MUS 114 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Alvin Lucier, Legato
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Alvin lucier: the exploration of the house (2005) Short notes played with silence in between. Slowly starts to get drawn out more. Electronically altered: becomes more electronic-like, starts to not sound like notes, transformed into echoing sounds. 1:56 changes back to orchestral fast paced; lively; bouncy: once again drawn out fading effect; can still distinguish what the notes sound like, until 3:09, sounds like chimes; electronically altered, high pitched echoing sounds. 5:40 back to orchestral music: slower paced, connected, happier, legato, slowed down, echoing. 10:12 back to orchestral music flute melody with strings in the background fast-paced; overlapping melodies played in rounds: slowed down once again until unrecognizable. 17:55 orchestral music lighter and flowing: slows down, high pitched. 21:27 orchestral music: more upbeat, faster, sounds like an ending with one note repeated 3 times for emphasis. Alvin lucier: i am sitting in a room (cid:862)i a(cid:373) sitti(cid:374)g i(cid:374) a roo(cid:373), different from the one you are in now.
