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    This document provides a revision grid summarizing the key musical features of the third movement of Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint, including that it is in the minimalist style and alternates between the keys of E minor and C major in 12/8 time. It features seven pre-recorded guitars, two bass guitars, and one live guitar, and has a structure that alternates between two sections - one opening with a canon and the other with polyphonic texture. Rhythmic features include an ostinato, resultant melody, syncopation, and cross-rhythms.

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    This document provides a revision grid summarizing the key musical features of the third movement of Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint, including that it is in the minimalist style and alternates between the keys of E minor and C major in 12/8 time. It features seven pre-recorded guitars, two bass guitars, and one live guitar, and has a structure that alternates between two sections - one opening with a canon and the other with polyphonic texture. Rhythmic features include an ostinato, resultant melody, syncopation, and cross-rhythms.

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    This document provides a revision grid summarizing the key musical features of the third movement of Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint, including that it is in the minimalist style and alternates between the keys of E minor and C major in 12/8 time. It features seven pre-recorded guitars, two bass guitars, and one live guitar, and has a structure that alternates between two sections - one opening with a canon and the other with polyphonic texture. Rhythmic features include an ostinato, resultant melody, syncopation, and cross-rhythms.

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    Reich Electric Counterpoint; 3rd movement

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    REVISION GRID
    Style/Genre/Era
    Tonality
    Harmony
    Time signature and
    tempo
    Instrumentation
    Structure
    Texture

    Melody
    Rhythm

    Features of

    Minimalism
    E minor
    Modulates to C major (unrelated key)
    Alternates between these keys
    Static harmony
    Fast tempo
    12/8
    Alternates between 12/8 and 3/4; from a feeling of 4 beats in a bar to a feeling of 3 in a
    bar
    7 pre-recorded guitars
    2 pre-recorded bass guitars
    1 live guitar
    Alternates between 2 sections
    Opens with canon
    Polyphonic
    Opening: guitars 1 4 come in gradually, playing a canon; live guitar comes in with
    resultant melody; bass guitars enter; guitars 5 7 enter playing chords
    At end guitars gradually stop
    Repeated ostinato
    Resultant melody
    Note addition
    Syncopated ostinato
    Cross-rhythms
    Constant quavers (a note on every quaver beat)
    Use of ostinati
    Layering
    Static harmony

    style/genre

    Non-functional harmony
    Note addition

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