Question

What is minimalist music?

Answer 1

Answer:

Minimal music (also called minimalism) is a form of art music or other compositional practice that employs limited or minimal musical materials. Prominent features of minimalist music include repetitive patterns or pulses, steady drones, consonant harmony, and reiteration of musical phrases or smaller units.

Answer 2

Answer:

Features of minimalist music

a complex contrapuntal texture.

broken chords (where the notes of a chord are played singly rather than together)

slow harmonic changes.

melodic cells (the use of fragmentary ideas)

note addition (where notes are added to a repeated phrase)