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Electric Counterpoint Flashcards

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What is the resultant melody?

A

The melody created as a result of all the different guitar parts being played at the same time

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Which part plays the resultant melody?

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The live guitar

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What is a motif?

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A really short fragment of music which is used throughout the piece

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What is note addition?

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Playing just a few notes of the motif, then repeating it and each time adding in some more notes until the whole motif is being played

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5
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What is an ostinato?

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A repeated pattern

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What is an ostinato also known as?

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A riff

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What is imitation?

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When one part copies what another part has played

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What is metamorphosis?

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Changing from one thing to another - such as when the melody changes as notes are added in one by one

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9
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What two keys does Electric Counterpoint use?

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E minor and C minor

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What is the technical term for changing key?

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Modulation

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11
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Electric Counterpoint doesn’t use a specific structure. How are changes between sections indicated?

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Modulations / changing key

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12
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How many guitars in total play in this piece?

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10 (1 live guitar, 7 pre recorded electric guitars, 2 bass guitars)

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What is panning?

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Sending a track to the left or right side speaker

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How are the various guitar parts separated out in order to make them easier to hear?

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Panning

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What is the texture at the very start of the piece?

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Monophonic because there is only one melody line playing

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16
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What is the texture of the majority of this piece?

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Polyphonic/contrapuntal

17
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How is the texture built up at the start of the piece?

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Parts are added in one by one

18
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What does crescendo mean?

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Getting louder

19
Q

What does p mean?

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Piano/quiet

20
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What does mf mean?

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Mezzo forte/Moderately loud

21
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What does f mean?

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Forte/loud

22
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What does ff mean?

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Fortissimo/very loud

23
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Which two key signatures is this piece in?

A

12 and 3

8 2

24
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What is rhythmic displacement?

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When a motif is repeated but starts on different beat of the bar to the original motif

25
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When the guitars start playing they all play the 1 bar melodic motif but they each start playing on a different beat of the bar. What is this technique called?

A

Rhythmic displacement

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