Episode 35 has three listening questions to challenge you on your ability to identify modes and common formal sections.
Episode 35 has three listening questions to challenge you on your ability to identify modes and common formal sections. Question 1 (1:04), Question 2 (3:25) and Question 3 (4:35). Don’t forget these words of wisdom before taking your exam! (6:13)
Question of the day: What notation navigation marker is a circle with a cross through it? (6:48)
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Hi and welcome to the APsolute Recap: Music Theory Edition. Today’s episode will recap Modes and Form Listening Identification Quiz
Lets Zoom out:
We’re in Unit 8 Modes and Forms
Topic 8.1 & 8.3
Our Big ideas are pitch and form
To prepare for this listening identification quiz, first recall the seven modes: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian. Our mnemonic device is: I download podcasts, listen more and learn. The common formal sections needed for the exam include: introduction, interlude, bridge, verse, chorus, refrain, coda, and codetta.
Lets Zoom in:
Quiz question one- Which mode is this excerpt showing?
(“Old Joe Clark” 0:36-0:45
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS7dH-CYed0)
This was in mixolydian mode.
This version of the folk song “Old Joe Clark” is by the Kingston Trio. You can hear how it is mixolydian by the third note of the melody on the word “clark” you would be expecting the pitch to be a half step higher if it was in ionian, aka the major mode.
Listen again for those pitches that show it is a song in mixolydian, also listen for which common formal sections are shown in this excerpt.
(“Old Joe Clark” 0:36-1:07
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS7dH-CYed0)
You heard a chorus, verse and chorus.
Quiz question two- Which mode is this excerpt showing?
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kfPUflaJXw 0:00-0:18)
This song entitled “Lydia” by Gabriel Fauré sung by Véronique Gens is one of those cool nerdy examples only a music theory enthusiast would understand. That’s right, this excerpt was in Lydian. The pitches sung with the syllables JOU-es, SUR, and ET would all be expected to be a half step lower.
Listen again for those specific pitches, and for a common formal section.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kfPUflaJXw 0:00-0:18)
That’s right, the piano gave an instrumental introduction.
Quiz question three- Which mode is this excerpt showing?
(Scarborough Fair 0:09-0:25 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jj4s9I-53g)
This example was in Dorian. You can especially notice that it is not simply in a minor key with the melody on rose-MAR-y. You’d expect the “Mar” to be a half step lower, when it is not.
This version of the folk song “Scarborough Fair” is by Simon and Garfunkel.
Listen again for those specific pitches that show it is Dorian, and now for the common formal section highlighted in this song.
(Scarborough Fair 0:09-0:59 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jj4s9I-53g)
There is a refrain of “parsley sage, rosemary and thyme.”
To recap……
The seven modes are: Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian. The common formal sections are: introduction, interlude, bridge, verse, chorus, refrain, coda, and codetta.
The finish line is in sight! Remember to count your sheep for a good night sleep, eat breakfast, drink water and then sheep some music to warm up before you sit down for the exam. Thank you for choosing the APsolute recap be your guide to scoring a five this year. Special shout out to listeners Vy N, David C and Tyler W!
Today’s Question of the day is about common formal sections.
Question: What notation navigation marker is a circle with a cross through it?