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Music 824: Examination


Answer the following questions. Ask for help if you cannot locate an appropriate file.

  1. What does the following mean?

    !!!TRN: Wapnick, Caroline

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  2. In Humdrum, what does the following mean? (N.B. This is a trick question.)

    4g#

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  3. How many measures are there in the first movement of Vivaldi's Opus 8, No. 2 violin concerto (refer to file: Scores/Vivaldi/op8.seasons/op8n02a.krn). N.B. You may wish to provide more than one answer.

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  4. In the two-part Inventions by Bach, what is the most common harmonic interval that precedes an octave?

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  5. In the Bach chorale harmonizations, ii-V is a common progression. What chord does Bach most favor prior to the ii chord in this progression?

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  6. What does the following command do?

    COMMAND: extract -i '**kern' inputfile | census -k | grep 'ow'

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  7. What does the following command do?

    COMMAND: grep '!!!OTL:' * | sort | uniq -d

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  8. What does the following command do?

    COMMAND: extract -i '**silbe' * | text | context -b '[A-Z]' | rid -GLId | sort | uniq -c | sort -n

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  9. What does the following command do?

    A predefined file "template" contains:

    P5
    P5

    COMMAND: hint -c inven02.krn | patt -s = -f template

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  10. The following command is intended to identify augmented and diminished melodic intervals. Identify as many assumptions as you can that the musicologist has made in using this command.

    COMMAND: mint -a inputfile | grep -n '^[Ad]'

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