Different Trains

LQ: What Elements does Reich do here

IWBAT:

• Use Reich’s style
• Compose a piece 30 seconds long using Reich’s style
• Record your composition and put it on you blog
• Reflect on your composition

My composition:

The instruments that we used in this piece were the Violin, Viola & Cello. The piece starts off with a Violin playing in a major key and then comes the Viola which plays an A, G, C in a low octave. The Viola overlaps with the train sounds. This piece uses ostinato (repetition). The first few bars are forte and then there is a crescendo into mezzo-forte. There is also an accelerando as the Viola enters. The train noises continue throughout the entire piece, there are male vocals every 2 bars. After 2 minutes, there is a slight ritardando. Directly after this, there is another crescendo. The piece is now fortissimo, the speed is allegretto.