1. Classification of Mode Archetypes and Modern Problems of Music Education
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Elena M. Alkon
- Subjects
music theory ,musical psychology ,“lad” (mode) ,oligotonica ,mode archetypes as binary set of “modeacoustical fields” ,classification of mode archetypes ,symmetry/asymmetry ,“energy charges” of melodic movement ,theory and practice of the music education ,“intonation vocabulary” of music ,“solveig’s song” by e. grieg ,Music ,M1-5000 - Abstract
Modern problems of musical education are connected with the search for new and more efficient approaches considering the challenges of our time. One of such challenges is unprecedented in history of culture music stream falling upon the modern human. The relict musical mode archetypes, on the basis of which the music of the peoples of the world has been formed for centuries, and which nourish the creativity of the professionals, could be considered as ecologically friendly “musical products”. In this article, following a number of the range of previous publications, the author offers a new classification of mode archetypes based on previously designed principle of asymmetry/symmetry supplemented with several novel approaches. This classification obviously cannot cover all existing mode archetypes of music of people of the world, but definitely addresses their considerable part. Several tables with index-based ordering the most common mode archetypes are considered to be especially significant result of this paper. The author hopes that this method of designation will contribute to the development of a methodology for the analysis of the behavior of mode archetypes in various melodic contexts. The “Solveig’s Song” by E. Grieg is regarded as one of the most famous melodies, in which the musical mode archetype of Norwegian folk music occupies an important place. more...
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- 2019
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