Music 1102A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Double Reed, Oboe, Bassoon

• School: Western University
• Department: Music
• Course: Music 1102A/B
• Professor: Kate Helson

Document Summary

Songs of the virgin mary: alfonso el sabio. Timbre: listen for the contrast between the percussion instruments (2 drums) and the wind instruments (2 shawms) Form: listen for the alternation of long sections with and without the soloist. Texture: listen for three distinct textures of shawms: monophony, homophony, heterophony. Songs of the virgin mary attributed to alfonso el sabio. Shawn: double reed instrument (player blows between a pair of cane strips) A and b begin similarly, but soon diverge. Blowing into the mouthpiece sets a reed into motion. The reed (vibrating cane) produces the instrument"s distinctive sound. Double reed instruments (oboe, bassoon, shawm) produce slightly buzzy sound. Single reed instrument (clarinet, saxophone) produce slightly wooly sound. The moving force behind the songs of the virgin mary. Commissioned works in many fields (literature, philosophy, theology) Melody: flowing, largely conjunct, divided into sections by cadences; melodies based on scales of the medieval modes.