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Steve Reich 'Electric Counterpoint' - third movement (TONALITY…
Steve Reich
'Electric Counterpoint' - third movement
MELODY
one bar ostinato
w/ some
note addition
parts 1 to 4
play in
canon
the
live guitar
plays the
resultant melody
TONALITY
diatonic
no cadences
uses
E minor
&
C minor
w/ the
relative majors
(G & Eb)
hexatonic scale
(six notes per bar)
TEXTURE
starts monophonic
polyphonic
when
7 pre-recorded guitars
&
2 pre-recorded basses
enter
ends
on a
homophonic chord
STUCTURE
in
three layers
syncopated quaver motif
in the
live guitar
&
top 4 parts
2.
syncopated quaver motif
in the
basses
based
around
three chords
layers
2
&
3
fade out
to
nothing
RHYTHM, METRE & TEMPO
metre is in
3/2
its
polymetre
as it
alternates from 3/2
&
12/8
tempo is
192
beats per minute
DYNAMICS
overall dynamics
remain constant
w/
parts 1 to 4 fading out to nothing
INSTRUMENTATON
for
1 live guitar
which is
amplified
7 pre-recorded guitars
2 pre-recorded bass guitars