February 5 - Ascending Spiral


The


vault


towards


points


west


and


south,


sun /


fog /


gloom


in


tandem


to


Diablo for Guillaume de Machaut's Messe de Nostre Dame: I. Kyrie (first five measures) for Dictation and Board Harmony.  Student Composition 1's follow,


followed


by


the


temp trip homeward to grade papers for both classes, returning re


Music Literature, from Early Organum through Leonin's Hec Dies, via excursions into Islamic and Indian music, looking ahead to...


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

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

Winds
End-Blown (Flute)
Double Reed (Oboe)
Single Reed (Clarinet)
Lip Buzz (Trumpet)

Solid-Body
Metal (Gong)
Wood (Xylophone)
Earth, Glass, Stone

Strings
Suspended String (Harp)
Box String (Piano)
Neck String (Violin)

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 (Trot Dance)
[8300] Guillaume de Machaut - Messe de Nostre Dame: I. Kyrie (Notre Dame Mass)

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Out late with Owen and Doug, but not so late as to composing The Decameron - Third Day: VIII (page 16) and accomplishing more Stravinsky Shepherdess score-study (measures 21-24).