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Steve Reich - Piano Phase

Submitted by Coldice4678 on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 3:20am.

Composed by Steve Riech (in 1967)

Played by Peter Aidu (1 musician 2 pianos)

Reich's phasing works generally have two identical lines of music, which begin by playing synchronously, but slowly become out of phase with one another when one of them slightly speeds up.

More info on the Peter Aidu Performance + download the 22min piece

Wikipedia on Steve Riech's Piano Phase

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So beautiful. While many I'm

Submitted by Matt (not verified) on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 10:23pm.

So beautiful. While many I'm sure would find it repetitive, the essence of phasing is within the subtle note changes and evolution as the two sounds merge and dance together. Absolutely beautiful, well done.

Love Riech and love the

Submitted by Coeli (not verified) on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 7:54pm.

Love Riech and love the concept. Yay music.

This was originally created

Submitted by Random Guest (not verified) on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 7:36pm.

This was originally created from 2 tape loops of the same track. Both played simultaneously but one just slightly faster than the other so they will eventually play out of sync, then eventually in sync again. IMO this takes a VERY skilled musician to be able to play it live!