Steve Reich - Electric Counterpoint Flashcards by Imogen Beddoe | Brainscape

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Instrumentation

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7 guitars, 2 bass, one line guitar

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Dynamics

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Starts mf/f

As instruments come in they fade in & out

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Structure

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AB coda
Key changes
Metre change 3/2 –> 12/8

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Tempo

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Crotchet - 192

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Rhythm

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Syncopation

Cross rhythms

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Melody

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Uses a lot of note addition

Melodic counterpoint

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Harmony

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E minor power chords

Ambiguous fral

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Texture

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Polyphonic

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Tonality

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Minor E –> C –> E

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