August 31 - The Rest

John McCain (August 29, 1936 - August 25, 2018) -- born the same year as Richard Berry, Steve Reich, and Vaughn Meader! -- lies in state in the rotunda of the United States Capitol,

locally on the 157th day of summer,

high up 9 to 89 (12 days of temps in the 80's, after nothing but 90's and 100's -- save for August 15's 89 -- stretching all the way back to July 4), with the editing of page 74 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act II...

August 30 - Elevating

[The oboe shall sound and the cobras be raised, anticipating Music Theory
Treble and Bass (Quiz 2), Thursday, September 6,
Diablo Valley College Music, Pleasant Hill, CA]


Eighth Note(s)

...Single, showing constituant parts

... Two Down-Beat / Up-Beat 8ths in Old Vocal Style vs. Instrumental / Contemporary Vocal Usage



F Lydian and Major (in Bass Clef, with Half Notes)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydian_mode

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_major



Major Scale Whole Step / Half Step Pattern (C)

 ... in Bass Clef, with Half Notes

... on a musical keyboard


Small Intervals (Quality and Number)

P1 (Perfect Unison) = 0 Steps, with 1 Letter Name

m2 (Minor Second) = 1/2 Step, with 2 Letter Names

M2 (Major Second) = 1 Step, with 2 Letter Names

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unison
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitone

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Major_second



More Notes in Treble and Bass Clef, including many on Ledger Lines

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clef

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledger_line



Keyboard / Singing

http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2010/10/sol-bloom-1870-1949-snake-charmer.html



[Music referenced in Quiz 2]


Japan - Two Pentatonic Scales

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiraj%C5%8Dshi_scale


India - Raga Maru Bihag

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7-D29IxHQo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raga

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bihag 


Athenaeus - First Delphic Hymn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8vvEbUzV2g
(performance by a contemporary brass ensemble + drums and electric guitar)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athenaeus_(musician)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphic_Hymns  (Notation)


Mesomedes of Crete - Hymn to the Sun

http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/05/mesomenes-of-crete-b-c-ad-110.html


Gregorian Chant - Kyrie IV

http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2540/01/gregory-i-540-604.html

***

Day 2 for the Music Theoreticians, including Retrograde Board Melodies and

Quiz 1, Treble Clef, with musical examples derived from Senegalise, Egyptian, and Chinese sources. 

156th

day

of

summer,

high

down

2

to

80

(tying with August 28 as the lowest highpoint since July 4 -- Fairfield, 78 / Pleasant Hill, 77),

with the

editing of

page 73 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act II,

over Sunset Boulevard (1950) and  

Stalag 17 (1953, Peter Graves as the mole!),

both featuring William Holden and music of Entartete Muzik composer Franz Waxman...

August 29 - Forward, March!

[Ancient Egyptians heading towards Music Appreciation Quiz 2 (Ancient Music),
Wednesday, September 5, Diablo Valley College, San Ramon, CA]



 F Lydian and Major (in Bass Clef, with Half Notes)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydian_mode

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F_major



Major Scale Whole Step / Half Step Pattern (C)

... in Bass Clef, with Half Notes

... on a musical keyboard

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semitone



Four Texures of Music 


Monophonic - One line of music, strictly performed

Heterophonic - One line of music, freely performed

Polyphonic - More than one line of music, with lines of equal importance

Homophonic - More than one line of music, with one line more important than the others

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texture_(music)



Listening


California (Yurok) - Women's Brush Dance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDIJYCI5lU0

http://www.yuroktribe.org/culture/history/brushdance.htm
(background on the dance, but we should write on the music)

http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/native-americans-in-california-c-8000.html
(with notation)


China - Entrance Hymn for the Emperor

http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/05/king-kang-of-chou-reigned-1021-996-bc.html
(Recording and Notation)


Seikilos - Epitaph

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwYQ_bmkbZs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seikilos_epitaph (Notation)

***

Second session with the Music Historians, and

Quiz 1! --

on

the

155th

day

of

summer,

high up 2

to 82 --

Fairfield, 79

Pleasant

Hill,

78

San

Ramon,

75 --

with

the

first

DVCSR-to-Diablo

stroll

of the season,

now from Third Canyon

to

Digger Pine Parking,

returning

downslope,

then

up

the

680 corridor

up against the

Sulfur Springs

Mountains

to

errands and editing page 72 page new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act II...