Quiz 1 for the Music Historians, and all goes explosively well, looking ahead to...
F Lydian Mode
(with the below two, all notated as Half Notes in Bass Clef)
F G A B C D E F
Do Re Mi Fi Sol La Ti Do
F Major Scale
(Use Bb as Key Signature)
F G A Bb C D E F
Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do
Whole Step / Half Step Pattern (C Major Scale example)
C D E F G A B C
W W H W W W H
Four Textures of Music
Monophone - One Line of Music, Strictly Performed
Heterophonic - One Line of Music, Freely Performed
Polyphonic - More than One Line of Music, Lines of Equal Importance
Homophonic - More than One Line of Music, One Line Is More Important
Listening
[5570] Syria - Hurrian Hymn No. 6
[5659] Egypt - Trumpet of Tutankhamun
[5949] China - Entrance Hymn for the Emperor
[6970] Turkey - Epitaph of Seikilos
(Asia Minor)
(Ancient Greek Culture)
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Another
very-
early-
morning
blitz,
class
followed
by
paper-grading and Opus 30 work,
post-box check,
lunch,
and
errands with Carol --
returning
to
more logistical niceties, including composition page 30, Sinfonia, Op. 341,
over videos, on the 106th day of summer, high 93 (42 days 80+ / 14 days 90+) -- highs 92 and 81 respectively in Pleasant Hill and San Rafael.
