Study no. 39
Performance Instructions
For 5 or more performers.
Instrumentation: strings, strings and trombones, or any instrumentation capable of microtonal tuning.
Prior to performance, each player is assigned a numbered attack cursor. Only one player should be assigned to each attack cursor.
While a player's respective cursor is on an event node, repeatedly play some pitch/frequency, matching the rhythm of the flashing. The pitch/frequency played is determined by that node's relative position (height) on the screen. The ensemble should predetermine this range, which should be no more than a 5th from bottom to top, i.e. the bottom of the screen denotes the lowest pitch of the given range, the top denotes the highest pitch. If a common range is not possible, octave displacements are permissable.
When a player's attack cursor moves to another event node, sustain the current pitch, bending up or down as the cursor moves up or down.
Position on the x-axis may be interpreted as dynamic level, timbral quality, etc., should be predetermined, consistently adhered to by the entire ensemble, and maintained throughout a performance.
Dynamics: open.
Duration: 9 minutes or more.
Ryan Ross Smith, Fall 2013.
If you would like a copy of this animated score for performance, or have any questions about the animated notation used in this piece, feel free to get in touch! My contact information can be found here.
