Chapter 9 Voices and Instrument Families View and Listen to each of these videos. Identify the instruments as either: Aerophones Idiophones Membranophones Chordophones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg24k7tzIc0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xk3BvNLeNgw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWQGvsbbtUg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10B3e3k6CVs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwyznoWJDHI Western Musical Instruments Chapter 10 Why do you think the division of Musical Instruments is necessary in the Western System? How does it compare to the World System of Instrument classification? What is the basic history and evolution of each of the instrument families? In other words, what are their origins? Some instruments can be traced to the most ancient of civilizations. Where are the origins of Strings, Woodwinds, Brass and Percussion? Music As a Commodity and Social Activity CRITICAL THINKING Questions for Discussion (Prelude to Chapters 14-16) 1. How did society and musical institutions change from the Middle Ages to the Renaissance? 2. How was music-making in sacred (church) and secular (court, marketplace) contexts similar in this period? How was it different? Chapter 15 Layering Lines: Polyphony at Notre Dame Polyphony started as an improvisational or in 21st Century terms a "Free" style in Medieval France. What similarities do you see in the development of this style of music as compared to the origins of Jazz, Blues, R&B, and Hip Hop. Please state. Be sure to make comparisons between 21st Century Music and the music of Medieval France. Chapter 16 Symbols and Puzzles: Machaut and the Medieval Mind Palindromes: nasty little things. Would you not agree? Madam I'm Adam is a classic example of a palindrome. (the spelling is the same forward and backward). See if you cam site the musical example of the Palindrome in Machaut's Ma fin est mon Commencement. Discussion Chapter 17: Comparison between Monteverdi and Farmer With the waning influence of the Catholic Church in the Renaissance Period, Secularism began to grow. New innovations and developments in Art, Science, Music, Architecture, Philosophy produced a period that laid the groundwork for many events that would shape and influence history even to this day. One of the musical innovations of this period was the Madrigal, a secular vocal form that was very popular in Italy and England. These forms were light, fun, and sometimes even tongue in cheek bawdy. Listen to and compare Monteverdi's Si Ch'io Vorrei Morire and John Farmer's Fair Phyllis. What are the similarities? Differences? Is Word Painting used in both examples? How do those word painting examples compare? What do you find interesting in the texts of the two examples? Josquin's Ave Maria...virgo serena What were the major changes in Sacred Music from the Medieval Period to the Renaissance? Chapter 19 Music In Renaissance Worship Music in the Catholic Church became more elaborate with the rise of Polyphonic song forms in the Renaissance. This chapter looks at and considers the importance, if any of music in Renaissance worship. Which is more important: the way music shapes a worships service or the act of worship, which in reality does not need any type of music at all; at least according to early models. What are your thoughts? Chapter 20 Instrumental Movements: Medieval and Renaissance Dance Music What did people do for fun and entertainment back "in da day"? They danced, sang, told stories, fell in love, and dreamed...pretty much the same as we do. However, their "dances" may look a little strange to us. Their instruments certainly were as you will see in this Chapter. Discuss the concepts of Haut and Bas. Are there dynamic contrasts in todays music? Are there instruments that only play Haut and Bas music these days? If so, what are they? How would you compare Susato to artists of today? If he were writing music today can you think of an artist that he would compare to or be like? Explain. Dance styles were give names. Like Nay Nay is today. Look at the description of movements during that time and compare them to movements in dances of today. Chapter 22- Performing Grief: Purcell and Early Opera Performing Grief: Purcell and Early Opera Opera was possibly one of the Greatest developments of the Baroque Era. However, it did not have its complete origins in the Baroque Period. Its inception came as a part of the Medieval Period. The Mystery plays of Hidegarde of Bingen are a classic example of this. How is Baroque Opera similar to later forms of musical theater as well as modern day television and online media formats? How is it different? Chapter 23-Musical Sermons: Bach and the Lutheran Cantata The Protestant Movement in the Baroque Period largely changed the way that many people in Europe and eventually other continents practiced Worship. Musical education flourished for the purpose of teaching worshipers service music. Was the Lutheran Service more interactive than the Catholic Mass? In what ways? Was Hymnody an effective way to involve the congregation in worship? Is this practice still effective? Chapter 24-Texture of Worship: Handel and the Oratorio In what ways was the Oratorio different from the Cantata? Why were these two musical forms important? Chapter 25-Independent Study: Billings and the North American Sacred Tradition Strange as it may seem, During the time of Bach and Handel, the European colonies were beginning to flourish in America. Among many things that they brought with them, one was their religious traditions. Catholicism, which was brought over by the first explorers and later Protestantism, which was brought over by most of the English settlers established the European version of Christian worship on these shores. Among some of the music that was brought over or composed here was the work of William Billings, who started a tradition of hymn singing that flourishes to this day. The practice of "Lining a Hymn" still can be heard in many churches throughout this country. In the mountains of Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee, the singing of the hymns of the Sacred Harp hymnal, with its shape note method of music reading education, is a mainstay of many churches. In Black Baptist churches in the South, hymn lining is still a tradition that is practiced. What are the similarities between William Billings hymnody and the Hymnody of the Sacred Harp and Hymn Lining? Are there also differences?