Minimalist music is a form of Western art music that developed when?
In the 1960s and 1970s
In the 1860s and 1870s
In the 1660s and 1630s
Minimalist composers took the music back to its basics of what?
Pitch and rhythm
Traditional folk music
The Romantic period
Minimalist composers constructed their music from simple rhythmic or note patterns referred to as what?
Concertos
Cells
Art
When cells are repeated they are referred to as what?
Notes
Loops
Bars
In C by Terry Riley is made up of how many cells?
53
51
12
Which composer wrote a piece based on clapping?
Steve Reich
Terry Riley
John Adams
Clapping Music is based on which rhythm?
The Indian Bell rhythm
The African Bell rhythm
The Scottish Bell rhythm
What is phase shifting?
When all parts play the same phrase in unison
When the phrases move out of sync with one another
When the music only includes clapping
In Shaker Loops by John Adams, which technique is used to represent rippling water?
Tremolo
Pizzicato
Staccato
Which applications of music technology today can help replicate the techniques of minimalist composers?
Multi-tracking
Synthesis
Mixing