[Seeing the light, understanding Theory thoroughly, ready to take Quiz 6, sometime after 7:55am, Thursday, October 4, at Diablo Valley College Music, Pleasant Hill, CA]
Grand Staves
Instrumental-Vocal (Bracket and Barline)
Keyboard (Brace and Barline)
(N.B. Barline above is extending upward to an unseen instrumental grand staff)
Choral music is sometimes noted with keyboard-style grand staff - e.g. 2-staff chorales / hymns
While typical Clef Placement is Treble above and Bass below,
it is possible to have two Treble Clefs, or two Bass Clefs
Voices - Approximate Ranges
Soprano (S)
Alto (A)
Tenor (T)
Bass (B)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_type
Four-Part Voicings of Closed-Spacing Root-Position Chords (Triads),
Bass and Treble Clefs, Doubled Roots
Keyboard Style
S 5th Root 3rd
Treble Clef A 3rd or 5th or Root
T Root 3rd 5th
Bass Clef B Root Root Root
Vocal Style
S 5 R 3
Treble Clef A 3 5 R
or or
T R 3 5
Bass Clef B R R R
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chord_(music)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmony
More Root-Postion Figured-Bass Symbols
5 - alter the 5th above the bass in indicated fashion
Natural Sign - Cancels any Flat or Sharp in Key Signature for designated distance above bass
b - Flat the indicated distance above the bass
(N.B. in Baroque Figured Bass, isolated accidentals imply alterations to the 3rd above the bass)
A, E Major; E / C Minor
Typical pentascale fingering
R.H. 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5
L.H. 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_major
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_major
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E_minor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_minor
Keyboard-Solfege
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - The Four Seasons (1723): I. Spring: I. Allegro
Solfege in E: Mi Mi Mi Re Do Sol Sol Fa (repeat)
E-Major Pentascale:
R.H. 3 3 3 2 1 5 5 4
L.H. 3 3 3 4 5 1 1 2
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Four_Seasons_(Vivaldi)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKthRw4KjEg
Music Referenced in Week 6
Carlo Gesualdo (1566-1613) - Moro, Lasso (Alas, I Die, 1610)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dVPu71D8VI
(Recording and Score)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo_Gesualdo
https://www.allmusic.com/composition/moro-lasso-al-mio-duolo-madrigal-for-5-voices-book-6-w-6-74-mc0002361403
Claudio Monteverdi (1567-1643) - L'Orfeo (Orpheus, 1607): Tu se Morta (You Are Dead)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGm5TNbA1r4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Monteverdi
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27Orfeo
http://imslp.org/wiki/L%27Orfeo,_SV_318_(Monteverdi,_Claudio)
Heinrich Schutz (1585-1676) - Saul, Saul (1650)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/06/heinrich-schutz-1585-1672-saul.html
(N.B. Best heard/viewed on Firefox)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Schütz
https://www.reddit.com/r/classicalmusic/comments/43mym9/heinrich_schutz_saul_saul_was_verfolgst_du_mich/
http://imslp.org/wiki/Saul%2C_Saul%2C_was_verfolgst_du_mich%3F%2C_SWV_415_(Schütz%2C_Heinrich)
Arcangelo Corelli (1683-1713) - Church Trio Sonata in E Major, Op. 3, No. 7: I. Grave
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx9ZpOMdWZs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arcangelo_Corelli
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trio_sonata
http://imslp.org/wiki/12_Trio_Sonatas%2C_Op.3_(Corelli%2C_Arcangelo)
Henry Purcell (1659-1695) - Dido and Aeneus (1688): Thy Hand, Belinda / When I Am Laid in Earth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGQq3HcOB0Y
(Vocal / Bass Line Score)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Purcell
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido_and_Aeneas
http://imslp.org/wiki/Dido_and_Aeneas,_Z.626_(Purcell,_Henry)
Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) - Gloria: I. Gloria
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Vivaldi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQx2TWgxX14
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_(Vivaldi)
http://imslp.org/wiki/Gloria_in_D_major,_RV_589_(Vivaldi,_Antonio)
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Sebastian_Bach
- Organ Toccata in D Minor (1707)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KU1p7iBSlw8
(Score)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toccata_and_Fugue_in_D_minor,_BWV_565
- Organ Fugue in G Minor ("Little") (1709)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6Kq60w-AXk
(Score)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugue_in_G_minor,_BWV_578
- Organ Passacaglia in C Minor (1713)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STij8KmsgcI
(Score Manuscript!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passacaglia_and_Fugue_in_C_minor,_BWV_582
-The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I (1722): I. Prelude No. 1 in C Major
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otbpdAS2kbw
(John Kirkpatrick, Clavichord, with Score!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlXDJhLeShg
(Entire Book I, Harpsichord, with Score!)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Well-Tempered_Clavier
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759) - Messiah: Hallelujah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4LDVrnAQeo
(Keyboard-Vocal Score)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iXmIjpGsGc&p=FA3F0EFACB26D72D&playnext=1&index=2
(Live Early-Music performance)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Frideric_Handel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_(Handel)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messiah_Part_II
http://imslp.org/wiki/Messiah,_HWV_56_(Handel,_George_Frideric)
(Full Score - 44. Hallelujah, at bottom of listings)
***
It's the beginnings of Baroque Harmony for the Theoreticians, with Claudio Monteverdi's Orfeo: Tu se Morta as Dictation / Board Harmony,
plus more great Student Compositions and
Quiz 6
(the musical examples drawn from works of Josquin des Pres, Costanzo Festa, Henry VIII, Louis Bourgeois, and more Monteverdi) --
on
the
184th
day
of
summer,
high
down
2
to
97
(Fairfield, 95 / Pleasant
Hill,
87) --
eventually
touching
base
afterwards
with
Harriet at
Solano College,
then proceeding
to
paper-grading at Gordito's,
followed by
homeward to edit page 9 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act III...
