Vasco Mendonça Aphasia
pour percussion et électronique for solo percussion and electronics
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Commissioned by Miquel Bernat with the generous support of Creatório Porto
Duration: ca. 11 minutes
vibraphone
4 temple bells
wind chimes
fnger cymbals
triangle hi-hat
chinese gong
2 large metal sheets
INSTRUMENTATION
5 woodblocks vibraslap timpani
2 bongos adufe
3 tom-toms (medium/low/very low) water drum
PERFORMANCE NOTES
Vibraphone
RH | LH - right hand | lef hand
-bow up | bow down
Only the notes of the vibraphone are required. It is recommended to use an individual stand for each of the three blades, which must be able to vibrate just by the action of the bow.
Wind chimes
Glissandi must not be too expressive. Dotted rhythms are encouraged.
Metal sheets
-scratch on the sheet´s surface with a superball, creating a 'whining' efect. One metal sheet should be noticeably lower than the other. Both should be large enough to produce loud harmonics when scratched with the superballs.
Temple bells
Tuning:
All temple bells should be placed on the timpani skin, allowing a glissando efect by using the timpani pedal.
-press timpani pedal both ways eset pedal to original position
Electronics
Te electronics track consists of one single continuous stereo fle. Te use of a click track (provided with the audio) is recommended, in order to facilitate the precise synchronization required by the score.
Electronics are available from the publisher at: promotion@wisemusic.com
APHASIA
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