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Review of 20th-century Techniques

General Background

Since c1900, modern art-composers have prided themselves on having their own individual sound, giving rise to numerous new compositional techniques and approaches:

Modes and unusual scales
Different types of harmonic clusters ("simultaneities")
New approaches to rhythmic organization

Here is an Interactive Review of 20th-century Techniques .

For this same review in printable form, click the link on the left index for the
Printable Review Sheet of 20th-century Techniques .

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Review of 20th-century Techniques