Minimalism in Music

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Aiden Khanna

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: a style or technique (as in music, literature, or design) that is characterized by extreme spareness and simplicity –Merriam Webster

I disagree with this definition. Minimalism may be spare but it is not simple. A thing’s existence is as complex as it’s non existence.

I define minimalism as meaning multiple different things when regarding music:

: auditorily spare, focus on silence or rests

: few variations in sound

: unvaried rhythms

: melodically sparse

Photo: 1965 Untitled (Progression) by Donald Judd

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