Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint - revision flashcards 0.0 / 5 ? MusicSteve ReichGCSEEdexcel Created by: emilybodenhamCreated on: 17-01-16 11:28 What is the style of this music? Minimalist 1 of 27 Give four techniques commonly used in this style of music: Note addition, note subtraction, augmentation, phase shifting 2 of 27 What instruments are used in this piece? 7 electric guitars, 2 bass guitars and 1 acoustic live guitar 3 of 27 When was the piece written? 1987 4 of 27 Who was the piece written for? Pat Metheny 5 of 27 What metre do the ensemble parts play in? 3/2 6 of 27 What is looping? Repeating a section of recorded sound 7 of 27 What is the melody made up of? Ostinatos 8 of 27 What metres does the live guitar play in? 3/2 and 12/8 occasionally 9 of 27 Why do the two metres fit together? They can both be divided into 12 quavers per bar 10 of 27 How are harmonies created? The ostinatos build up slowly and are layered 11 of 27 How does guitar 3's introductory part build up and in what bars does it do so? Note addition, from bars 10 - 15, the whole riff isn't played until bar 15 12 of 27 Where does canoning occur? When four ensemble parts play the same riff at different times 13 of 27 What is the texture of this piece? Polyphonic (two or more independent parts playing at the same time)/ contrapuntal 14 of 27 What is the form of this piece? Binary form (AB) 15 of 27 What is the tonality of this piece? It is modal 16 of 27 What is the key of the first section? Unclear at first then develops into E minor 17 of 27 What are the keys in the second section? C minor and E minor - the music changes more frequently after halfway the key changes to C minor 18 of 27 Why does the music sound hypnotic? There are many repeated loops 19 of 27 Give an example of when the live guitar plays in 12/8 showing obvious polyphony: Bars 82 - 85. The other parts remain in 3/2 20 of 27 What is muti-tracking? Having multiple different tracks playing (commonly in software) 21 of 27 What is overdubbing? Adding tracks to a recording over the top 22 of 27 What are canons? When instruments play the same riff over each other at different times 23 of 27 Why doesn't the timbre change much? The instruments all blend together and the piece only contains guitars 24 of 27 What makes the polyphony complex and interesting? The two canons going on at the same time 25 of 27 What are the dynamics like in the piece? There are lots of changes - mainly for the solo part that fades in and out 26 of 27 What is the dynamic marking of the four ensemble parts playing the same riff? mf (mezzo forte), moderately loud 27 of 27
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