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1.- Technical data of "Scarborough Fair": place, date and authorship:
Option 1
England, S.XII, Ewan MacColl.
Option 2
England, S.XIX, Anonymous.
Option 3
England, S.XII, Anonymous.
Correct Option
2.- The title of the song refers to:
to the Scarborough Fair, which in medieval times was one of the largest commercial landmarks in all of England.
to the Scarborough Fair, which in the Rennainssance was one of the largest commercial landmarks in all of England.
to the Scarborough Fair, which in medieval times was one of the largest commercial landmarks in all of France.
3.- The popular melody was collected in 1947 by:
Mark Anderson (English folk singer-songwriter) by Ewan MacColl (1874–1953), a retired miner.
Ewan MacColl (English folk singer-songwriter) by Mark Anderson (1874–1953), a retired miner.
Mark Anderson (1874–1953), a retired miner.
4.- It is composed in the medieval mode...
Doric mode, typical of medieval English music.
Lidio mode, typical of medieval English music.
Jonic mode, typical of medieval English music.
5.- The text of the song is about:
two boys.
a boy who was abandoned by his girlfriend.
a girl who was abandoned by his boyfriend.
6. It is a song very versioned by multiple artists and groups in the twentieth century:
the best known being the version of the folk rock duo of the 80s Simon & Garfunkel "Romeiro ao lonxe".
the best known being the version of the folk rock duo of the 60s Bonnie & Clyde.
the best known being the version of the folk rock duo of the 60s Simon & Garfunkel. The Galician folk group Luar na Lubre also performed their version entitled "Romeiro ao lonxe".
7.- The song's time signature is:
binary rhythm, 2/4.
ternary rhythm, 3/4.
quaternary rhythm, 4/4.
8.- The range of notes between the lowest and highest notes of the melody in voice 1 in our musical arrangement is:
from RE to RE’ (8ª).
from RE to FA’ (10ª).
from RE to DO’ (7ª).
9.- The main key of our musical arrangement is:
G Major, 1 flat (Sib) & last chord (G).
C Major, last chord (C).
D minor, 1 flat (Sib) & last chord (Dm).
10.- Listen to the following version (in the public domain) and choose the musical genre in which it is inspired:
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Funk, a rhythmic and danceable African-American musical genre that fuses soul, jazz and R&B, reduces the prominence of melody and harmony by gaining great weight on the electric bass line.
Bossa nova, a musical genre of Brazilian popular music derived from samba and with a strong jazz influence.
Ragtime, an American musical genre characterized by a syncopated melody on a bass with a very marked pulse.
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