Hippalectryon (2024)
EvanO'Dell(b.2001)
PerformanceNote(durationappx.18-19’)
NecessaryMaterialsLaptop
HippalectryonMax-Patch
TapeA-D(WAVFiles)
Bluetoothcliponmicrophone
MIDIKeyboard(Vocoder)
ExtendedTechniques
Saxophone:
Aleatoric/FeatheredBeamNotation- Playtempoadlib.speedingupandslowingdownbasedon thenumberof beamspresentonanotestem.Repeatuntilcuedbytapeforfiguresbetween repeatsigns.Thesefigurescanbealteredbydirectionstochangetheorderof notesoradd additionalnotes.
AggregateImprovisation- Playershouldimprovisethinkingofthegivenpitchesasunderlying harmony (i.e.chordchanges).Theplayercanselectnotesoutsideofthegivenaggregate during improvisation.
Subtone- Playershouldmutethereedwiththejawtogetamoredeadenedraspysound.
24EDOTuning- ThemicrotoneswithinMvt.IIIwerecomposedreferencingthefingeringchart by GeorgePeriera.Theplayermayrefertothischartduringpreparation,butshouldultimately choosefingeringsthatyieldthemostconsistentresult.
Piano:
MIDIKeyboard- ForthefirstmovementtheplayershouldperformonaMIDIKeyboard connectedtoavocoderpedal andtheengineer'sboard.Theresultshouldbeadigitized, choir-likesoundthroughcombinationwiththesaxophonepart.
ToneCluster- Playershoulduseforearmstopresskeysintherelativerangenotatedonthestaff.
LoopStructureNotation- TheLoopstructureinMvt.IIispurposelyleftwithoutaclef.The playershould choosewhichcleftoplayeachgivenpassagewithoneachsubsequentrepetition.
AudioEngineer:
Tape/FxCues- Allelectroniccues(tapes,electroacousticeffects)arecontrolledthroughthe Hippalectryon.maxpatprogram.Eachcueislabeledinthescorebasedonitsorderandaspectsof themusicassociatedwiththecue(ex:cue1=playtapeAconnectSaxmictovocoder)
Fader/FxKnobGraphicNotation- Playershouldmovefadersatthespecifiedrateanddirections notatedwithin eachgraphic.Ifpreferred,thepatchcanbeaugmentedsuchthataphysical board canbeusedfortheseactions.Forthethirditerationspecificationsare givenastowhichpanning directionthepositionofthegraphicrepresents.
PieceCommissionedbyRyanJohnson
