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neverstopbelieb

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This compositional method involves an element of unpredictability (rolling dice, choosing cards, etc.) or whimsy on
  the part of the performers.


 
 

a. Minimalism
  b. chance music
  c. twelve-tone composition
  d. Sprechstimme
  e. polytonality



Question 2

Which response does not apply to the prepared piano?
 
 

a. invented by John Cage
  b. screws, bolts, washers, erasers, and bits of felt and plastic are placed on the strings
  c. featured in the composition 433
  d. turns the piano into a percussive instrument
  e. eliminates the melodic capability of the piano




sabina576

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Answer to Question 1

ANSWER: b

Answer to Question 2

ANSWER: c



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