m6 = 4
M6 = 4 1/2
m7 = 5
M7 = 5 1/2
P8 = 6
m6 is 1/2 step larger than P5
M6 is 1 step larger than P5
M7 is 1/2 step smaller than P8
m7 is 1 step smaller than P8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_sixth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_sixth
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_seventh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_seventh
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octave
Inversions of Intervals
P inverts to P
M inverts to m
A inverts to d
1 inverts to 8
2 inverts to 7
3 inverts to 6
4 inverts to 5
Quality of Intervals in Major Scales
If the upper note of an interval is in the major scale of the lower note, the interval will be P or M
Compound Time (subdivisions in 3... subdivisions of 2 are known as simple time)
6/8 = 6 beats per measure, with the eighth note getting the beat, or
2 beats per measure, with the dotted quarter getting the beat
9/8 = 9 beats per measure, with the eighth note getting the beat, or
3 beats per measue, with the dotted quarter getting the beat
Sixteenth Notes (half as long as Eighth Notes)
Flagged down and up + Sixteenth Rest
Beamed 16ths
Power Chords (Open Fifths)
Root (any given lower note) in association with P5 above it
Ex. A with E above = A5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_fifth#Bare_fifth,_open_fifth,_or_empty_fifth
Triads
Major Chord has a Root in association with the M3 and P5 above it - Ex. C = C Major Chord
Minor Chord has a Root in association with the m3 and P5 above it - Ex. Cm = C Minor Chord
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triad_(music)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_chord
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minor_chord
Dictation / Keyboard-Solfege
Thomas of Celano (c. 1210-1270) - Dies Irae (Day of Wrath) (c. 1240)
Solfege in D Dorian: Me Re Me Do Re Te Do Do / Me Me Fa Me Re Do Te Re Me Re Do
Fingering (R.H.): 4 3 2 1 5
(L.H.): 2 3 4 5 1
N.B. C Major Pentascale, with D Dorian Do on 2nd (R.H.) or 4th (L.H.) Finger
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dies_irae
[Music Referenced in Quiz 4]
Free Organum Composer (b. c. 970) - Cunctipotens Genitor (1000, based on Kyrie IV)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/composers-of-free-organum-b-c-970.html
Orkney Islands (b. c. 1085) - Hymn to St. Magnus "Nobilis Humilis" (c. 1115)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/01/anon-orkney-islander-b-c-1085-st-magnus.html
Anon (b. c. 1070) - Song of the Ass (c. 1100)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/anon-b-c-1070-song-of-ass-c-1100.html
School of Compostela (b. c. 1095) - Florid Organum Cunctipotens Genitor (1125, based on Kyrie IV)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/anon-compostelan-b-c-1095-florid.html
http://www.toddtarantino.com/hum/kyriecunctorganum.html
Leonin (c. 1133-1190) - Hec Dies (The Is the Day) (c. 1175)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/8133/01/leonin-c-1133-1190.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Léonin
Richard Coeur-de-Lion (1157-1199) - Ja Nuns Hons Pris (1180)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/8157/09/richard-i-coeur-de-lion-lion-heart.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_I_of_England
Italy (b. c. 1270) - Trotto (c. 1300)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/composers-of-iialian-dances-b-c-1270.html
Perotin (c. 1170-1210) - Hec Dies (This Is the Day) (c. 1200)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/8210/01/perotin-c-1170-c-1210.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pérotin
Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300-1377) - Notre Dame Mass (c. 1364): I. Kyrie (based on Kyrie IV)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/01/guillaume-de-machaut-c-1300-april-1377.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guillaume_de_Machaut
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messe_de_Nostre_Dame
http://imslp.org/wiki/Missa_de_Notre_Dame_(Machaut,_Guillaume_de)
Conrad Paumann (c. 1415-1473) - Mit Ganczem Willen (With My Whole Heart) (1452)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/8410/01/conrad-paumann-c-14151473.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Paumann
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Video cable connection proving impossible for a second time this semester, we once again begin in the Recital Hall, which has since last time developed leaks during this active rainy season!
Eventually back to the classroom for Board Harmony on the Free Organum version of Cunctipotens Genitor (1000) and the Orkney Islands Hymn to St. Magnus (1104), plus
Quiz 3, with excerpts from Native American and Gregorian Chant sources, as well as the Musica Enchiriadis (850).
Linger
for another substitute teaching stint,
on
this
again-precipitous
(1.03 additional moisture, total 16.68 since July 1)
43rd
day
of
spring,
high
up 3 to 60 (59 Fairfield, 63 Pleasant Hill).
Upon return, celebrate Valentine's Day with Harriet,
go together for a round of errands,
edit page 55 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45: Act IV, and compose
Broke Dance Suite, Op. 290
IVb10f. ...Simple (Capriole)
Thoinot Arbeau, Peter Warlock, Igor Stravinsky
IVb11. Breakaway Break... (Amen)
Anonymous, Denmark, Prudentius, Gregory I, Guillaume de Machaut
Agincourt, Josquin des Pres, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, William Byrd, Robert Ramsey
Antonio Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, G.F. Handel, F.J. Haydn, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, W.A. Mozart
Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Hector Berlioz, Giuseppe Verdi, John Stainer
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Igor Stravinsky, Francis Poulenc, Jester Hairston, Benjamin Britten
Leonard Bernstein, Gregory Coleman, Mark Alburger
and
Book of Revelation, Op. 296 (2019)
Opera Oratorio after John of Patmos, AD 6-100
Chapter X - What the Seven Thunders Said (Meterologic, Half = 80, Common Time)
Flute, English Horn, Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba
John, Great Voice
Harp, Piano Strings, Marimba, Trap Set, Arco Strings
Sources
Primary
Edgar Varese - Hyperprisem (1923)
Henry Cowell - Banshee (1925)
Secondary
Antonio Vivaldi - The Four Seasons (1721)
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No. 6 (1808)
Giaochino Rosini - The Barber of Seville (1816)
Giuseppe Verdi - Rigoletto (1851)
Igor Stravinsky - The Rite of Spring (1913)
Ferde Grofe - Grand Canyon Suite (1931)
T-Bone Walker - Stormy Monday (1947)
What the Seven Thunders say:
"I forbid you write it down!"
[7/8/4 pages total]
