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
pp
28:15
ff
12 12 12 16 16 16 16
p
bis.
Guitar
p
16 16 16 16
bf.
f
4 17 17 17
f
8:7
p
16 16 16 16 16 16
mp
p
mf
20:17
15 15 15 16 16 16 16 f
pp
bis.
gt.
p
bf.
gt.
18 18 18 16 16 16
f
ff
p
28:19 ras.
10 17 17 17 17 bf.
gt.
f
16 16 16 16 16 16 16
32:17 norm.
p
13 13 13 13 13
16 16 16 16
bf.
mf
15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16
p
5:4
f
17 17 17 17 16 16 16 16
p
mp
ff
sfp
8:5
24:17
mp
p
mp
Alearear -1- GR Evans
ff
f
7:4
tamb.
gt.
p
16:15 ras.
16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16
ff
p
14:9
mf
16 16 16 16
p
19 19 19 16 16 16
16 16 16
ff
8:5
f
7 13 13 13 13
7:4
p
14 14 14 16 16 16
16 15 15 15
16 16 16 16
bf.
gt.
ff
mp
28:15 ras.
pp
bf.
gt.
p
f
4:3 ras.
gt.
222 4444
p
tamb.
f
p
8:5
p
pp
10:7
mf
20:19 ras.
f
34:19
17 17 17 16 16 16
16 16 16 16
pp
16:9
mf
pp
30 16 16 16 16
mp
24:17
p
30:17
= 85
15 15 15 15 16 16 16 16
16 16 16 16
gt.
4:3
19 19 19 19 16 16 16 16
3:2
f
28 18 18 18 18
bf.
3:2
7:5
gt.
21 21 21 = 135 16 16 16 16
3:2
ff
bf.
111 44 44
16 16 16 16
gt.
555 666
3:2
26 20 20 20 20 bf.
15:13
detune string 5
3:2
3:2
keep scord.
mf
3:2
p
p3:2
22 222
3333
mp
20:13
= 98
ff
4444 A 4444
sfp
bf.
f
8:7
ff
19 12 12 12 12
16 16 16 16
p
17:15
13 13 13 16 16 16 16
pp
7:4 ras.
pp
19:16
p
33 3B 44344
28:15
6:5
Alearear-2- GR Evans
ff
mp
mf
p
f
mp
34 333
444
bf.
444
bf.
gt.
43 555
gt.
f
p
3:2
3:2
3:2
3:2
4:3
13 13 13 12 12 12 12
3:2
3:2
333 444
777 12 12 12
3:2
3:2
3:2
3:2
keep scord.
3:2
444 4444
f
3:2
555 12 12 12
= 150
3:2
4444D 4444
4444
5:3
4:3
mp
p
mp
49 333
gt.
p
3:2
detune string 6
12 12 12 12
bf.
= 98
p3:2
f
33 33 44 44
p
mp
f
5:3
p
ff
33 33 4444
mf 5:3
45 11 11 11 11
gt.
7:6
3333 4444
p
bf.
p
C
p
f
4444
bf.
mf
mp
f
p
mp
7:6
40 333
4:3
4:3
p
f 5:3
333 444
333 4444
4444
gt.
37 333 bf.
20:9
mf
ff
16:9
f gt.
333 4444
mp
7:4
mf
p
detune string 4
p
5:3
Alearear -3- GR Evans
5:3
5:3
53 444
444
bf.
gt.
444 4444
mp
5:3
56 444
4444
bf.
gt.
5:3
4444 4444
5:3
5:3
keep scord.
5:3
5:3
5:3
5:3
5:3
66 222
444
bf.
gt.
pp
sfp
mp
ff
333 444
5:4
ff
5:3
sfp
f
5:4
bf.
ff
gt.
3:2
mp
f
7:4
6 66 44644
4444
f
17:10
p
p
6:5
bis.
5:3
p
3:2
5:4
69 55 55
ff
bis.
f
mf
33 33 44 44
444 444
5:3
8:5
44 44 444
p
p
gt.
5:3
444 444
444
mf
mp
7:4
sfp
63 555
444 44 44
ff
5:4
p
3:2
= 80
mp
bf.
5:3
33 33E 44 44
444
gt.
mf
59 444 bf.
f
pp
7:4
mp
mp
f
pp
5:4
444 44 44
Alearear-4- GR Evans
p
ff
444 444
71 555
444
bf.
sfp
gt.
mf
74 22 22
444
bf.
gt.
p
f
5:4
ff
4444
44 44 44 44
3:2
f
8:5
gt.
p
80 222
444
bf.
gt.
f
f
7:4
444
gt.
mf
f
24:10
p
mp
gt.
32:19
f
p
3:2
28:19
f
7:5 ras.
pp
p
pp
85 19 19 19 19
p
44 44 44 44
6:5
bf.
20F 20 20 16 16 16
16 16 16 16
333 4444
p
p
18 18 18 18 16 16 16 16
mf
mp
10:9 ras.
pp Alearear -5- GR Evans
p
5:3
3:2
f
5:3
3:2
4:3
5:4
= 135
83 555 bf.
f
p
7:4
f
333 444
mf
5:4
8:5
sfp
p
5:4
77 555 bf.
p
f
4:3
f
4:3
3:2
44 44 44 44
p
p
p
ff
f
7:4
3333 444
p
p
6:5
5:4
f
333 444
17:9
mf
f
f
7:6
p
87 17 17 17
16 16 16 16 16 16
16 16 16 16
bf.
pp
gt.
90 14 14 14 14
16 16 16 16
gt.
pp
93 11 11 11 11
16 16 16 16
pp
gt.
pp
12:11
97 222
3333
bf.
gt.
ff
222 4444
gt.
mf mp
3:2
3:2
3:2
3:2
3:2
ff
16:9
scord. keep
mf
mp
33 33 444
5:3
f
7:6
Alearear-6- GR Evans
5:3
detune string 2
p
mp
ff
p3:2
4:3
4:3
444 444
333 444
20:9
f
mp
3:2
3:2
3:2
3:2
3:2
333 4444
3:2
p
3333 4444
3:2
44 44 4444
444
4:3
p
p3:2
mf
17:10
104 333 bf.
555 666
detune string 1
mp
mf
mf
norm.
3:2
444
gt.
6:5
5:3
= 106
p
19:15
mp
f
17:13
f
444 G 444
101 33 33
bf.
10 10 10 10 16 16 16 16
3:2
tamb.
12 12 12 12 16 16 16 16
mf
16:13 tamb.
mf
28:15
pp
pp
f
16:11 norm.
p
p
9:7
f
mp
15:8
13 13 13 13 16 16 16 16
mf
mf
3:2
p
f
bf.
p
f
bf.
f
32:17
15 15 15 16 16 16 16
222 3333
107 555
666
bf.
gt.
5555 6666
p3:2
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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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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