VPMA93H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Claude Debussy, Whole Tone Scale, Chromatic Scale
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Examples: anon, gaude virgo salutata (religious piece) narrow and gentling flowing range (only span of 5 notes), arch shaped, pitch is very near to each other, very strong sense of home pitch (church mode) Arien, harburg, over the rainbow range is medium, contour is undulating, conjunct motion and some disjunct. Tonality major (first three notes da da da) and minor scales (la da da) Home pitch the pitch we return to in our moment of rest and relaxation. Examples: francois couperin, les baricades misterieuses motive = the composer uses that one little motif to regenerate a very large amount of music. Beethoven, symphony no. 5, first movement 2 types of uses of motif to spell out a melody. Alternatives to major and minor scales whole tone, chromatic. In 1889 in paris, world"s fair took place and different types of world music took played and a. Debussy uses melody that is kind of fragmentally.
