Week 1 vocab Flashcards

Question

hexachordal system: ut, re, mi, fa, sol, la

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only 45 musical fragments
theoretical treatises
art

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cult of appolo:
- god of order, light, music, song, poetry
- associated with lyre
- 450550 B.C.E.

cult of dionysus:
- the aulos (double reed instrument with twin pipes)

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lyre
- string instrument of the harp class, u shaped frame

aulos
- double reed instrument with twin pipes

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belief that music could influence: ethical character, personality, emotions, health, behaviour, morals

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fusion of word, rhythm, and melody

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bride had her ankle bitten, died, and orpheus begged everywhere to let her come back and live, and sang a song on his lyre about her death, he said he didn’t want to live if she didn’t either

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E (1/4 E) F A

part of the greek tetrachord system

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E F F# A

part of the greek tetrachord system

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E F G A

part of the greek tetrachord system

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rhythm used for passages of grief and agitation in greek tragedy

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dorian mode - courage
phrygian mode - thoughtfulness
mixolydian mode - mournful

plato gives advice to leaders and kings to avoid the “soft” modes and “effeminate” music

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second rate and commonplace people being too uneducated to entertain themselves as they drink by using their own voices and conversational resources, pay the price of female musicians pay well for the hire of an extraneous voice - aulos
but where drinkers are men of worth and culture, you will find no girls piping or dancing or harping. they are capable of enjoying their own company without such frivolous nonsense, using their own voices in sober discussion and each taking his turn to speak or listen…. even if the drinking is heavy

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(384-322 B.C.E.)
should music be put into education and what can music do? is it an education or an amusement or a pastime?
we reject training in material performance which is professional and competitive, he that takes part in such performances should not do so to improve his character, but to give pleasure to the listeners

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500 BCE
12 pound weighted string sounding against 6 pound, 2:1 proportion, octave
12 pound weighted string sounding against 8 pound, 3:2 proportion, fifth
12 pound weighted string sounding against 9 pound, 4:3 proportion, fourth

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Martianus Cappella (c.435 CE)
“the seven liberal arts”
trivium: language arts: grammar, dialect, rhetoric
quadrivium: mathematical sciences: geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, music

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trivium: language arts
- grammar, dialect/logic, rhetoric

quadrivium: mathematical, sciences
- geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, music

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trivium is language arts
includes grammar, dialect (logic), rhetoric
quadrivium is mathematical sciences
includes geometry, arithmetic, astronomy, music