Listen to this excerpt of the gamelan piece “Playon Lasem”.
Write down the complete pitch collection. One octave is sufficient: do not indicate repetitions in different registers.
For reference, the two pitches you hear in the first ~13 seconds are A-flat and B-flat.
Which pitch(es) do you hear as potential tonic(s)? Why?
Given your tonic, what mode is this piece in?
Listen to On the Run from Dark Side of the Moon.
Write down the 8-note repeating pitch sequence that underlines the song.
Take heart—it’s fast.
It wil be easier if you split it mentally into two 4-note gestures.
The pitches are clearest near the beginning and around 1:05 and 1:30.
What mode is it?