September 10 - Glowing


Notice the light from the right, World Musicians, is not orange -- didn't think we'd be looking a few months back in the pandemic to say, "Those were the days!"  Well, here's a bit of divertisement, hopefully, in video-playlist below -- to be duly chronicled by 6pm, this Friday, September 11 (another non-auspicious anniversary!... as attached pdf or jpg to mus21stc@gmail.com or my school email).

Following the playlist (under the second picture re Japanese Gagaku),
Information for Quiz 3 (Music 400-1200)...

Mark Alburger - Music 400-1200 (2. Romanesque to Gothic)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1UCVL6hOsQ&list=PLtV-SdP8TZccH9EGGH3cjMt1Q4y36f3yO
(N.B. YouTube starts this playlist on video 3!
Once playlist is opened on YouTube, please click first video at top right!)

Feel free to emphasize the Asian and American selections of 2a, b, and e...

Mark Alburger - Music 400-1200 (2a. Notable)
Scholia Enchiriadis, Notker the Stammerer, Tuotillo, Free Organum,
Music of the Goliards and India, Guido d'Arezzo
https://youtu.be/8ml2fr28NHs

Mark Alburger - Music 400-1200 (2b. Migrations)
Navajo, Latin, and Turkish Music
https://youtu.be/fwYE-Xt1FBY

Mark Alburger - Music 400-1200 (2c. The Scottish Countenance)
Orkney Islands - Hymn to St. Magnus (7 Versions!); Mark Alburger - History Phases, Op. 153: VIII
https://youtu.be/X1UCVL6hOsQ

Mark Alburger - Music 400-1200 (2d. Crusades)
School of Compostela - Cunctipotens Genitor; France - Dance Royale I;
Hildegard von Bingen - O Successores
https://youtu.be/3JEDxRGXEms

Mark Alburger - Music 400-1200 (2e. Hindustani Sojourn)
Ravi Shankar - The Sounds of India: I. An Introduction to Indian Music, III. Maru-Bihag,
Gandhi: IV. Discovery of India
https://youtu.be/iLAsxVERBIU

Mark Alburger - Music 400-1200 (2f. The School of Notre Dame)
Gregorian Chant - Haec Dies; Leonin - Hec Dies
https://youtu.be/R4ADcTswqCU

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[Expectant at the gate for Quiz 3 (Music c. 400-1200) re Diablo Valley College World Music -- blank copy pdf group-emailed this morning, and due, as usual, as above...]


D Dorian, E Phrygian, F Lydian, and G Mixolydian Modes:


D Dorian - DEFGABCD
E Phrygian - EFGABDCDE
F Lydian - FGABCDEF
G Mixolydian - GABCDEFG

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorian_mode

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_mode

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydian_mode

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mixolydian_mode


Seven Early Forms of Music - with Definitions and Typical Structures:

Through-Composed - Evolving Free Form - No Sectionalized Repeat Structure
Strophic - Same Music Repeated with Different Words - AA
Call-and-Response - One Individual, or Group, Responding to Another - AA'
Binary - Two-Part Form, 2 Separate but Related Sections - AB
Ternary - Three-Part Form, 1st Returning as 3rd- ABA
Chain - Succession of Discrete Sections - ABC
Verse-Chorus - Varied 1st Section, Repeated 2nd - ABCB

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musical_form


Intervals from Perfect Unison to Perfect Fifth, and Number of Steps in Each:

Perfect Unison (P1) = 0 Steps
Minor Second (m2) = 1/2 Step
Major Second (M2) = 1 Step
Minor Third (m3) = 1 1/2 Steps
Major Third (M3) = 2 Steps
Perfect Fourth (P4) = 2 1/2 Steps
Tritone / Aug 4 / dim 5 (A4 / d5) = 3 Steps
Perfect Fifth (P5) = 3 1/2 Steps

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(music)


Listening:
 
[Identify by Composer (or Region, as given) and Title and describe
re one or more of the following catagories

Rhythm
Pitch
Dynamics
Timbre (Tone-Color)
Texture
Harmony
Form
Context]


Japan - Gagaku Music (Northern Asia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=15&v=5OA8HFUNfIk&feature=emb_logo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gagaku


Iraq (Husayn al-Azami) - The Passion of 1,001 Nights: Maqam Awj (Western Asia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raFBLnI_m2Q

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_Iraq


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_maqam


Arizona (Navajo) - Ribbon Dance (Western America)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB4DmGRHMF0


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_music


India (Ravi Shankar) - Raga Maru Bihag (Southern Asia)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7-D29IxHQo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_classical_music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raga