Music Area Study 2 - Electric Counterpoint 2.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? MusicSteve ReichGCSEEdexcel Created by: KatieCreated on: 04-04-13 23:59 Minimalism Early 20th century Found in all arts Based on very simple ideas Stripped down to essentials Uses limited materials in new ways Usually one musical idea repeated many times Slow, gradual, building up changes as its repeated Developed in America in 1960s particually New York and San Francisco New musical technology editing sounds creating loops Polyrhythms and complex cross rhythms derived from African music 1 of 4 Electric Counterpoint Background Written by Steve Reich from New York studied philosophy, composition, african drumming and gamelan Written in 1987 Composed for a soloist with the repetitive backing track 3rd of 4 movements fast, slow, fast Written for jazz guitarist Pat Metheny Pre-recording - 7 guitars and 2 bases Live solo guitar on top 2 of 4 Electric Counterpoint First performance in 1987 First theme influenced by African music Written an octave above how it sounds Ternary form - A B A Minimalistic Tonal piece- G major key tonal ambiguity uncertainty static harmony no chord progressions no cadences no established key Little instrumental variety Constructed in gradual layers Canonic ostinatos 3 of 4 Electric Counterpoint Features Diatonic Hexatonic Clear cell Ostinato Syncopation Fragmentation Canon Note addition Metrical displacement Resultant melody Gentle dissonance Octave leaps Cross rhythms Contrary motion Falling/rising pattern 4 of 4
GCSE Music Area of Study 2 - Reich: 3rd Movement (Fast) from Electric Counterpoint 5.0 / 5 based on 14 ratings
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