[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, September 20]
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
m6 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
***
Time for Quiz 3 with the Theoreticians,
featuring musical examples drawn from Native America, Gregorian Chant, and the Musica Enchiriadis -- and down the hall,
a marvelous jazz warm-up sounding like out-takes from a Philip Glass piece,
on
the
170th
day
of
summer,
high
back
up
3
to
80
(Fairfield / Pleasant Hill, 79)...
48 days apiece in the
80's and 60's by now --
40 in the 70's and
36 in the 50's...
45 in the 90's and 25 at 100 or more).
Upon return, editing / score-study re
Page 86 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act II
System 13
King David, Op. 69 (1998): XII. Incantation (The Witch of Endor)
Aaron Copland (1900-1990)
Billy the Kid (1938): Mexican Dance and Finale - Goodbye, Old Paint (1869)
John Cage (1912-1992) - Dream (1948)
System 8
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975)
Children's Notebook, Op. 69 (1945): IV. Happy Fairy Tale
