1. Unit 1: Medieval Music 500 A.D. – 1400 A.D. ( 6 th -15 th Centuries)

2. Timeline Preview Guido of Arezzo (991-1033) Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) The Black Death (1348-1350) King Richard I (The Lionheart) (1157-1199) and the Crusades Perotinus the Great (1160-1236) The Hundred Years War (1337-1453) Guillaume de Machaut (1300-1377)

3. How are these related?? Hercules Dux Ferrariae – c. 1486 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM4gNMXESVk The Sound of Music – 1965: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIjobdArtiA&feature=player _detailpage

4. Guido of Arezzo 991-1033

5. The Guidonian Hand… The Origin of Solfege (note “syllables”)

6. Why a hand? Lack of resources: Sheep were too valued to be used for parchment (wool clothes, milk, cheese, meat > paper) Copies were incredibly hard to make Same group of singers for every church service = lots to learn! Lack of ability: Not everyone could read, even if they had parchment. Music was not notated in any standard way = Easier to teach!

7. Even now – Curwen/Kodaly Method

8. Even now – what you know! Wavin’ Flag, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amXeJrA-wDc&ob=av3nhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amXeJrA-wDc&ob=av3n Party Rock, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIOOwhmkoLo Never Say Never Starts with MINOR solfege, chorus shifts to MAJOR solfege http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z5-P9v3F8w&ob=av2e Just find DO – “home base!”