February 16 - Ever On
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
Perfect Fifth to Perfect Octave
P5 = 3 1/2 Steps
m6 = 4 Steps
M6 = 4 1/2 Steps
m7 = 5 Steps
M7 = 5 1/2 Steps
P8 = 6 Steps
Subdivisions of Winds, Solid-Body Percussion, and Strings
Winds
End-Blown (Flute,Whistle)
Double-Reed (Oboe, Bassoon)
Single-Reed (Clarinet, Saxophone)
Lip-Buzz (Trumpet, Horn, Trombone, Tuba)
Solid-Body Percussion
Wood (Log Drum, Wood Block, Xylophone, Marimba)
Metal (Bells, Vibraphone, Triangle, Cymbal, Gong)
Other (Clay Pot, Glass Harmonica, Stone Chimes)
Strings
Suspended (Musical Bow, Lyre, Harp)
Box (Ch'in, Koto, Santour, Qanun, Zither, Piano)
Neck (Spike Fiddle, Erhu, Oud, Rebab, Lute, Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass, Guitar)
Listening
[8170] France - Ductia (Duet Dance)
[8170] Perotin - Hec Dies (This Is the Day)
[8220] Ars Antiqua Motet - Alle, Psallite (Alle - Sing It)
[8270] Italy - Trotto (Trot Dance)
[8280] English - Sumer Is Icumen In (Summer Is A-Coming In)
[8300] Guillaume de Machaut - La Messe de Nostre Dame (Notre Dame Mass): I. Kyrie
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Another mind-bogglingly amazing day, beginning southwest
eventually
on
680,
Marshview,
Lopes
(Eden,
Stonewind,
and
Mothball
Fleet),
for a
Diablo Valley
College rendezvous with the Theoreticians, for the Orkney Islands Hymn to St Magnus as Dictation / Board Harmony (M and m3's),
plus imaginative Student Composition I's,
heading
over
to
Carol's thereafter for paper-grading and
pianistic endeavors,
then
homeward
for
more,
followed by a return to the
Music Historians for the evening session, including Quiz 3, and new material above.
Late-evening editing -- over head-rolling, revolutionary video -- of Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel: 1934 - Elias Canetti / Maid, No. 56 (7 pages total), on the 10th day of summer, high 75 (tied for the 3rd highest of year with February 13, an ABCA over the last four days of 75-78-84-75)...