October 24 - In Tune
Session 3 with the Music Historians, with spins on Ancient Music,
looking ahead to matters Medieval, as below
D Dorian Mode
D E F G A B C D
D Minor Scale (1 Flat -- Bb -- as Key Signature)
D E F G A Bb C D
E Phrygian Mode
E F G A B C D E
Intervals and Number of Steps from Perfect Unison (P1) to Perfect Fifth (P5)
P1 (Perfect Unison) = 0 Steps
m2 (Minor Second) = 1/2 Step (Half Step - H)
M2 (Major Second) = 1 Step (Whole Step - W)
m3 (Minor Third) = 1 1/2 Steps
M3 (Major Third) = 2 Steps
P4 (Perfect Fourth) = 2 1/2 Steps
Tritone = 3 Steps
P5 (Perfect Fifth) = 3 1/2 Steps
Five Items in a Latin Mass Ordinary / Translations / Typical Forms
Kyrie / Lord Have Mercy / ABA (Ternary)
Gloria / Glory / Through-Composed (Evolving / Non-Repeating)
Credo / Creed (I Believe) / Through-Composed
Sanctus / Holy / ABCB (Verse-Chorus)
Agnus Dei / Lamb of God / AB (Binary)
Listening
[7540] Gregorian Chant - Kyrie IV
[8085] Orkney Islands - Hymn to St. Magnus
[8100] India - Raga Maru Bihag
[8133] Leonin - Hec Dies (This Is the Day)
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Delightfully
heading there and back, composition page 3 and 10 respectively of...
The Decameron: Sixth Day, Op. 257
Novel IV - Chichibio converts Currado Gianfigliazzi's wrath into laughter
Jonah, Op. 258
I. Fish Story
-- on the 4th day of fall, high 68 (but still summer in Pleasant Hill [70] and Pinole [73]), with .01 inch of precip, for a total of 1.25 since the rainfall year began on July 1...