Zahrat Alearear (2021) for bass flute and guitar

GREGORY ROWLAND EVANS

Zahrat Alearear for bass flute and guitar 2021

SCORE

FOREWORD The word Zahrat Alearear translates to Juniper F lower. The Juniper tree is likely best known for swirling trunks, dense bush-like branches, meaty and spined leaves, and its fragrance. It has often been used in the concoction of liquors and perfumes, as well as serving a ceremonial purification purpose when burned. However, it is also the bearer of small flowers with starkly pointed petals.

(G.R.E.)

PERFORMANCE NOTES Bass Flute : Some dynamic marks are louder than the instrument can achieve in a given register.

The desired resultant sound is an airy, overblown tone.

Guitar : At times, strings are required to be retuned as part of a glissando. These strings should remain detuned as a scordatura for the remainder of the piece. A variety of tremolo types are required: 1 a normal tremolo abbreviated as “norm.”, 2 a tamburo tremolo where the strings are struck rather than plucked abbreviated as “tamb.”, 3 a rasgueado tremolo using any number of fingers abbreviated as “ras.”, and 4 a bisbigliando tremolo similar to that of the harp where the strings are to be individually plucked in any random order abbreviated as “bis.”.

Time Signatures : Some passages make use of unusual time signatures with a denominator which is not a power of 2. Just as a metric change from 44 to 68 should not change the prolation of the contained notes, neither should these unusual time signatures. A signature of 56 represents a measure which lasts for the duration of five triplet quarter notes, relative to the established metronome mark. Prolations within these unusual measures are notated with the standard tuplet brackets.

Miscellaneous : 1 Tremoli should be performed as fast as possible and not as a measured subdivision of the duration to which they are attached. 2 Accidentals apply only to the pitch which they immediately precede, but persist through ties, as such, natural signs do not appear. 3 At times throughout the piece, a “flat glissando” notation is used between notes of the same pitch. This is done to show the rhythmic locations of dynamic events.

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‫زﻫﺮة اﻟﻌﺮﻋﺮ‬ .

Z a h r a t A. l e a r e a r for bass flute and guitar G r e g o r y R o w l a n d E v a n s (*1995)

15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16 Bass Flute

= 135

14 14 14 16 16 16 16

INTRODUCTION

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= 85

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15:13

detune string 5

3:2

3:2

keep scord.

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= 98

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= 150

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= 98

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28:19

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85 19 19 19 19

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20F 20 20 16 16 16

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p

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mp

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pp Alearear -5- GR Evans

p

5:3

3:2

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5:3

3:2

4:3

5:4

= 135

83 555 bf.

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87 17 17 17

16 16 16 16 16 16

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gt.

90 14 14 14 14

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93 11 11 11 11

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Alearear-6- GR Evans

5:3

detune string 2

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mp

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333 444

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f

mp

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3:2

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104 333 bf.

555 666

detune string 1

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norm.

3:2

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gt.

6:5

5:3

= 106

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19:15

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10 10 10 10 16 16 16 16

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tamb.

12 12 12 12 16 16 16 16

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28:15

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16:11 norm.

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keep scord.

4444

3:2

110 44 44 bf.

3:2

333 44 44

3:2

22 22 33 33

3:2

3:2

3:2

3:2

detune string 3

gt.

p

113 222

gt.

3:2

gt.

444

3:2

7:4

ff

333 44 44

33 33 44 44

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Iowa City, Ia. January - March 2021

Alearear -7- GR Evans

5:4

3:2

7:4

5:4

5:3

3:2

3:2

7:4

3:2

ff

3:2

3:2

3:2

3333 4444

444

gt.

3:2

124 333 bf.

3:2

3333 4444

121 33 33

gt.

5:3

5:3

bf.

3:2

118 333 bf.

= 70

333H 444

keep scord.

4444

555 666

3:2

2222 333

444

bf.

3:2

3:2

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