Second half of Louis Borgeois's Old Hundredth for Dictation / Board Harmony,
on an adventurous /
flowery day,
looping about
homeward to grade papers, returning for the
evening class, where we proceed from the French Manuscrit du Roi through Guillaume de Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame: I. Kyrie, looking ahead to the Renaissance, as below...
A [Harmonic] Minor:
A B C D E F G[#] A
Do Re Me Fa Sol Le Te [Ti] Do
Chords in C Major:
C Dm Em F G Am Bdim C
G A B C D E F G
E F G A B C D E
C D E F G A B C
I ii iii IV V vi viio I
Three Periods after Ancient and before Classical (with Dates):
Medieval (400-1400)
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Baroque (1600-1750)
Three Basic Types of Triads:
Major Triad = Major 3rd + Perfect 5th
Minor Triad = Minor 3rd + Perfect 5th
Diminished Triad = Minor 3rd + Diminished 5th
Listening:
[8400] Giles Binchois - Files a Marier (Don't Marry)
[8415] Conrad Paumann - Mit Ganczem Willen (With My Whole Heart)
[8450] Josquin des Pres - El Grillo (The Cricket)
[8491] Henry VIII - Pastime with Good Company
[8510] Andrea Gabrieli - Ricercar in the 12th Mode (Research in the 12th Mode)
[8525] Palestrina - Pope Marcellus Mass: I. Kyrie
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Out with Owen and Doug thereafter, then an endgame composing The Decameron - Third Day: VIII (23) and score-studying the Stravinsky Shepherdess to its conclusion.
