Study Examples

Minimalism

Steve Reich. Piano Phase. Focus only on measures 1-15 (PDF file YouTube audio). Study questions to answer (on the score or a separate sheet of paper):

1. What is the name of the technique being used in this piece?
2. What is the scale/mode of this piece?
3. Which part is moving and which part is stable? What is the pattern of motion for the moving part?
4. Which measure (other than 1, 2, 14, and 15) has the most unison intervals?
5. Write in all of the resultant intervals for measures 8, 9, and 10. Which kind of intervals predominate in each of the three measures?