Bára Gísladóttir
otoconia for a slightly amplified string quartet and electronics
Explanations continue the technique indicated gradually change fromone technique to the other lowermost spot on the fingerboard harmonic artificial harmonic
a.f.a.p. – as fast as possible a.s.a.p. – as strong as possible a.w.a.p. – as weak as possible s.p. – sul ponticello s.t. – sul tasto m.s.p. – molto sul ponticello m.s.p. – molto sul tasto O.P. – overpressure The levels of O.P. are divided into four different groups, from 1/4 to 4/4, where 1/4 is a slight O.P., and 4/4 is a full O.P. with as little pitch-audibility as possible. The majority of the piece consists of passages marked a.f.a.p., however, during these, the players should feel free to slightly speed up and slow down. Bowing should be used freely, but sparingly. The tempo is given both metronomically, and in the form of seconds. A few bars are not marked with time-span, but contain indications regarding the manner they should be played in. Metronomical passages should be played in the exact tempo, whereas passages marked with seconds can be more free and intuitional.
Each instrument is slightly amplified and connected to a sample in Ableton Live. A Max for Live Convolution Reverb Pro-effect collects the quartet’s frequencies that match the ones of the samples, and reverbs them through speakers. There should preferably be four speakers set up in a surround system.
otoconia fyrir Sigga rapidly s.p. IV
7'' Violin I
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rapidly m.s.p. IV
rapidly s.p. IV
5''
6''
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p
m.s.p. IV
q = 80
7''
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f
9'' let ring
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3
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mf IV
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bœ bœnœ œ
s.t. O.P. 2/4 (non-stuttering bowing) a.f.a.p.
Violin II
O.P. 2/4 (non-stuttering bowing) a.f.a.p.
O.P. 3/4 (non-stuttering bowing)
q = 90
(IV) 3
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O.P. 3/4 (stuttering bowing) a.f.a.p.
III O.P. 3/4 (non-stuttering bowing)
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7''
q = 90
5''
8'' m.s.p. a.f.a.p.
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p O.P. 4/4 (stuttering bowing)
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O.P. 3/4 (non-stuttering bowing) a.f.a.p.
s.p. O.P. 1/4
O.P. 3/4
O.P. 1/4
5
7
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s.t. O.P. 4/4 (stuttering bowing)
m.s.p. O.P. 1/4 (non-stuttering bowing) gliss. a.f.a.p.
m.s.p. O.P. 1/4 (non-stuttering bowing) s.p. O.P. 2/4 gliss. a.f.a.p.
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m.s.p. ord.
5
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7
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3''
2''
6'' m.s.p.
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s.t. O.P. 3/4 (non-stuttering bowing) a.f.a.p.
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s.t. O.P. 4/4 (stuttering bow)
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4''
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s.t. O.P. 4/4 (stuttering bowing) a.f.a.p.
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4''
4''
2'' s.p.
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m.s.p. O.P. 1/4 (non-stuttering bowing) a.f.a.p.
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2''
8''
m.s.p. O.P. 2/4 (non-stuttering bowing)
3''
7''
q = 90 O.P. 3/4 3 3
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s.p. ord. IV
s.p. O.P. 1/4 IV
O.P. 4/4
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a.f.a.p. 3
3
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3''
6''
7''
3''
7''
5''
4''
7''
4'' 5
IV
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m.s.p. a.f.a.p. I
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& s.p. O.P 2/4 (non-stuttering bowing) gliss. between range given a.f.a.p.
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m.s.p. O.P 2/4 (non-stuttering bowing)
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‚
O.P. 4/4 (stuttering bowing)
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B
B
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O.P. 3/4 (stuttering bowing)
O.P. 4/4 (stuttering bowing)
ff
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=
3''
6''
5''
5''
I
I
4''
6''
4''
2''
1''
2''
let ring I Vln. I
° b ~w & wII
b ~w ~ II
pp
w
w ~ II o
b w~
I
w w II pp
mf
let ring
b~ ~ ww
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IV
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m.s.p. ord. a.f.a.p.
O.P. 2/4
O.P. 1/4
let ring
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& ffff(a.s.a.p.)
o
ppp
mf
IV
B œ ‚ ‚ ‚ 0
m.s.p. ord. a.f.a.p.
O.P. 1/4
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let ring
convolution reverb fades out ffff(a.s.a.p.)
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ppp f IV
? œ ‚ ‚ ‚ b‚ m.s.p. O.P. 1/4 (non-stuttering bowing) a.f.a.p.
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let ring
convolution reverb fades out
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ppp
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