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Music Evolution
Yr 10 and 11 GCSE Music
Today’s Aims
Define Music Evolution
Understand and describe specific styles of
music within Music Evolution Atonal Music
Serialism
Minimalism
Aleatoric Music
Club Dance Music/Electronic Music
What is Music Evolution ?
Listening to the following short piece of
music - Q. what period in musical history
do you think they come from?
 A. Music in the 20th Century = Music
Evolution
Music Evolution
Music in 20th Century – over 100 years of
music – broken down into 5 sections
Atonal Music
Serialism
Minimalism
Aleatoric Music
Club Dance Music/Electronic Music
Atonal Music
Listen to this first piece of traditional
‘classical’ piece of music – take note of the
instruments, types of chords, elements of
music used.
Now listen to this second piece of music –
what’s different from the 1st piece?
Try and list all the main features of the music
Atonal Music and Serialism
 The break up of tonal music – Music without a key!
 Complex Rhythms
 Changing time signatures
 No home key/tonal centre
 Chromatic
 Huge leaps
 Dissonances
 Instruments playing in extreme ranges
 Schoenburg
 Serialism – a new way of organising the break up of
tonality (we go into detail later)
 Schoenburg/Webern
Aleatoric ? – Things get a little odd!
Whats happened to the music in this
piece? – has everyone gone mad!
Experimental
New performances techniques developed
John Cage
Stockhausen
Penderecki
Minimalism?
Listen to the next piece of music – again
try and list all the features of the music.
How is it different?
Minimalism features
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Repetitive rhythms and phrases
Use of melodic cells (rather than melodies)
Slow and gradual changes in harmony
Adding or removing notes to bring about a gradual change
Lack of modulation (no key changes)
Modal/diatonic chords
No changes in Tempo
Polyrhythmic textures
Use of pre-recorded tape/ and or electronic instruments
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Terry Riley
Steve Reich
Philip Glass
John Adams
Club Dance/Electronic music
 Listening to the following piece of music – list the
instruments and features of the music
Loop
Midi (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
Sampler
Sequencer
Drum Machine
Original music – changed/manipulated in some way by
technology
Bass and drum driven