Reich Electric Counterpoint

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Reich Full Name
Steve Reich
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Which Movement Was This
3rd Movement
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Fast or Slow
Fast
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Instrumentation
7 Pre-Recorded Electric Guitars and Two Bass Guitar. Live Guitar Then Performed Along With Recorded Parts
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Structure
Ternary Form(A.B.A) but section B would be distinguished by a different texture.
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Time Signature
3/2
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Tonality
there are no chords or cadences to establish a key but the music is nothing like atonal this because the repeated notes
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Key
is mostly Eminor but reich keeps listener guessing until bar 33 this is tonal ambiguity
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Tonal Ambiguity
where the key is kept uncertain
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Modal... which mode
aeolian mode(starting on E sometimes C)
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Texture
mainly contrapuntal/polyphonic
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Minimalism
Phase Shifting, Cells,Repeated Patterns
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Phase Shifting
a certain sound pattern is played by two voices simultaneously, but one of the two is delayed.
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Cells
small rhythmic and melodic design that can be isolated, or can make up one part of a thematic context
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Composed
1987
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