Bach's compositions made strong use of counterpoint, or playing one melodic line against another, with both melodic lines being given equal value and dominance

Read the description of the Polish wedding procession while listening to the accompanying music (“Wedding Procession”) and following the Active Listening guide. List the three important themes from ethnomusicology described in Worlds of Music and tell how each is illustrated in the brief sketch (and music) of this particular ritual event

What will be an ideal response?

Beneath each of the following melodies, write the type of scale or mode that is used. Following your answer, write the names of the notes that form the scale or mode. (For example, if the mode were C Ionian, you would write C-D-E-F-G-A-B-C.) In each melody, you may consider the last note to be the “tonic.”