Electric Counterpoint - Steve Reich - Revision
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- Created on: 01-04-13 13:01
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- Electric Counterpoint - Reich
- Texture
- The first section has a sparse texture with only one guitar
- There are then 5 layered textures which are built up
- The parts are imitative and they build up to make a four part canon and a resultant melody
- The texture is mostly contrapuntal / polyphonic
- A total of 10 different parts being played
- Rhythm and Metre
- Rhythmic development in this piece is just as important as melodic development
- 3/2 but changes to 12/8 and then back to 3/2
- Frequent syncopation and rhythmic counterpoints
- The interplay of the bass parts adds rhythmic interest
- Tonality and Harmony
- The piece uses the Aeolian mode of E
- There is much tonal ambiguity and the key is not made clear until close to the end
- Bass defines the key as E minor but there are frequent changes
- Diatonic harmonies and hexatonic scales used
- Melody
- Many resultant melodies created
- Main motif is looped
- Motifs grow by note addition
- Interlocking melodies
- The strumming is the second idea, and is a complete contrast to the first section
- Structure
- Section A and section B
- The structure seems to get built up just from the texture being changed
- Music Technology
- Tape, Overdubbing, Pre-recording mixed with live players
- Panning makes the guitar sound like they are playing different tunes, but in fact they are just coming out of different speakers
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- Texture
- Panning makes the guitar sound like they are playing different tunes, but in fact they are just coming out of different speakers
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