Area of Study 2

Steve Reich – Electric Counterpoint

Minimalism

3/2 time signature (some 12/8 later on)

Phase shifting

Pat Metheny – played and recorded all tracks

Live guitar plays the resultant melody (melody resulting from 4-part canon)

Tonality: E minor, some is in C minor (really modal because lack of D#)

2 bass guitars, 7 recorded guitars, 1 live guitar (3rd movement)

Cells, note addition, note subtraction, panning (bass guitars), ostinato, loops,

SCHOENBERG: PERIPETIE (Changes)

Expressionism/expressionist

Atonal (not serial)

Hexachords

Polyphonic

Haupstimme (principal voice/melody)

Nebenstimme (secondary voice/melody)

Klangfarbenmelodie (tone colour melody – passed around the orchestra)

BERNSTEIN: SOMETHING’S COMING

Song from a Musical

Cross rhythms

Syncopation

Diabolus in musica (Devil’s interval – tritone)

Fast tempo

Rests/cross rhythms/accented notes/off beats