September 17 - Heading to the Future


Here we are in Theory, again, with close-ups on imaginative student compositions, plus a romp through Costanzo Festa's Quando Ritrova for Dictation / Board Harmony -- modulation, natural and harmonic minor, the works.


Before this,


the daily requisite commute,


after,


the


reverse,


paper-grading


and


class


preparation,


not


necessarily


in


that


order,


through


violent


light,


rendezvousing


with


the


evening class for a Medieval-Renaissance hit list, with next week's including...


A [Harmonic] Minor
A B C D E F G[#] A
Do Re Me Fa Sol La Te [Ti] Do

Chords in C Major
C Dm Em F G Am Bdim C
I    ii    iii  IV V vi   viio   I

Three Periods of Music History After Ancient and Before Classical
Medieval (400-14000)
Renaissance (1400-1600)
Baroque (1600-1750)

Three Types of Triads Found in Major Scales
Major = Major 3rd + Perfect 5th
Minor = Minor 3rd + Perfect 5th
Diminished = Minor 3rd + Diminished 5th

Listening
[8400] Giles Binchois - Files a Marier (Don't Marry)
[8415] Conrad Paumann - Mit Ganczem Willem (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] Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina - Pope Marcellus Mass: I. Kyrie

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Out after with Doug on the 177th day of 70+ weather for the year, high 82; then home to Harriet, composing page 29 for Psalm 102 and At a Medical Deposition.