[All lined up to take the Theory Exam, beginning 8am, Thursday, May 16, Diablo Valley College, Pleasant Hill, CA]
Please Provide Added Tones, Chord Names, Numerals, and Realizations as Indicated
Howard Shore (b. 1946) - The Lord of the Rings (2001): Shire Theme
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybZINoDv8I8 (@ 5:12)
(Melodic figurations and harmonization strikingly different from published sheet music above)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Shore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_The_Lord_of_the_Rings_film_series
Elton John (b. 1947) - The Lion King (1994): The Circle of Life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zLx_JtcQVI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_King_(soundtrack)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_of_Life
Mark Alburger (b. 1957) - Antigone (2000): XII. The Pride of Oedipus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H3UP6ErSsto
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Alburger
http://markalburgerworks.blogspot.com/2000/08/antigone-op-88.html
Kurt Cobain (1967-1994) - Heart-Shaped Box (1993)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6P0SitRwy8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Cobain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart-Shaped_Box
Thom Yorke (b. 1968) - Morning Bell (2000)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0TCs7zIsLo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thom_Yorke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_A
Typical Major and Perfect Ascending White-Note Intervals from Do and Sol
Major Second - Do-Re
Sol Bloom (1870-1949) - Snake Charmer (1893) Do Re Me Re Do Re
J.S. Bach (1685-1770) - Two-Part Inventions (1723): IV. Dm Do Re Me Fa Sol Le
Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) - Frere Jacques (1713) Do Re Mi Do Re Mi
Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) - Sound of Music (1959): Do-Re-Mi Do Re Mi Do Mi Do
Thomas Morley (1557-1603) - Now Is the Month of Maying (1595) Do Re Mi Do Mi Re
J.S. Bach (1685-1770) - Two-Part Inventions (1723): XIV. Bb Do Re Mi Re Do Sol
J.S. Bach (1685-1770) - Two-Part Inventions (1723): I. C Do Re Mi Fa Re Mi
J.S. Bach (1685-1770) - Well-Tempered Clavier (1722): I. Fugue Do Re Mi Fa Sol Fa
Major Third - Do-Mi
J.S. Bach (1685-1770) - Two-Part Inventions (1723): VIII. F Do Mi Do Sol Do Do
Henry Suso (1295-1366) - Good Christian Men (In Dulci Jubilo, 1328) Do Mi Fa Sol La Sol
J.S. Bach (1685-1770) - Well-Tempered Clavier (1722): I. Prelude Do Mi Sol Do Mi Sol
Cecil Sharp (1859-1924) - On Top of Old Smokey (1916) Do Mi Sol Do La Fa
F.J. Haydn (1732-1809) - Symphony No. 94 ("Surprise") (1791): II Do Mi Sol Mi Fa Re
W.A. Mozart (1759-1791) - Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545: (1788) I Do Mi Sol Ti Do Re
Perfect Fourth - Sol-Do
Perfect Fifth - Do-Sol
Major Sixth - Sol-Do
Phillips Carlin (1894-1971) - NBC Chimes (1927) Sol Mi Do
Charles E. Pratt (1841-1902) - My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean (1881) Sol Mi Re Do Re Do
Major Seventh - Do-Ti
J.S. Bach (1685-1770) Do Ti Do Ti La Fa
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Beginning of review re Final for the Theoreticians with Howad Shore's Lord of the Rings: The Shire as Dictation / Solfege / Board-Harmony.
44th
day
of
summer,
highest
temperature
of
year,
up
3 to 88 (Pleasant Hill, 81),
returning
up
beautiful
680
to continue editing system 105 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45, orchestrating / score-studying, etc., page 8
Opus 65 Orchestrations, Op. 279 (2018)
I. Vincent D'Indy - Minuet on the Name of Haydn (1909)
(after Symphony on a French Mountain Air)
Igor Stravinsky - Violin Concerto (1931): I
Dmitri Shostakovich - Symphony No. 8, Op. 65 (1943): III
Alan Hovhaness - Avak the Healer, Op. 65 (1946): I
Mark Alburger - Samson and Delilah (The Frank Judges), Op. 65 (1998):
SCENE 1 - Start: I. Digits (Adonibezek) --
with Megan stopping by for a visit,
followed by an extensive errand run...
