What city became the centre of life after Athens and Greece fell?
What new influence was shaping in the Roman Empire?
When did music receive official attention and reform?
What names are associated with the early history of Church Music?
On which Greek system were the Church Scales founded?
What difference exists between the Greek and the Church Scales as to
the positions of the halftones?
What is meant by Authentic and Plagal?
What were the rules in regard to a melody in the Authentic forms? What
Plagal? Give an example of each.
What is meant by Dominant? Was the position of the Dominant the same in
each scale? Name some variations.
What attempts were made to construct new scales?
What is meant by “Gamut”?
What is meant by C—fa—ut?
What names were given to the different forms of the Hexachord? What are
the modern meanings of the terms?
What is the origin of the flat and natural signs?
Note the points of similarity and difference in the three scale forms
on page 65 in this lesson. As an exercise take well-known airs to see
if they are Authentic or Plagal. In the “Taming of the Shrew,” by
Shakespeare, is a passage in which reference is made to the names of
the notes as found in this lesson. Read this passage in class.