STEVE REICH - Electric Counterpoint
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- Created on: 16-04-14 19:31
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- STEVE REICH - Electric Counterpoint
- Minimalism Techniques
- additive and subtractive melody
- phase shifting
- metamorphosis
- layering
- ostinato
- rhythmic displacement
- augmentation
- Instrumentation
- 2 bass guitars
- 7 electric guitars
- 1 live guitar
- Time Signature
- 3/2 to 12/8 to 3/2
- Tonality
- tonal ambiguity
- bass guitars E minor on intro but actually in Aeolian mode
- Harmony
- changes to C minor in "B" section
- finishes on E5
- Dynamics
- 4 ensemble parts = mf
- other parts = diminuendo
- finishes with crescendo / riff
- Melody
- additive melody
- 2/3 notes are added until whole riff is heard
- additive melody
- Rhythm
- rhythmic layered ostinati
- phase shifted and displaced
- rhythmic layered ostinati
- Form and Structure
- 2 main sections, A+B
- A+B divided forming 4 smaller sections
- Coda
- Texture
- multi-layered texture
- short patterns/riffs /motifs/ostinati all repeated
- 4 ensemble parts play same riff all through
- texture is constant when all parts are introduced
- panning
- texture shifts
- interviewing rhythms
- texture shifts
- Minimalism Techniques
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