20th century Flashcards
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key aspects of 20th century
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- experimental and exploration
- melodies with wide leaps, chromaticism, short and spiky phrases
- harmonies with dissonances and note clusters
- vigorous rhythms and dynamics, unusual time meters
- often unfamiliar sounding instruments, use of mutes, percussion
2
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impressionism
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- gives an impression of a scene rather than sounding ‘real’
- 9th chords, discords, whole tone scales
- vague
3
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jazz influences
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- composers influenced by american jazz so would include jazz features such as syncopation and syncopated melodies above steady beat, blues notes, mutes
4
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atonality
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- total absence of tonality (no key)
- makes use of all twelve notes of the chromatic scale
- tuneless and dissonant
5
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bitonality/polytonality
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- use of two or more key signatures at the same time
- used in early 20th century music
6
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serialism
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- 12 notes of chromatic scale organised into note or tone row
- every note of equal importance
- row can be transposed, inverted or played in retrograde
- not major or minor
7
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neo-classicism
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- return to styles of earlier periods eg concerto grosso/fugue
- modernised by combining dissonant, total and atonal harmonies
- smaller orchestras
8
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music concrete
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- natural sounds used
- can be recorded and then transformed by electronic means eg played backwards
9
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minimalism
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- simple rhythmic and melodic figures which can constantly repeated with very slight changes each time
10
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soul music
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- a style of afro american popular music including elements of blues and gospel and conveying strong emotions
11
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jazz funk
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- combines jazz improvisation, solos and riffs and funk, soul and R&B music
12
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contemporary
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- umbrella term for all kinds of jazz music now being played aswell as jazz music of the 80s, 90s and 00s
13
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electronic dance music (EDM)
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- form of music produced by music creators using various electronic musical instruments and computers
- clubbing music
