Chance music

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1. Chance Music Ms. G. Martin

2. Chance, also known as Aleatoric music (originated from a Latin word “ alea ” which means “dice”), is music in which either composition or method of performances determined by elements of chance or unpredictability. Music is composed by the random selection of pitches and rhythms. Performers are given certain amount of freedom with regard to the sequencing and repetition of particular parts throughout a piece of music. It is often found in some professional opera choruses. Chance music can be divided into three groups: the use of random procedures to produce a determinate, fixed score mobile form 3. indeterminate notation, including graphic notation and texts

3. What is the difference between electronic and chance music? Electronic music  uses a  electronic  device such as amplifiers, speakers and etc. to produce  music  while the  chance music  uses the sound of nature that’s why it is called  chance . ... The  electronic musical  instruments were used to reproduce existing  music  and for public performance instead of producing a new song.

4. How can you use chance in music? Tap on the surface you choose in different places and listen for three different sounds, a low bass sound, a middle sound, and a high sound that you like. 2. Once you have chosen your sounds, roll the dice 24 times. Write down the numbers you roll.

5. Composers of Chance Music

6. Charles Ives Born: October 20, 1874 Died: May 19, 1954

7. Charles Ives was a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer who had a non-traditional style. He was born in Danbury, Connecticut, on October 20, 1874. His father, George was a famed bandmaster, music teacher, and acoustician who experimented with sound of quarter notes. Charles Ives later started his own insurance business while composing on the side. Though his creative vision was often not initially understood, he later found great acclaim. He believes that all sound is potential music, and he was somewhat of an iconoclast and occasionally a parodist . i conoclast – a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions - a person who destroys religious images or opposes their veneration Parodist - someone who acts speaks or writes in an amusing way.

8. His popular works include The Unanswered Question, Central Park in the Dark, Concord Sonata, and Symphony No. 3 which gave him the Pulitzer Prize . His piano Sonata No. 2, Concord, Mass, 1840-1860 (commonly known as the Concord Sonata) is one of his best-known and most highly regarded pieces. A typical performance of the piece lasts around 45 minutes.

9. John Cage Born: September 5, 1912 Died: August 12, 1992

10. John Milton Cage is an American avant-garde composer whose inventive compositions and unorthodox ideas profoundly influenced mid-20 th century music. He was a pioneer of aleatoric - or chance-controlled – music. To Cage, there is no such thing as silence. Music is a succession of sounds and the composer the "organizer of sounds." Historically, music has been a communication of feelings, but Cage argues that all sounds have this potential for conveying feeling in the mechanical and electronic sense . His popular works include Greek Ode (involves the use of voice and piano), Three Easy Pieces (uses piano), A Chant with Claps (uses voices), Tripled-paced No.2 (makes use of prepared piano), Prelude for Six Instruments in a Minor (uses flute, bassoon and trumpet), Black Mountain ( a multi-media event), and the famous 4’33” .

11. Thank You!