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19 Cards in this Set
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Expressionism |
Originated from: Germany Main composer: Webern Characteristics: - Clashing sounds - Violent, disturbing, scary - Instruments played at the extremes of their range - Use of serialism |
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Impressionism |
Originated from: France Main composer: Debussy Characteristics: - Dreamy - Fluid - Shimmering sound - Use of whole tone scale
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Minimalism |
Originated from: USA Main composer: Phillip Glass Characteristics: - Uses a 'minimal' amount of musical material - Relies on repetition of cells - Layered texture - Usually 1 or 2 chords - Steady beat |
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Aleatoric Music |
Originated from: USA Main composer: John Cage Characteristics: - Random strange sounds - Graphic scores - Prepared piano |
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Electronic Music |
Originated from: Germany Main composer: Kreftwerk Characteristics: - Strange noises/sound effects - Electronic rather than acoustic - Uses sound from electric sound generators amplified through loudspeakers - Uses sounds picked up by microphones |
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Whole tone scale |
a scale made entirely from notes a whole tone a part e.g. C D E F# G# A# B |
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Prepared piano |
a piano which has had items suck as nuts, bolts, screws, pieces of rubber and plastic inserted into the strings to change the sound |
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Discord |
A chord which contains notes that clash |
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Looping |
repeating a section of music |
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Sampling |
taking a portion (or "sample") of one sound recording and reusing it in a different song or piece |
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Ostinato |
a repeated musical pattern |
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Major |
A scale that sounds "happy" |
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Minor |
A scale that sounds "sad" |
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Pentatonic |
A five-note scale |
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Chromatic |
A scale which uses every note on the piano |
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Gaphic score |
A score which the composer uses symbols, drawings, lines or patterns to indicate his intentions to the performer |
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Atonal |
music which is not in any key |
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Cells |
a small rhythmic and melodic pattern |
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Layered texture |
Uses separate "layers" of instruments. Usually one starts off, then another is added and so on |
