Arrive --
after
the
requisite-splendid
morning
commute down the keep-to-the-blue-skies boundary of the
fog,
the
Sulfur
Springs
Mountains
effectively
holding the stratus (more-or-less literally) at bay --
to another day of academic and musical wonders, looking ahead as below...
D Dorian Mode
D E F G A B C D
D Minor Scale
D E f G A Bb C D
E Phrygian Mode
E F G A B C D E
# of Steps in Intervals from Perfect Unison to Perfect Fifth
P1 = 0 Steps
m2 = 1/2 Step
M2 = 1 Step
m3 = 1 1/2 Steps
M3 = 2 Steps
P4 = 2 1/2 Steps
Tritone = 3 Steps
P5 = 3 1/2 Steps
Five Items in the Mass Ordinary + Translations and Typical Forms
Kyrie (Lord Have Mercy) - ABA (Ternary)
Gloria (Glory) - Through-Composed
Credo (Creed) - Through-Composed
Sanctus (Holy) - ABCB (Verse/Chorus)
Agnus Dei (Lamb of God) - AB (B inary)
Listening
[7540] Gregorian Chant - Kyrie IV
[7800] Iraq - The Passion of 1,001 Nights
[8085] Orkney Islands - Hymn to St. Magnus
[8100] India - Raga Maru Bihag
[8133] Leonin - Hec Dies (This Is the Day)
***
After,
homeward
bound
(again
the
moon!),
to atone for much,
by means of more,
but yet by no-means complete, catch-up, including composing page 22 of Cristobal Colon.
over Shakespearean fare with
Harriet. Later, after producing a mostly-treble-voices piano-vocal score for Abducted by Aliens, the two of us have our third rehearsal of same, on a day with the high temperature two degrees down from yesterday's 93, to 91: 98th day of summer... 47th of 80-or-beyond, 17th re the same, 90's).
