Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Electric Counterpoint -
Steve Reich
- Background: 1987;
minimalism
- Dynamics: mezzo-forte to begin;
no dramatic changes, parts fade in
and out.
- Rhythm and metre: 3/2;
rhythmic displacement; 192
crotchet bpm.
- Structure: ambiguous;
binary with a coda or
ternary.
- Melody: made up of ostinati. Ostinati
1: hexatonic; disjunct; syncopation.
Live guitar: note addition; resultant
melody. Ostinati 2: octave leaps.
- Instruments: 1 live guitar; 7
pre-recorded guitars; 2 pre-recorded
bass. Guitars 5,6 and 7 are
strummed, all other guitar parts are
picked.
- Tonality: ambiguous; beginning is G
major; bass guitars hint E minor.
- Texture: monophonic opening;
layered texture leads to 4-part canon;
polyphonic (counterpoint) for most of
piece; 4-part canon for final sections.
- Harmony: consonant harmony.
Guitar 5 chords: C Bm E. Guitar 6
chords: C D Em. Guitar 7 chords: C
D Bm.
- Musical features: note addition; note
subtraction; layering; rhythmic
displacement.