Nick Bentz
filigree
for piccolo, soprano saxophone, percussion, piano, and violin
performance notes
piccolo = blow air through the instrument (unpitched)
-multiphonics:
-all piccolo multiphonics are taken from The Techniques of Flute Playing II by Carin Levine and Christina Mitropoulos-Bott
(note: fingering diagrams are copied in the parts, but not the score)
--soprano saxophone = key-clicks
+ = slap-tongue
lowest note possible
-timbral trill – An oscillation between two fingerings that create a similar pitch, but with different shadings due to inherent differences in the fingering. Timbral trills are indicated with a standard trill line with ‘t’ above it in small print
-multiphonics:
-all soprano saxophone multiphonics are taken from The Techniques of Saxophone Playing by Marcus Weiss and Giorgio Netti
(note: fingering diagrams are copied in the parts, but not the score)
--percussion
equipment list:
-Triangle (large) -Vibraphone
-Snare Drum -Crotales (1 octave)
-Gong (large)
violin
- + = left-hand pizzicato
- = pressure trill: oscillate between harmonic and normal pressure in the left hand.
- = highest note possible
- = muffle string indicated (no pitch)
-bow pressure ordinary overpressure scratch pitch noise
-bow placement sul pont molto sul pont bow bridge behind bridge
--general
-glissandi last the entire duration of the note marked
-accidentals last through the bar without octave displacement
-arrows dictate a transition in technique:
-arrows with dashed bodies indicate transitions in bow placement (for the violin) and amount of air in the sound (for the soprano saxophone)
-arrows with non-segmented bodies indicate transitions in bow pressure