First day of the Diablo Valley College Summer 2014 Semester, with two Music Literature classes -- Morning and
Evening -- a first along these lines, and twice as enjoyable... the former charged with the immedate below for tomorrow, and the latter coming to terms with the material following..
C Major Scale
C D E F G A B C
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8(1)
Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do
Five Basic Ways of Making Sound
Wind / Aerophone
Solid-Body / Idiophone
Drum / Membranophone
String / Chordophone
Electricity / Electrophone
Black and White Notes on a Piano Keyboard
(N.B. a Sharp [#] raises a pitch a bit -- by one half-step -- the smallest distance on the keys...
a Flat [b] lowers a pitch a bit -- by one half step...
The White Notes are usually designated by simple letter names
The Black notes be named two different ways
E.G. C#... a half-step up from C; Db... a half-step lower than D)
C# D# F# G# A#
Db Eb Gb Ab Bb
C D E F G A B C
Listening
[1970] Richard Strauss - Also Sprach Zarathustra: I. Introducton
(Thus Sapke Zarathustra)
[1980] Gustav Holst - The Planets: I. Mars
[1981] Edgar Varese - Poeme Electronique [Electronic Poem]
All of the above for the 8:15am class, re Tuesday, 6/17...
Below pertaining to the 5:30pm group, next meeting Wednesday, 6/18:
F Lydian Scale
F G A B C D E F
Do Re Mi Fi Sol La Ti Do
F Major Scale
With Bb Key Signature
F G A Bb C D E F
Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do
Pattern of Whole and Half Steps in any Major Scale
WWHWWWH
Four Textures of Music
Monophonic - 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 than others
Listening
[1998] California (Yurok) - Women's Brush Dance
[5659] Egypt - The Trumpet of Tutankhamen (King Tut)
[5949] China - Entrance Hymn for the Emperor
[6970] Turkey (Asia Minor) - Epitaph of Seikilos
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Up
early,
out,
photos
w/ and w/o telephoto,
there,
lunch on the coolest-blusteriest day of the year in exactly two weeks (June 2, with an identical high -- 75... the 95th of summerlike temperatures),
assisting Carol with
DVC Music Lab matters,
back,
composition
page
19
Cristobal
Colon,
more class logistics and preparation),
down
for
the
second
round
(internet goes out during latter half of class, but -- somehow -- iPhone, iTunes, and videos suffice), home late, Harriet checking in that she is heading back, overnighting in Troutdale...
