Week
2 for the
Theoreticians, Sol Bloom's Snake Charmer for Dictation and Keyboard-Solfege, plus Retrograde Board Work.
After taking in Owen's review of Interval Inversions and
Chords in C Major,
head
north
and
northwest
to prepare for the
evening class, where we proceed through music inspired by life, the universe, and everything -- looking towards more inspiration as below...
F Lydian
F G A B C D E F
Do Re Mi Fi Sol La Ti Do
F Major (Bb Key Signature!)
F G A Bb C D E F
Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do
C Major (Bass Clef)
C D E F G A B C
Pattern of Whole and Half Steps in Major Scales
W W H W W W H
Four Textures of Music
Monophonic - One line of music, strictly performed
Heterophonic - One line of music, freely performed
Polyphonic - More than one line; lines of equal importance
Homophonic - More than one line; one line more important than others
Listening
Asia Minor (Turkey) - Epitaph of Seikilos
Giuseppe Verdi - Aida: Triumphal Entry
Camille Saint-Saens - Carnival of the Animals: Royal March
Maurice Ravel - Mother Goose: The Princess of the Pagodas
Francis Poulenc - Double Piano Concerto: I
George Crumb - Vox Balaenae (Voice of the Whale)
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Out with Owen thereafter, and upon return, still more feverish preparations for Opus 13, plus the edit of Psalm 116 "Love the Lord", a spin on Baude Cordier's heart-shaped Amans Ames, now for fairly fast brass.
Eighth day of summer in this droughtish year -- highest temperature thus far at 73.
