course work

1 . thoughtfully define MINIMALISM in your own words and provide a musical example that illustrates the meaning of this term . Be sure to explain why the musical example embodies the meaning of this term

-Minimalism is a style of modern music which focuses on using simple patterns , sonorities , and rhythms . It is very repetitious and contains little or no embellishment or complexity . And , it also has a redundant pulsing sound to it . An example of such music is La Monte Young 's The Well Tuned Piano because it has a very strict mathematical

simplicity and a redundant pulsing sound

2 . thoughtfully define ETUDE in your own words and provide a musical example that illustrates the meaning of this term . Be sure to explain why the musical example embodies the meaning of this term

-This is a piece of music which is intended to show and practice a musical technique . It is both meant to be aesthetically pleasing and show a technique or technical problem . Etudes Op . 10 by Chopin are some of the greatest examples of etudes because of their complexity and extremely difficult technique which are very hard to master and not truly meant for performance

3 . thoughtfully define IMPRESSIONISM in your own words and provide a musical example that illustrates the meaning of this term . Be sure to explain why the musical example embodies the meaning of this term

-It originated in the late 19th and early 20th centuries . It uses nebulous harmonies and rhythm...