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MINIMALISM

MINIMALISM. An Introduction. Minimalism In Art. DiSCUSSION: How do you feel about the different pieces of art? What words would you use to describe the style of each of the different pictures? Is this really art at all? Why/why not?. Minimalism In Music. LESSON OUTCOMES

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MINIMALISM

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  1. MINIMALISM An Introduction

  2. Minimalism In Art DiSCUSSION: How do you feel about the different pieces of art? What words would you use to describe the style of each of the different pictures? Is this really art at all? Why/why not?

  3. Minimalism In Music LESSON OUTCOMES By the end of the lesson you should be able to: • Identify or describe the features of Minimalist music. • Perform a piece of Minimalist music. • Compose a rhythmic ostinato motif and extend by using the phase shifting technique.

  4. Reading on Minimalism in Music • Began in America in the 1960’s • Three main composers are Terry Riley, Steve Reich and Philip Glass • Built on short melodic, rhythmic and harmonic patterns called motifs. • Draws on features from world music genres including African and Indonesian Gamelan music such as repetition, cyclic rhythms and polyrhythm. • Motifs are layered treated by moving them ‘out of sync’ – this is known as Phase Shifting

  5. Clapping Music Animation ( or go to site)

  6. Clapping Music Score

  7. Performing Clapping Music • Study 1st line of Score 1. Practice clapping the rhythm together as a class. • Divide into two teams. Team A plays Line 1 only. Team B does the “phase shifting”.

  8. Compose Your Own Clapping Music • Begin by composing your Motif and record it in the 1st rhythm grid

  9. Compose Your Own Clapping Music • Once you have your motif, create a pattern by displacing your motif by one beat at a time – forwards or backwards.

  10. Minimalism Recap Questions • One of the main features of minimalist music is r_______________. • A short rhythmic, melodic or harmonic pattern that is used many times as a basis for a minimalist piece is called a m_____________. • Moving a motif so that it becomes slightly out of time (or “out of sync”) and thus changing the music ever so slightly is called p________ s________. • Some minimalist composers we have learned about during this lesson are S_______________, P_______________ and T_________________.

  11. Minimalism Recap Answers • One of the main features of minimalist music is (REPETITION) • A short rhythmic, melodic or harmonic pattern that is used many times as a basis for a minimalist piece is called a (MOTIF) • Moving a motif so that it becomes slightly out of time (or “out of sync”) and thus changing the music ever so slightly is called (PHASE SHIFT) • Some minimalist composers we have learned about during this lesson are (STEVE REICH, PHILIP GLASS and TERRY RILEY)

  12. Home Work & Extension Tasks • Continue to work on Clapping music compositions in grid format. • As an extension task, you could try to notate your composition in staff notation with a 3/2 or 3/4 time signature. • Research and listen to other examples of minimalist music on Youtube.com

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