Study no. 40.2 [pulseighty:pitched]
Performance Instructions
For 80 instrumentalists.
Prior to performance, each player is assigned one numbered circle. Only one player should be assigned to each numbered circle.
Each numbered circle will cycle through a set of predetermined colors throughout the duration of the piece. Each color corresponds to a particular note on the treble clef staff in the center of the score. Noteheads with a small line and circle extending below it denote that the pitch is a half-step flat.
Connected to each numbered circle are 5 event nodes.
The center event node indicates that the corresponding pitch be played in-tune.
The 2 event nodes outside of the larger circle indicate that the corresponding pitch be played increasingly sharp.
The 2 event nodes inside the larger circle indicate that the corresponding pitch be played increasingly flat.
Pitches should not be more than a half-step sharp or flat.
The player plays the corresponding pitch, with its notated tuning each time one of the rotating attack cursors crosses a particular event node. Sounds should alternate between very short and fairly short.
Occasionally 2 or more attack cursors will cross in very close proximity. Do your best in these cases.
Dynamics: MP-F.
Duration: approx. 12 minutes.
Ryan Ross Smith, January 2014.
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