Four part round in the Dorian mode: the tonal
center is the second pitch (2, Re) of the major scale.
Description
- Grade: Second
- Origin: Latin Traditional Round
- Key: Dorian Mode – tonal center: 2, Re
- Time: 4/4
- Form: ABCD
- Rhythm: beginners: | ta ta ta ti ti | syncopation,
| ta ta ta/a | ta ta ti ti ti ti | syncopation,
| ta/a/a ti ti | syncopation, | ta ta ta/a | - Pitches: intermediate: Do Re Mi Fa So La Do Re
- Intervals: intermediate: m3’s: Re/Fa, Do\La, P4: La/Re (primary intervals of a minor tonality) Fa/La M3
- Musical Elements: notes: dotted half, half, quarter, eighth; four part round, Dorian Mode: tonal center is the second (2, Re) of the major scale; syncopation, note: no leading tone
- Key Words: old world language: Latin: venite, adoremus, dominum; Dorian modality, “Come let us adore Him”, “Christ the Lord”, sacred, Latin Mass, congregational response