Here we are! Session 2 of the Late-Add Music Appreciation!
Progressing through Prehistoric (traditional undated world musics + Western selections evoking early times) and looking towards Ancient (plus a few more later spins)...
F Lydian Scale
F G A B C D E F
Do Re Mi Fi Sol La Ti Do
F Major Scale (one flat - Bb - as key signature)
F G A Bb C D E F
Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Ti Do
Pattern of Whole and Half Steps in Any Major Scale
W W H W W W H
Four Textures of Music
Monophonic - One Line of Music, Strictly Performed
Heterophonic - One Line of Music, Freely Performed
Polyphonic - More than One Line of Music, Lines of Equal Importance
Homophonic - More than One Line of Music, One Line is More Important
Listening
[YouTube] Alan Hovhaness - And God Created Great Whales
[1981] Edgar Varese - Poeme Electronique (Electronic Poem)
[5949] China - Entrance Hymn for the Emperor
[6970] Turkey (Asia Minor / Ancient Greek Culture) - Epitaph of Seikilos
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218th
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82
Pleasant Hill, 79
Martinez, 78
Pinole, 76
Composition page 5
The Decameron: Sixth Day, Op. 257
Novel III: Monna Nonna de' Pulci silences the Bishop of Florence
Jonah, Op. 258
I. Fish Story
