Zegiel | Reclamation

Evan Zegiel Reclamation

for tuba and ﬁxed media (heavy metal band)

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Reclamation is another one of my older pieces that I wrote in my early teenage days, and it is the sixth track on my album e Human Element. I rediscovered the piece while cleaning out one of my older external hard drives. In its original form, it ran almost eight minutes and was exceedingly repetitive. I realized when I listened again that this was actually the ﬁrst piece I ever wrote using my guitars and basses and shiny new audio interface. Its original title was Project Z…don’t laugh, I was thirteen!

With its new title and reworked riﬀs and harmonies, Reclamation has become one of my favorite tracks on the album. ematically, it represents a future time when we have begun to reclaim our habitats and restore balance to the Earth’s biosphere. It’s a ﬁing track to follow the more pessimistic Sixth Extinction

Musically, this piece is harmonically complex. Because the introductory riﬀ is atonal, not suggesting any particular key area or scalar/modal world, it was a great challenge to devise melodies in the solo tuba. Much of the solo part makes use of diminished arpeggios and slightly altered octatonic scales (at least, that’s how I thought of them while writing). is presents a challenge to the soloist’s ear; it is essential to center each pitch properly.

Enjoy, and rock on!

Instrumentation

Solo Tuba

Heavy Metal Band* (Rhythm Guitar, Electric Bass, Clean Guitar, Lead Guitar, Drums)

— Evan Zegiel 2024

*A backing track covering the heavy metal band parts is available from the publisher; the work is typically performed in a solo tuba & tape conﬁguration.

Duration: 3:36 minutes

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