RCM Level 8 Theory Music History

Ordo Virtutum Era

Medieval Era

Ordo Virtutum Composer

Hildegard von Bingen

Ordo Virtutum Genre

Morality play comprised of 82 melodies

Ordo Virtutum Texture

Monophonic, plainchant

Ordo Virtutum Language

Latin

Ordo Virtutum Performing Forces

Female voices, 1 male spoken part

Sumer Is Icumen In (Summer is Coming In) Era

13th Century

Sumer Is Icumen In Composer

Anonymus

Sumer Is Icumen In Genre

vocal work in the form of a round or canon (rota, round)

Sumer is Icumen In Texture

polyphonic (contrapuntal), recurring rhythmic or melodic patterns called ostinato

Sumer Is Icumen In Performing Forces

6 Voices

El Grillo Era

Renaissance Era

El Grillo Genre

Frottola (polyphonic vocal genre developed in Italy based on playful poems and word painting)

El Grillo Texture

Polyphonic with frequent homorhythmic passages (all voices have the same rhythmic pattern)

El Grillo Performing forces

4 voices

Javanese Gamelan

A traditional instrumental ensemble featuring metallophones, gongs, xylophones, drums and voices. Gamelan music unfolds in a cycle of varying tempos with repeating ostinato melodies and motoric rhythm.

Raga

Means "colour" or "atmosphere". It provides melodic structure of a composition. It's a pattern of pitches defined by the number of notes it contains and is used as a basis of improvisation. Ragas often are linked to emotions, concepts such as heroism, seasonal celebrations and times of day and night.

Sitar

Multi stringed plucked instrument with movable frets.

Tala

Means "clap". This regularly repeating rhythmic phrase provides rhythmic structure and can include from 3 to over 100 rhythmic units. Often expressed by percussion instruments such as the Tabla (pair of drums)

Modes

Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian

How to reduce compound intervals into simple intervals

Transpose the top note an octave lower, or transpose the bottom note an octave higher.

Authentic Cadence

V/I

Plagal Cadence

IV-I

Half Cadence

I/V or IV/V

Keyboard Style

Root in Bass clef and three note chord

Chorale Style

Soprano and Alto in treble clef and Tenor and Bass in the bass clef

Transposition Major/Minor Rule

Major - Major

Minor - Minor

How to transpose into Concert Pitch for Bb instruments

Down a major 3rd

How to transpose into Concert Pitch for F instruments

Down a major 5th

Major Triad

Major 3rd and Perfect 5th

Minor Triad

Minor 3rd and Perfect 5th

Augmented Triad

Major 3rd and Augmented 5th

Diminished Triad

Minor 3rd and Diminished 5th

quartal chord

Chord built on 4ths

Cluster Chord

A dissonant chord containing at least three adjacent notes.

Polychord

2 or more different chords

Functional Chord Symbols (FCS) for Major Scale

I, ii, iii, IV, V, vi, viiº

Functional Chord Symbols (FCS) for Harmonic Minor Scale

i, iiº, III+, iv, V, VI, viiº

Functional Chord Symbols (FCS) for Natural Minor Scale

i, iiº, iii, iv, v, VI, VII

FCS for root

I

FCS for 1st inversion

I6

FCS for 2nd inversion

I 6/4

FCS for Dominant 7th root

V7

FCS for DOminant 7th 1st inversion

V 6/5/3 or V 6/5

FCS for Domnatn 7th 2nd inversion

V 6/4/3 or V 4/3

FCS for Dominant 7th 3rd inversion

V 6/4/2 or V 4/2