MUS 121 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Electroacoustic Music, Synthesizer, House Music
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John cage early visionary music of tape music. Experimental ideas such as rhythm, melody and harmony. Musique concrete use natural sounds, music in the 60"s began to use electronically synthesized sounds. Influencing the ideas in electronic music was the idea of minimalist composition. Minimalistic music: a style of writing that uses the limited musical material. A composer known for his work in electronic and minimalistic music. With a diverse writing style, reich is said to have personally altered the history of music. Synthesizer: an electronic instrument that makes electronic sounds. They can either imitate instruments or generate timber,s often played with a keyboard. The mini-moog became the first popular synthesizer because it was. As recording technology increased, the invention of magnetic tape gave composers the ability to save and manipulate creating tape music. Tape music: style of music based around the use and manipulation of recorded sounds. These recorded sounds could be manipulated in a number of ways.
