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1. What is 'Total Serialism'?
The use of series for aspects such as duration, dynamics, and timbre as well as pitch
TV series
Cereal
2. What is 'Microtonality'?
The use of intervals smaller than the conventional semitone
Small tones
Microphone
3. What is 'Spectralism'?
A compositional technique based on the computer analysis of the quality of timbre
Ghosts
Spectrum
4. What is 'Stochastic Music'?
Music composed using probability theory and statistical processes
Stock market
Chaos
5. What is 'Isorhythm'?
A musical technique using a repeating rhythmic pattern (talea) and a repeating melodic pattern (color) of different lengths
Rhythm game
Isolation
6. What is 'Klangfarbenmelodie'?
Sound-color melody; splitting a musical line or melody between several instruments
German song
Painting
7. What is 'Extended Technique'?
Unconventional methods of singing or playing musical instruments to obtain unusual sounds
Stretching
Overtime
8. What is 'Prepared Piano'?
A piano that has had its sound altered by placing objects between or on the strings
Tuned piano
Cooking
9. What is 'Indeterminacy'?
A composition approach where the composer leaves certain aspects of the music unspecified
Decision making
Terminator
10. What is the 'Golden Ratio' in music?
A mathematical ratio (approx 1.618) often found in the structural proportions of compositions
Gold bars
Rich music
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