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18 Cards in this Set
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Who performed this piece? |
Pat Metheny |
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How many guitars are played in this piece? |
1 live guitar; 7 electric guitars; 2 bass guitars |
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What style is this piece in? |
Minimilism |
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What structure does the piece follow? |
Loose binary structure (A, B, Coda) |
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Which key does the piece start in? |
E modal minor |
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Which key does the piece alternate to? |
C minor |
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What features are in the 'A' section? |
Hexatonic ostinato, gradual addition of layers |
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What features are in the 'B' section? |
Regular key changes and metre changes |
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What metre does the piece start in? |
3/2 |
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How does the metre change? |
12/8 at many points during the B section for all except guitar 1-4, then back to 3/2 a few bars later. |
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What part is played by guitars 1-4? |
Principle ostinato |
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What part is played by guitars 5-7? |
Strumming chords |
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What part is played by the bass guitar? |
Bass ostinato |
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What is a resultant melody? |
A melody emerging from different melodies playing at the same time or recombined |
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What is metric displacement? |
Playing the same sequence of notes among many parts, but starting a different points |
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What is phase shifting? |
When two or more versions of the same melody are playing at different speeds, with the parts gradually coming back in sync. |
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What is metamorphosis? |
A gradual change from one musical idea to another, by changing one note at a time |
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How is tonal ambiguity used in the piece? |
Keeping the key uncertain, using the G Major scale with E as the root note |
