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3rd Movement (fast) From Electric Counterpoint Flashcards

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1
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When

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1987

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Composer

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Steve Reich

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Minimalism

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Reaction against the randomness of Aleatoric and Experimenatl music

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Structure

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Binary with a coda

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5
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SA

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All parts added, introduced by the live guitar

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SB

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Oscillation between E minor and C minor

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Coda

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Only 4 part canon and live guitar remains
Other parts have faded out
Oscillation between E minor and C minor increases in pace before settling in E minor

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Tonality

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E Aeolian

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SB Tonality

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Oscillation between E minor and C minor

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10
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Harmony

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Static harmony

No traditional cadences or strong chord progressions

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Instruments

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1 live guitar, 7 guitars, 2 bass guitar prerecorded

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12
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Texture

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Polyphonic overall
Starts with 1 instrument, gradually added until 10 parts playing
Finishes with guitars 1-4 and live guitar
4 part canon created in guitars 1-4 by Cell 1 being phase shifted

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Dynamics

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Generally mf with occasional diminuendos and fade outs for recorded guitars
Live guitar in more varied, overall louder than the other parts
Live guitar generally fades out after handing idea over to other guitar parts

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14
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Melody

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Made out of cells that are repeated and layered

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Cells

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A melodic idea

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16
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Cell 1

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12 quaver idea with rests on the 3rd, 8th and 12th quaver beats

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Cell 2

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Bass guitar, addition, 2 interlocking parts

The 2 parts hocket to create the bass part overall

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Cell 3

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3 descending chords, VIc Vc I spread over 2 bars

Addition to grow into full idea

19
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Resultant melody

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A tune which is created as a result of polyphonic parts
Visually hidden amongst the parts, ear hears in when polyphony is played
Played by live guitar

20
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Metre

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3/2

Bi metre is used with 12/8 and 3/2

21
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Rhythms

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Cell 1, quaver, syncopation
Cell 2, quavers, rests
Cell 3, longer note values, between 3 and 6 quavers
Phase shifting of cell 1, rhythmic displacement

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