Dylan Dukat
nothingness (2020)
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for flute,clarinet,englishhorn,andhorn
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directions fornothingness
tobegin,rolla10-sideddie recordeachnumberrolled,withoutrepeatingvalues,untilalltenvalueshavebeen recorded.
ifthenumberrepresents a note...
then,rolla12-sideddieforeachattackandapplythecorrespondingtechniquefoundbelowtothatattack.
then,findeachnumber'scorrespondingvalueinthechartbelow.thiswillbethecycleofsoundsyouperform throughoutthiswork (allnotesareintransposedpitchandallowforad.lib octaveselection).
ad.lib.notedurations,rhythms,anddynamicsareallowedsolongas theyarenotdurations,rhythms,or dynamicsrepresentedintheabovechart.
rolla4-sided die whatevernumber youland onrepresentsthenumber oftimesyou will playthatnote before continuingtothenext sound inyourcycle.
then,rolla6-sideddietwiceforeach attack.thefirst rollwilldeterminetherelativedurationoftheairsound, andthesecondrollwilldeterminetherelativestrengthof the attack,as depictedbelow. stronglong general guidelines
rolla4-sideddieforeachinstanceofpitchlessair whatevernumberyoulandonrepresentsthenumberof timesyouwill blow pitchlessair throughyourinstrumentbeforecontinuingtothe nextsoundinyourcycle.
theprovidedgraphshouldinfluencemusicaldecisions,butaspectsthereofareintentionallylefttointerpretation. ifrolledtechniquesarebeyondtheabilitiesofamusician,theymayselectamoreaccessibletechniquefromthe tabletoperforminstead.
determinehowmanycyclerepetitionstheensemblewillapproximatelyperform(suggestion:2-3).onceeach musicianindependentlyfinishesallcyclerepetitions,theyshouldlowertheirinstrument,signalingtheir completion.thefinalmusicianloweringtheirinstrumentandthewetsignalfadingtonothingmarkstheendof thework.
ifthenumberrepresents pitchless air...
thetempoisad.lib.by musicianthroughout;muchofthenotationisdetermined onarelativescaleratherthan anobjectiveone.
gentleshort 2 3 4 5 6 >
Reverb: 11s reverb, 65% wet/35% dry signal
Delay: 1s delay, 10% feedback
Directions for Electronics
route reverb and delay to all performers with speakers on stage. if pre-recorded, set stage monitors low as a reference tool for stage performers and record the effects directly from daw. if live, route wet signal to stage monitors, positioned facing away from the mics for the musicians.
nothingness
graphical score englishclarinetflutehornhorn
repeat ad. lib.
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