ELECTRONIC

MUSIC
 ELECTRONIC MUSIC

TRADITIONAL USE OF
MUSIC RECORDING
INSTRUMENTS MATERIALS
Vinyl Records Compact Cassettes Compact Discs
 ELECTRONIC MUSIC
- A process
of creating music using computers in
synthesizing or producing digital audio signals.

- Can
be produced or composed at slow, fast
speed, can be forwarded and rewinded.
 ELECTRONIC MUSIC
- creating
different sounds music that uses the
tape recorder is called Musique concrete or
Concrete music.
FATHER OF EDGARD VICTOR ACHILLE
ELECTRONIC
CHARLES VARESE
MUSIC
• Proponent of the word “organized
sound”
• hepioneered and created new sounds
that bordered between music and
noise.
• Addedone layer to the polyphony to
produce new form of sound.
FATHER OF EDGARD VICTOR ACHILLE
ELECTRONIC
CHARLES VARESE
MUSIC
• Hewas described as the
“Stratospheric Colossus of Sound”.
• Hismusical compositions total
around 50, with his advances in tape-
based sound proving revolutionary
during his time.
WHAT ARE SYNTHESIZED SOUNDS?
• Soundsgenerated by electronic signals of
different frequencies.
• Sounds modified by synthesizers
• Give birth to Canon
 CANON
• A musicalpiece which consists of two or
more voices of instruments that are being
played or started at different intervals.
• Example: Canon in D Major
CHANCE MUSIC
 CHANCE MUSIC
- Aleatory Music
 Latin (“alea” meaning DICE)
- Composition created by CHANCE rather than its
logical order.
- Also called “indeterministic music”
FATHER OF JOHN CAGE
INDETERMINISM
• He removed the creative process
from his composition often
relying on coin flips and dice
rolls to decide where or how to
place a certain note.
• Cagealso advocated bringing real-life
experiences into the concert hall.
FATHER OF JOHN CAGE
INDETERMINISM
• Hewas considered more of a musical
philosopher than a composer.
• Famous work: 4”33’
• 1. Came from the Latin word “alea” meaning dice.
• 2. Two or more voices of instruments that are being played or started at different
intervals.
• 3. Another term for Chance music.
• 4. The most popular canon music.
• 5. Proponent of the word “organized sound”.
• 6. The transition from traditional music instruments to the use of recording
materials.
• 7. In electronic music, sounds are modified where?
• 8. Father of Indeterminism.
• 9. Sounds generated by electronic signals of different frequencies.
• 10. A composition made by John Cage.