Händer mot betong (Hands on concrete)

YLVA LUND BERGNER

Händer mot betong

S O P R A N O, V I O L I N & K E Y B O A R D S

D U R A T I O N: 5’00

Commisioned by ensemble Vollen United with support from Kulturrådet, Sweden

–2014–

SETUP Soprano

Violin (except for normal and extended techniques on the violin, the violinist will also hum and whisper)

Keyboards (Indian harmonium, Casio VL-1 & 2 mp3-players with soundfiles) Harmonium Range C-c2 (Nordic def.) or c2-c5 (US def.)

Using 4 drones (g#, a#, c# & d#)

Casio VL-1 Prepare the setting: ADSR: 84071100 Info: To create own sounds in the synthesizer: Use numbers between 0 and 9.

Example: Settings: CAL—ADSR—MCkey—Press 8 numbers Save: M+key—PLAY/REC 8 numbers to create sounds: a. Sound (0=Piano, 1=Fantasy, 2=Violin, 3=Flute, 4=Guitar 1, 5=Guitar 2, 6=Engl. Horn, 7=Electro-Sound 1, 8=Electro-Sound 2, 9=Electro-Sound 3) b. Attack time (low number=sharp, short sound) c. Decay time (low number=pizz, high number=long decay) d. Sustain level (low number=pizz, high number=long decay) e. Sustain time (low number=pizz, high number=long decay) f. Release time (high number=echo, even after the tone is pressed) g. Vibrato (high number=vibrato over big intervals) h. Tremolo (high number=the dynamic varies from quiet to loud) b-f=to create an envelope g-h= high number gives big effect. 0=no effect

---To record what you are playing on the synthesizer: Example: Settings: REC—’Play anything’—ML-Ckey—Play Save: Reset—PLAY Note: You can record even with the volume down. Turn the volume up when you want it to be heard.

--Electronics 2 mp3-players [Play 6 sound files. In total 1’26] (1st mp3-player: 1, 3, 4, 5 & 6; 2nd mp3-player: 2) 1. 11 seconds (+1’00 silence) 2. 15 seconds

3. 12 seconds (+1’00 silence) 4. 20 seconds (+ 1’00 silence)

5. 8 seconds (+ 1’00 silence) 6. 20 seconds

FORMATION ON STAGE

Stage ________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Audience

Gravitation i ett subtropiskt klimat

By Sara Falkstad Byrne

Det som slog mig mest

väster om North Lamar.

sa hon var frånvaron av skymning.

Mörkret sänkte sig omedelbart över Congress Avenue.

Och timmar senare slog det mig att hon, precis som mörkret, hade fallit mot min axel ofattbar.

Bara de vackraste tar så kort tid på sig att somna - gärna med stövlarna på. Den grå gryningen får aldrig komma

Händer mot betong, hennes hår efter öppen eld kommer förfölja mig om natten.

Och allting händer för sent - de ljudlösa stegen mot heltäckningsmattan en slarvigt rullad cigarett.

EXPLANATIONS General information. Grades of the accidental On the fingerboard

’Tasto’ in Italian

Near the bridge ’Ponticello’ in Italian

High up on the fingerboard

’Molto sul tasto’ in Italian

On the bridge

’Molto al ponticello’ in Italian

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SOPRANO

Normal way of singing.

Speak.

Whisper. No tone.

Sing while inhaling air.

VIOLIN

Play on fourth and third string with the bow up on the fingerboard.

Move the bow from a postition near the bridge to a normal position.

Change the bow pressure from normal to light.

Play on the first and second string.

Make a glissando while playing artificial harmonics on the way (fourth). Land on an artificial harmonic.

Make a glissando and then start a glissando following the graphics.

The lower staff shows the fingering and the upper staff shows the sounding pitch.

Hard pressure.

Play with the bow on the instrument body.

Play with the bow on the tail piece. The preferable tone is a low mellow timbre.

Play with the tip of the bow in circles. The second version of it, is playe while damping the string.

Play a left hand pizzicato and then play a glissando with a fast vibrato.

Play with the bow, half hair/half wood. Start with the dynamic quasi niente (almost nothing).

Play legno battuto. Let the wooden part of the bow jump on the strings.

Legno battuto.

Play a mezzo legno battuto on two strings.

Play with the bow on the ’wrong’ side of the left hand. Very high up on the fingerboard.

Speak with a normal voice.

Whisper (with no tone).

KEYBOARDS Harmonium

Prepare the drone that will be played later.

Play with right hand on the keys.

Make a bellow motion with the left hand to create a slow tremolo.

Drag the nails along the keys to create a smooth clatter sound.

Blow air on the keys with your mouth close to the keys to get as much friction as possible.

Upper staff shows what to sing/speak/whisper. This time it shows what to sing. The lower staff shows what to play on the keys.

Drag the nails along the wooden part of the harmonium (on the surface above the keys). Make rhythm. The lower staff shows what to sing/speak/whisper. This time it shows what to whisper.

Synth Showing all the settings on the synthesizer. This is recording mode, in a high octave with a Fantasy sound.Press the button MC to start recording (if it is in REC-mode in the upper right part of the synthesizer).

The octave setting is indicated with 8va, nothing or 8va bassa.

The notes are notated between g-h2 and then the octava signs are added onto that.

Press Reset after playing the phrase you want to record. That means you are saving what was played between pressing the button MC and Reset.Change from REC to PLAY afterwards to be in playing mode. Play normally.

Showing all the settings on the synthesizer. This is playing mode, in a middle octave with a Fantasy sound.

Showing all the settings on the synthesizer. This is ADSRmode, which is the speacial sound that you can program yourself. Program the sound before you start playing. There is only room for one sound at the time. Press Autoplay and the phrase that was recorded before will be played with another sound than it was recorded with.

Special sounds

Upper staff shows what to sing/speak/whisper. This time it shows what to sing. The lower staff shows what to play on the keys.

Indicates what the voice will do. Here it is singing a melody.

Indicates what the voice will do. Here it is breathing, first out and then in.

Electronics

Start the first soundfile on the mp3-player. The length of the file is 10 seconds. Here you can hear a voice.

Start the fourth soundfile on the mp3-player. The length of the file is 20 seconds. Here you can hear breathing on top of electronic sounds.

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