June 24 - In Reality


Ah,


yes,


heading


down the


freeways to rendezvous with the destiny of the Music Historians on the 103rd day of summer, high 90 (52nd 80-or-more, 21st 90+), mulling over a multitude of melodious modes Medieval, and listening/looking ahead, as below...



G Major
G A B C D E F# G

G Mixolydian
G A B C D E F G

G Dorian
G A Bb C D E F G

G Minor
G A Bb C D Eb F G

Four Types of Wind Instruments
End-Blown (Flute, Recorder)
Double Reed (Oboe, Bassoon)
Single Reed (Clarinet, Sax)
Lip Buzz (Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba)

Three Types of Solid-Body Instruments
Metal (Bells, Cymbals)
Wood (Xylophone, Marimba)
Other (Earth, Stone, Glass)

Three Types of Strings
Suspended (Harp, Lyre)
Box (Zither, Piano)
Neck (Violin, Guitar, Lute)

Number of Steps in Intervals from Perfect Fifth to Octave
P5 = 3 1/2
m6 = 4
M6 = 4 1/2
m7 = 5
M7 = 5 1/2
P8 = 6

Listening
[8170] France - Ductia
[8170] Perotin - Hec Dies (This Is the Day)
[8210[ Thomas of Celano - Dies Irae (Day of Wrath)
[8220[ Ars Antiqua Motet - Alle Psallite (Alle Sing It)
[8270] Italy - Trotto
[8300] Guillaume de Machaut - Notre Dame Mass: I. Kyrie

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Stroll


out


thereafter,


returning


retrogradingly


for


errands, composition of page 26 for Cristobal Colon, and score-study / distribution of still more music re The Opus Project presents Opus 18 (8pm, Saturday, June 28, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA)...

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) - New Babylon, Op. 18: Death to Prussians! (1929)   
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) - Fugue, Op. 18, No. 2 (1963)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952) - Symphony No. 3, Op. 18: Finale (1979)