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What are the key features of Minimalist music?

Minimalist music is a style of composition developed in the 1960s in the USA, as a rejection of the atonal style of other experimental composers of the time. The most important composers of this style were T...
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Give three ways in which music technology is used by musicians

Examples:Sequencing software: using MIDI or audio files, composers can synthesise sound on a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) to create musicDigital sound effects: synthesised sounds can be manipulated using ...
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What was the importance of harpsichord in the Baroque era?

One of the most important musical feature of the Baroque era was the use of harpsichord. Indeed, harpsichord is a keyboard instrument, which is very similar to a piano. Some of its important features are lis...
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What should we listen out for in the unheard piece in the exam?

For the unheard essay question, you must try and repeat the unknown piece to one of your set works. The question will already outline certain categories to listen out for such as melody, harmony and texture ...
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What is sonata form structure, and how is it used by Beethoven in the first movement of the 'Pathetique'?

Sonata form could be described as a larger, more complicated ternary (ABA) form. It has three sections - the exposition, the development and the recapitulation. In the exposition there are two main musical i...
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