Famous pieces that use this technique are the number section of Glass' Einstein on the Beach and Adams' Shaker Loops.

In its original incarnation, "Shaker Loops" was a chamber piece, and its contours were appropriately proportioned.

"Shaker Loops," in particular, served to bridge what had seemed an impossible gap between traditional Western concert music and the insistently repetitious Minimalist esthetic.

Even so, afterward, the real Adams - "Shaker Loops" and the third act of "Nixon in China" - came from a different world.

Figuratively, for the most part, although "Shaker Loops," written as a chamber piece, is heard here in the orchestration Mr. Adams considers its finished form.

Originally scored for a string septet "Shaker Loops" begins with a rapidly bowed and strikingly vital violin figure.

Harmonium (1980) and Shaker Loops (1978) represent my first mature statements in a language that was born out of my initial exposure to Minimalism.

Shaker Loops is a 1978 composition by American composer John Adams, originally written for string septet.

Shaker Loops began as a piece called 'Wavemaker' in which Adams tried to emulate the ripple effect of bodies of water in his music.

The first movement of Shaker Loops was featured in the 1987 film Barfly.