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Minimalism and Contemporary Music
Minimalism and Contemporary Music
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Quiz based on Howard Goodall video... spare lesson/beginning lesson.
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Who is was described as the most influential minimalist composer in the video?
Terry Riley
Philip Glass
John Adams
Steve Reich
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Which pop artist took inspiration from Reich and Glass?
Freddie Mercury
Ringo Starr
David Bowie
ABBA
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Contemporary pop and contemporary classical music of the 1960s gave way to what musical style?
Dance music
Minimalism
Pop music
Folk music
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Who was considered the “Godfather of Sampling”
David Bowie
Steve Reich
Philip Glass
John Lennon
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What is an ostinato?
Where the notes are displaced over time
When the music gets louder over time
A repeated musical pattern, a cell that repeats is an ostinato
When the music gets quieter over time
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What is phasing?
Where notes are added
When notes are taken away
A repeated musical pattern
The process in which one cell is gradually moved out of sync
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In what decade did minimalism first emerge?
1970s
2000s
1980s
1960s
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Poll: In your own opinion, is the advancement of technology getting out of control?
Yes
No
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What has helped draw classical music and popular/contemporary music together?
Having a car
The Internet
Advances in Music Technology
Being able to travel and get about easier
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What is a Cell?
Where the music is locked up forever!
Where the note is displaced over time
A group of repeated notes, much like a motif in classical or a loop in EDM
How the music is structured
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What does the term contemporary mean?
Existing at the same time, music that is new and now!
It's music from the past
Different genres and styles combined together
It's music that has a certain feel to it
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Which composers spearheaded the new minimalism style of music?
Freddie Mercury, John Deacon, Brian May, Roger Taylor
Terry Riley, Philip Glass, John Adams and Steve Reich
Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison
Agnetha Fältskog,Björn Ulvaeus,Benny Anderson, Anni Lyngstad
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Where did Steve Reich get his inspiration?
Gamelan and African music
The Beatles
Michael Jackson
Folk Music
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The Radiohead album and song ‘Kid A’ uses a vocoder/voice processor to represent what?
A robot
His own feelings
A cat
Distressed cries of a human clone
