Electric Counterpoint, Riech

Question 1

what does the name of this piece mean

Answer 1

Electric(Electric guitars),Counterpoint(Means polyphonic texture) AKA guitars polyphonic

Question 2

What is the genre of this piece

Answer 2

minamilism

Question 3

name some features of minimalism

Answer 3

addition,displacment,repition and layering

Question 4

when was this piece written

Answer 4

1987

Question 5

what is the structure

Answer 5

A,B + coda

Question 6

what is the texture

Answer 6

It in monophonic at the start, then builds (layering) to become polyphonic, panning used (played through left and right speakers)

Question 7

what is the melody

Answer 7

Additive melody, parts added on the the bass part, Made up of short, repeating patterns (ostinatos), layering, multi tracking, resultant melody

Question 8

What are the dynamics

Answer 8

fairly consistent, only the live part has crescendos and diminuendos, crescendos toward final chord

Question 9

what is the tonality

Answer 9

modal, section A suggests it is in Em (doesn’t contain all notes of scale), Sect B suggests it is in Cm

Question 10

What is the instrumentation

Answer 10

instruments
7 electric guitars
2 bass guitars
Solo guitar part (who plays along with a multi-track
recording of the other parts)

Question 11

What is the rythm

Answer 11

Two time signatures at the same time,3/2 and one 12/8.

Crotchet = 192