Here we are again, finishing up
Ancient Music and proceeding to matters Medieval (I), as below...
D Dorian Mode
D E F G A B C D
(Do Re Me Fa Sol La Te Do)
D Minor Scale (Bb Key Signature!)
D E F G A Bb C D
(Do Re Me Fa Sol Le Te Do)
E Phrygian Mode
E F G A B C D E
(Do Ra Me Fa Sol Le Te Do)
Five Items in a Latin Mass Ordinary, with Translations and Typical Forms
I. Kyrie - Lord Have Mercy - ABA (Ternary)
II. Gloria - Glory - Through-Composed
III. Credo - Creed ("I Believe") - Through Composed
IV. Sanctus - Holy - ABCB (Verse - Chorus)
V. Agnus Dei - Lamb of God - AB (Binary)
Intervals Between Perfect Unison and Perfect Fifth - # 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 - 3 Steps
(Perfect Fifth) P5 - 3 1/2 Steps
Listening
[7540] Gregorian Chant - Kyrie IV
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2540/01/gregory-i-540-604.html
[8085] Orkney Islands - Hymn to St. Magnus (Nobilis Humilis)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/01/anon-orkney-islander-b-c-1085-st-magnus.html
[8100] India - Raga Maru Bihag [Ravi Shankar version]
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/2008/05/development-of-hindustani-music-c-1100.html
[8133] Leonin - Hec Dies (This Is the Day)
http://markalburgermusichistory.blogspot.com/8133/01/leonin-c-1133-1190.html
***
Almost
inevitable
after
the
scenic
morning
commute
and engaging class,
to
hit the
trail:
specifically the
Longleaf Southeast Trailhead
of
Tassajara
Ridge
South,
winding
to
views
of
Mt.
Diablo,
Valley,
and
Sunol /
Las Trampas Ridges --
connecting
up to
Windemere
Divide,
then
back
north,
via
a
side
trail
to
Albion
Peak,
and
back
to
point
of
origin.
Return
again
to
the
head-spinning
freeways,
ultimately
homeward,
on
the
143rd
day
summer,
high
up
3
to
97 (Pleasant Hill / San Ramon, 88; Pinole, 65) --
finishing Variations on Variations of Brahms on a Theme of Haydn, Op. 268 (19 pages total) and continuing work on both The Decameron: Eighth Day, Op. 266: Novel VIII - One Friend Lies with Another's Wife and That Which Survives, Op. 269: II. Epitaph of Seikilos, respectively page 3 and 2...
