Steve Reich - 'Drumming' mvt. III
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@benzackry I think you might be able to get the sheet music through Boosey & Hawkes
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great piece played by great musicians.
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@dmvc2008 But it does have discernible harmonic patterns, with the shifting phases of the glockenspiels and piccolo playing (clearly heard at around 5:20. It owes a lot in form to gamelan (and I think Carl Orff's "Street Song").
This is a magnificent piece and really needs to be heard in its entirety, all 4 movements. Theis video's audio is good, but the mix in the studio recording is what's need.
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Steve Reich... more like Steve KIKE amirite?
Seriously though, he's a fucken genius.
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@DrOli Fits in to the same category as Art and tbh personal preference to living
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I agree with dmvc2008.
Been a guitarist since 1969. Jazz, progressive, classical is best.
Rock was great, but has become nothing more than a head banging G-chord of modern times.
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"rock and roll" "music with...substance". Er - no. Contradiction in terms really.
THIS is music with substance, with nuance, with soul. To the pinkpoop person - expand your horizons and LISTEN. No, it does not have a clearly discernable melody and No, it does not use a standard blues chord progression with a nice little hook your brain will retain. Try listening without expectations and let this man's music take you somewhere.
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Is that all you can come up with? I suppose you validate my opinion.



If you crawled out of your parents' basement once in a while, you'd learn that many, if not most, Steve Reich fans out there are also big fans of rock music, and hip hop, too.
This might also come as a surprise for someone who clearly doesn't get out much, but there are plenty of people out there who deride your beloved rock music for lacking substance. I'm not one of them, but I think it demonstrates what an astonishingly stupid accusation that is.
schmetterlink 2 years ago 9
where are the other movements to this piece, all I can find is this and part 1. Part 2 is my favorite.
JosephGlaser 2 years ago 5