Reich Section B answers

• Melodies are made up of a continuously repeating cells 
• They are looped to make ostinatis
• Their are interlocking melodies
• The motif is introduced by the live guitar and the top four guitar parts at different times forming a canon
• The motifs metamorphis through note addition
• The live guitar plays the resultant melody 

• Tonality is ambiguous until bar 32 when it is clearly defined as E minor
• Reich makes further use of tonal ambiguity by frequent changes between E minor and C minor
• These key change happen more regularly as the piece builds up 
• Piece can also be called modal due to the absence of D#

• Mailnly Contrapuntal which is built up in layers
• Two canons going on at the same time make the polyphony more complex and interesting
• Once all the parts have been introduced, the texture is quite constant but due to use of panning and interweaving rhythms, the texture always seems to be shifting
• The texture thins out towards the end of the piece as guitars 5-7 and the basses fade out
• Order of build up

-Guitar 1, then live guitar

-Guitars 2-4

-Bass guitars 1-2

-Guitars 5-7

• Two main sections, followed by a coda
• Could be described as Ternary Form
• The main sections are divided into 4 smaller sections
• The sections are defined by changes in key and texture

• Changes in metre between 3/2 and 12/8 in Section B
• It is Rhythmically Complex with much repitition
• Their is rhythmic counterpoint 
• Their is metrical displacement