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Steve Reich- Electric Counterpoint Flashcards

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1
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Date and genre

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1987

Minimalism

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The melodies are made up of…

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Cells/ motifs which are repeated and played on top of each other

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Melody: The live guitar plays ….

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The resultant melody which is the melody that come about when different melodies are played at the same time

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Melody: Motifs grow slowly through….

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Note addition

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Melody: a new melodic idea is introduced using…

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Strummed chords

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The harmony is…

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Diatonic and uses the aeolian mode

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Tonality: the tonality at the beginning is…

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Ambiguous

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Bar 33 defines the key as….

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E minor

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Tonality: the tonality changes between…

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E minor and C minor

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10
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Tonality: the music can be regarded as…

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Modal

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Tonality: chord sequences are introduce which are…

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C Bm E5, C D Em and C D Bm

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12
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The texture is…

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Contrapuntal

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Texture: it is … at the beginning

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Monophonic

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Structure: the sections are divided by…

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Changes in key and texture

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Why could it be considered ternary form?

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Ends with a coda which returns the first motif

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Rhythm: the metre changes from…

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3/2 to 12/8 in the B section

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Rhythmically complex with…

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Much syncopation

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Melody (5)

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Melody made up of motif with are repeated and layered on top of each other
The motifs grow through note addition
The live guitar plays the resultant melody
There is a 4 part guitar canon
A new melodic idea is introduced using strummed chords

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Tonality (4)

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The tonality at the beginning is ambiguous until bar 33 when it is defined as Em minor
There are frequent changes between Eminor and Cminor
It can be regarded as modal
Chord sequences are introduce - C Bm E5m, C D Em, C D Bm

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Texture (4)

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The texture is contrapuntal
Built up in layers starting monophonic at the beginning
Use of interlocking/ interweaving rhythms
Texture thins out at the end of the piece

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Structure (3)

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2 main section with each divided into 4 smaller sections
The sections are defined by the changes in key and texture
Could be considered as ternary form as it ends with a coda which returns to the original key and first motif

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Rhythm (4)

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Changes in metre between 3/2 and 12/8
Rhythmically complex with much syncspation
Rhythmic counterpoint
Displaced accents

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