Dripstone

Dripstone

For Baritone Saxophone and Electronics

Christopher Poovey Duration: 6’00” Bloomington 2015

Explanation of non-standard notation A clef which represents electronic sounds on a relative scale. Often sounds in the electronics are broadband and cannot be easily notated in a traditional manner. Many of the sounds in this clef are represented pictorially and labeled with short descriptors.

 #  #  #  # #    # Ktr

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[+]

        



[+]

 # # n

Play these notes as fast as possible in a given time frame.

Timbre trill or bisbigliando. Use any combination of fingerings to create a shimmering color which could mimic a granular texture. The hairpins on the top of the trill lines indicate the relative speed of the trill.

Multiphonic trill. Trill between the two multiphonics as fast as possible for the given duration placed above the mobile box.

Growl the note for the duration.

Dripstone Christopher Poovey

Baritone Sax.





 34

j

# +

f





4 4

 b j b + + + b + n +

Electronics

*Electronics notation is not exact and should be seen as an aid to performance 0:03

 44 

0:08

 34 

j . +   p

+ J

j   + f



n



3

+ + # + 34 #  .

 + 

p

.

3 4

j

4 # j  .

4 +

 #   b  j + + + + + 0:13

j # +  f

.



j # +   f

j   #  b  



2

0:19

Dripstone

+

4 # J  .

4





2 + + 4  .



p

F



n

b  #   n #  #   b   #  3

3

3

0:23

 44  0:29



f

b

J



 n

  #.   

p3

3

# +

.

J 

F

  .  b   b  n   3



 

0:35



4 4





n

pitched granular texture



3

#   J

p

J

F



J p



+  

  b n # 







f

p



n

3

Dripstone

0:40







0:45

0:51

n +

  # J

# # 

p

J 

Í

F

f sub

.

p

3 4







 3

3

 6 J 4

#



.

.

f

b





 

b



#

play key clicks in the written contour



4 4

 

j    

.





 44 

0:56



sustained freeze

 64 #  





 

 

noisy windlike texture

(sustained freeze)

 

4

Dripstone

Senza Misura 1:02



C. 6"





    



    loud key clicks



Play as fast as possible

C. 3"

  #  #  # #     # # f

granular freeze



C. 3"



 # # n

p

   

 

#  #  # #    # n   

p

f

 

C. 2"





 

 



 

    

 



 #  n  #  # # 

F 

p

 

 





  

 

 

5

Dripstone

C. 2"





P

#   #

p

 

1:20

1:30

1:38

 34

Con Misura a tempo

 j   n p











j





 #.

#

f

F

3

#. p



 # #



F



inharmonic swell

  



4 4









3 4

1:26





# n

n





p

F





j   b  # + p F n



p

 + # 

j

 .

6

1:45

Dripstone



1:50

#



>

# +

F

[q.]

  .  #    #  #  b  b   . p

1:58

2:06



#

f

[]

 f

3

b   ..  

p

F

[+]

[+]

[+ +.]

ff

.

p

5 4



j

b 

3 4





r

#



p

F



F

[+ ]

  # #    #   # n  #  #  n 

F



4 4



7

Dripstone

2:13





[+ ]

[]

#  n  #  n  #    #  



p

ff  

micropolyphonic granulation Bassy swell

2:21

 p

[.]

.



 #

2:31





ff



F

.

  #.

JJ

4  4



6 4

.

#  

p

#.

b b  #  n  b  

3  4

f

p

  #

#  #

f

[]

b b  n  

5 4



 

 



Bassy swell

2:39



#



2:40



n

4  4

p

5  4



#

.

[+ ]

4  b  b  #  # #  n  n  n  4

F

# 

F

8

2:48

Dripstone

. #

  b





p





2:55



b n

 3:10



 F 

3:24



Ktr





P



Ktr





 5  4





p

#



b 

Ktr



J . 5

6 4

4

n

b.

F

3 4

b

J

Ktr

4  4

4

#

P



n



3 4



n



Ktr





 



4 4

p

5 4

p 

5  - .

n

.  



 b 

> .  # 



F



f

.





p b

Ktr

 34 b  f

 

F



6 4

9

Dripstone

3:37

3:43

Ktr

3

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 64   #  J   f 3

3:45









Ktr

f

n

 3:54

 54 

.

 

4  4 n

.



F

High Drone

~~~~~~~~~~

  

  b

  



Ktr

3

F



  b

P

n



 

b  b 4   b  #   J 4 3

f

+

F

b +

  



p

F

Noisy Voices

Granular Bass Swells



High Drone (cont.)

#

C. 4"

b +  +

3 4



Breathy shimmer

3

C. 3" 4:02





p

j  n +   pp

+ b + +  F +

5 4

10

4:09



Dripstone

C. 2"

     C. 6"



b

p

B E

4:17



 34

b  b  B

      C

4:28





J



              3

C

        

f

[+]Ex

   







  

3 4

+ +

B

      



3

distorted tongue rams

[++]

C



4:39

 4:18   4  4

+

A

       b  + + +  

    C



   





[++ ] x A

       

 b



n



5 4



4 4

11

Dripstone

.

4:50

Ktr

 44 

 64 

5:15

( )  

()

 



F

b



~~~~~~~~~    .

4 4

3



b

p



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



F 



p

Ktr





f 3 ff

b

.







.  6

J4 F

n

b

b

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

3



6 .

4





Ktr



 

p

b





p







Ktr

f F



5:32



p

 5:02

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

3 4

.

f

-   . pp



4 4



 .  

.

.



.

F

b

.

n

