Category: musicTheory4
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(musth212) Tempo Modulation
Tempo modulation deserves its own special post, if at least only to fully explain the math used to calculate new tempi. To review, tempo modulation involves a new grouping of some subdivision of the pulse. For example, a quarter-note pulse can be divided into four sixteenth notes. If those sixteenth notes are are accented in…
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(musth212) Rhythm and Meter
Brief (very brief) aspects of rhythm and meter from chapter six. Syncopation Syncopation occurs when an accent comes at an unexpected moment, or when an expected event fails to occur. Written and Perceived Meter Sometimes, owing to syncopation, we hear (perceive) a meter that is different from what is written. Changing Meter 20th- and 21st-century…
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(musth212) Rhythm and Meter Listening/Score Study
For Friday (3/18), listen and study: Bartok, Bulgarian Rhythm (pp. 447 – 448) Bartok, Syncopation (pp. 449 – 450) Stravinsky, Rite of Spring excerpts (pp. 458 – 465) Messiaen, Quartet for the End of Time (pp. 502 – 508) Carter, Canaries (pp. 509 – 511)
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(musTh212) Harmonic Progression and Tonality
This a quick condensing of Chapter 5. Progression and Harmony There is no common language for harmonic progressions in the 20th/21st century. Most composers that use tertian harmonies avoid root movements by fifth, and rely mainly on progressions that provide unexpected surprises. Some composers avoid focusing on the harmonic aspect, preferring to focus on linear…
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Festival of New Music 2011
Concerts continue through the weekend. Tonight (Friday) at 7:30; Saturday at 11, 3, and 7:30. Festival of New Music-2011(FINAL) (note: the formatting is for printing and folding for physical programs. The order of concerts is not sequential across pages.)
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(musTh212) 20th-century melody assignment
Due Friday, 2/24/11: Chapter 4, Part A: 2 and 3, and Part B, 1 and 2.
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(musTh212) Listening Assignment for Chords
from the Anthology: Charles Ives, “The Cage.” (pp. 435 – 436) (Naxos, 8.559269) Maurice Ravel, “Le Martin-Pêcheur (The Kingfisher),” from Histoires Naturelles (pp. 444 – 446) (Naxos, BCD9058) Both works are from 1906 (maybe). (The Debussy Sunken Cathedral is from 1910.)
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(musTh212) Chords/Verticalities Assignment
Due Wednesday, 2/16/11: From Chapter 3 Part A, numbers 1 and 4 Part B, numbers 2 – 5. (use the bass line to help you identify chords in number 5)
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(musTh212) Chords and Verticalities
General Naming and Issues of Identification Some people avoid the word chords for non-tertian structures. For our purposes, we can use the terms chords, verticalities, and sonorities interchangeably. With all the chord types now possible, it can be difficult to properly identify the type, or construction, of any give chord. Musical context will be of prime importance, and there…
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(musTh212) Scale Assignment
Due Monday, 2/14/11: Complete the scale assignment sheet. (scalesAssign) Kostka, pp. 39 – 43, Part B 1, 2, 4, and 5