August 29 - Music, Pictures, Texts


Music History Quiz 1 and beyond...



F Lydian
F G A B C D E F

F Major
F B A Bb C D E F

and C, all in Bass Clef

Pattern of Whole and Half Steps in a Major Scale
W W H W W W H

Four Textures of Music
Monophonic - one line of music, strictly performed (if by more than 1)
Heterophone - one line of music, freely performed (by 2 or more)
Polyphonic - more than one line of music, lines of = importance
Homophonic - more than one line of music, one line more important

Listening
[3500] Iraq - The Passion of 1,001 Nights
[5570] Syria - Hurrian Hymn No. 6
[5659] Egypt - The Trumpet of Tutankhamun (King Tut)
[5949] China - Entrance Hymn for the Emperor
[6970] Asia Minor (Turkey) - Epitaph of Seikilos
[7001] Indonesia (Bali) - Gamelan Gong Kebyar

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... into the night, and the composition of pages 13-14 for The Decameron - Second Day: IV. Landolfo Ruffalo Turns Corsair and Is Shipwrecked.



The morning pdf for Missa California: Gloria, page 8, is followed by --


surprise,



surprise --


the commute, and Music Theory Week 2 review, simultaneously looking ahead with dictation / board work on the Gregorian Chant Kyrie IV


Return


to detail edit Triple Concerto for Bassoon, Contrabassoon, and Harp: III (22) and grade papers,


re-


proceeding


with


alacrity


to


the evening class.