1. Understanding 20th and 21st Century Music Technology
Listen to the following recording and identify the style of this music from the following options, providing a reason for your answer;
Jazz funk
Soul/R’n’B
Indie
New Wave
Electroacoustic
Reggae
World Music
20th/21st Century Classical

2. Electroacoustic Music

3. Electroacoustic Music
Electroacoustic music is based on manipulation of acoustically-played (“unplugged”) music with Experimental Electronic (“plugged”) techniques such as loops, sampling etc.
Electro-Acoustic music thrives in more unfamiliar territory; the styles that emerge are often dictated by the technology itself
Composers of this genre will sample or ‘synthesize’ acoustic sounds to electronically replicate them, these composers tend to mutate the original timbres, sometimes to an unrecognizable state
Artists in this genre also create their own sounds (as opposed to using the pre-set sounds that come with modern synthesizers)
Electroacoustic Music

4. Electroacoustic Music
In progressive electro-acoustic music, the electronics play an equal if not greater part in the overall concept
Acoustic instruments performed in real time are usually processed through reverb, harmonizing, and so on, which adds an entirely new dimension to the player's technique
Watch a live performance of Electroacoustic music
Mario Davidovsky
Ann Dudley
Art of Noise
Peter Gregson

5. Group Questions
Can you identify the solo instrument which has been manipulated in this excerpt?
How would you describe the tonality of this piece of music? Choose from the options below;
Major Minor Atonal

6. Understanding 1.1
Homework
Create a presentation which contains the following information about electroacoustic Music (this will be presented to the class):
(At least) Three attributes (or key characteristics) of electroacoustic music
One or more technologies that are essential to this genre
A key innovator of this genre
Any pieces of music that you have listened to in class or out with class that have helped develop your understanding of this genre