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Electric Counterpoint
Cards in this deck (32)
- 1What is the structure?A1,2,3,4
B
Coda - 2How can section B be identified?Key change
- 3What is the melody based on?The ostinato in guitar 1
- 4What techniques are used to build up the melody?Note edition in the live guitar
- 5What does the live guitar play after all of the guitar parts come in?The resultant melody
- 6What is the most prominent melodic interval in the bass?an octave
- 7What is the opening time signature?3
2 - 8What other time signature is used?12
8 - 9What is the technical term for two different time signatures?Polymetric
- 10What does the key seem like at the begining?E minor
- 11When does the key become clear?With the addition of the bass guitars
- 12What key does the piece modulate to in section B?C minor
It then switches between the two - 13What chords does guitar 5 play?C, Bm, E5
- 14What chords does guitar 6 play?C, D, Em
- 15What chords does guitar 7 play?C, D, Bm
- 16What happens when notes of the chords overlap?More complex chords are created
- 17How many guitars?10
- 18How many live guitars?1
- 19How many picking?4
- 20How many strumming?3
- 21How many bass guitars?2
- 22What technique is used in the bass guitars?Panning
- 23What is the overall texture?Contrapuntal
- 24How does the texture start?Monophonic
- 25What does it then move into?4 part guitar canon
- 26How do the two bass guitars come in?Using note addition
- 27What do the strummed chords add to the texture?Homophony
- 28When was the piece written?1987
- 29What style is electric counterpoint?Minimalism
- 30What was another minimalist composer?Philip glass
- 31When did minimalism begin?1960s
Because contemporary classical music was too complicated - 32What are the features of a minimalist piece?Tonal
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- GCSE Music (Mine) Flashcards on Electric Counterpoint, created by Joanna van Dyk on 10/01/2016.
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- Joanna van Dyk · Jan 2016
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