3rd Movement from Electric Counterpoint by Steve Reich
Electric Counterpoint is a piece written by Steve Reich in 1987. The third movement is 'Fast' and is the last movement in the piece. The entire piece is played by one guitarist, Pat Metheny, who used multi-tracking to record the following lines:
Electric Guitars 1-4 Principal ostinato, played out of phase with itself
Bass Guitars 1 & 2 Bass ostinato, played out of phase and panned in opposite directions
Electric Guitars 5-7 Strummed chords
Live Electric Guitar - uses ideas from any of the electric guitar lines, sometimes creating resultant melodies.
Take the time and listen to Electric Counterpoint below. As you listen to it, try to focus on the small cells that make up the piece. Try to listen to each instrumental layer as they phase in and out of time with each other. The piece is 4 mins 30 secs long.
Electric Guitars 1-4 Principal ostinato, played out of phase with itself
Bass Guitars 1 & 2 Bass ostinato, played out of phase and panned in opposite directions
Electric Guitars 5-7 Strummed chords
Live Electric Guitar - uses ideas from any of the electric guitar lines, sometimes creating resultant melodies.
Take the time and listen to Electric Counterpoint below. As you listen to it, try to focus on the small cells that make up the piece. Try to listen to each instrumental layer as they phase in and out of time with each other. The piece is 4 mins 30 secs long.
