Loop (music)In music, a loop is a repeating section of sound material. Short sections, such as one or two bars of music can be repeated to create ostinato patterns. Longer sections can also be repeated: for example, a player might loop what they play on an entire verse of a song in order to then play along with it, accompanying themselves.
Éliane RadigueÉliane Louise Thérèse Radigue (January 24, 1932 – February 23, 2026) was a French composer. She began working in the 1950s and her first compositions were presented in the late 1960s. Until 2000, her work was almost exclusively created with the ARP 2500modular synthesizer and tape. Beginning in 2001, she composed mainly for acoustic instruments. BackgroundRadigue was born in Paris on January 24, 1932, to Germaine Radigue (née Lubain) and Clément Radigue, a shopkeeper.
MusicMusic is the arrangement of sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, or otherwise expressive content. Music is generally agreed to be a cultural universal that is present in all human societies. Definitions of music vary widely in substance and approach. While scholars agree that music is defined by a small number of specific elements, there is no consensus as to what these necessary elements are.
Tape recorderAn audio tape recorder, also known as a tape deck, tape player,tape machine, or simply a tape recorder, is a sound recording and reproduction device that records and plays back sounds usually using magnetic tape for storage. In its present-day form, it records a fluctuating signal by moving the tape across a tape head that polarizes the magnetic domains in the tape in proportion to the audio signal.
Pierre SchaefferPierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (English pronunciation:, French pronunciation:; 14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995) was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC).
RhythmRhythm (from Greekῥυθμός, rhythmos, "any regular recurring motion, symmetry") generally means a "movement marked by the regulated succession of strong and weak elements, or of opposite or different conditions".
SoundDrum cadences performed by the United States Navy BandProblems playing this file? See .Sound is a phenomenon in which pressure disturbances propagate through an elasticmaterialmedium. In the context of physics, it is characterised as a mechanical wave of pressure or related quantities (e.g. displacement), whereas in physiological-psychological contexts it implies a hearing process.
Terry RileyTerrence Mitchell Riley (born June 24, 1935) is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his work became notable for its innovative use of repetition, tape delay systems, and improvisation.
Magnetic tapeMagnetic tape is a medium for magnetic storage made of a thin, magnetizable coating on a long, narrow strip of plastic film. It was developed in Germany in 1928, based on the earlier magnetic wire recording from Denmark. Devices that use magnetic tape can record and play back audio, visual, and digital computer data. Magnetic tape revolutionized sound recording and reproduction and broadcasting.
Repetition (music)Repetition is important in music, where sounds or sequences are often repeated. It may be called restatement, such as the restatement of a theme. While it plays a role in all music, with noise and musical tones lying along a spectrum from irregular to periodic sounds, it is especially prominent in specific styles.
Steve ReichStephen Michael Reich ( RYSHE; born October 3, 1936) is an American composer best known as a pioneer of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich's work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, and canons. Reich describes this concept in his essay "Music as a Gradual Process" by stating, "I am interested in perceptible processes. I want to be able to hear the process happening throughout the sounding music."Contemporary musicContemporary music is whatever music is produced at the current time.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.