Philip Glass
Metamorphosis
Metamorphosis 1
1. Describe how the music feels.
2. How is the melody changed and added
to make it more interesting?
Your composition.
• Use the chords from the Philip Glass piece
as your starting point.
• Develop your ideas around them, using
gradual changes to develop your piece
(additive melodies, layering, phases)
Your composition.
• Use the Reich Clapping Music as your
starting point.
• Develop your rhythmic ideas gradually in
the same way, creating your own
minimalist piece (layering, additive
rhythms)