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o f sixteen pa ges , fo rmi ng si xteen secti ons to be perfo rmed co ns ecuti vel y, ea ch pa ge co mpri sing o ne set of pi tches fo r ea ch of the ei ght ins truments , a nd ins tructi ons o n ho w to perfo rm them. info rm the sha pe and leng th of ea ch pitch, the so und co lo ur o f the ins truments , a nd the dura tio n o f ea ch secti on.

r perfo rmi ng the pi ece is thi s: ea ch in st ru m en t rep ea ts th e series of pit ch es desig na ted to th em in ea ch sec tio n, at th e given a pp ro xim ate sp eed , fo r th e given a pp ro xim ate du ra tio n o f th e sec tio n. l, but appro xi ma te, fo r ea ch secti on. Ea ch perfo rmer sho ul d keep thei r ow n timi ng , but als o ad jus t to the timi ng o f the ens embl e a s a w ho le, so tha t the ind ivi dua l ins truments d o no t dri ft apa rt. ce a flu id te xt ur e o f wa ve s, wh er e t he in div id ua l in str um en ts do n ot d iv er ge c om ple te ly , n or converge c om ple te ly in re la tio n t o t he o th er s, bu t wa ve b ac k a nd fo rth . In o th er wo rd s: tim ing shoul d ro xim ate , b ut rela te d t o a co m m on p ac e. A tex tu re of no n-p erio dic w aves sh ou ld b e aim ed fo r, fo r t he overa ll ou tp ut.

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n fro m one secti on to the fo llo w ing sho ul d ha ppen in synchro ni za tio n. The se tra ns iti ons sho ul d be as smo oth and impercepti bl e a s po ss ibl e. It is reco mmend ed tha t one pers on in the ens embl e is e shi fts , a s w el l a s the overa ll ti mi ng o f the w ho le perfo rma nce, in so me w ay cuei ng the res t of the ens embl e at ea ch tra ns iti on. f the secti ons a re loose , the tra ns iti ons sho ul d fo llo w the end o f a phra se/ w ave ra ther tha n the exa ct given time , to ma ke it as unno ticea bl e as po ss ibl e. In so me pa rts of the pi ece, co ns id era tio n la rg er ha rmo ni c phra sing s: so me secti ons o f the pi ece are bui lt aro und no ticea bl e to na l ha rmo ni c pro gres sio ns . It is ad vi sa bl e to o bs erve thi s a nd ma ke the tra ns iti on at an appro pri ate time.

that the instruction on the duration of each note indicate th e in terva l b etw een th e onset s of t he t one s, including the pause s. Fo r exa mple, given an ins tructio n on the dura tio n of ea ch to ne to be nd s l ong , the a ctua l s ound ing to ne mi ght be 9 sec ond s, and the pa us e therea fter 1 seco nd

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. The dura tio n of the pa us es sho ul d be kept in the vi ci ni ty of 1-2 seco nd s o r les s, if po ss ibl e. It is stri ng s to ski p pa us es . Va ri ati on is enco ura ged .

character of sound are given the strings. These basically indicate movements between the positions ord. , sul pont. , a nd sul tasto. The instru ctions are given ad lib. an d wit h v er y g en er al in str uc tio ns w , slo w , a nd very slo w .

dynami cs are constant throughout the pi ece: each tone shoul d be performed as an envel ope movi ng from si lence to mf to silence, where all attacks must be as soft as possible, and the overall ba lanced , s o tha t the ins truments bl end to gether as much as po ss ibl e. T he dyna mi c ma rki ng s sho ul d be interpreted a s rel ati ve and no t abs olute, a nd thus ind ica te the to ta l o utput of the n tha t of the ind ivi dua l ins truments .

renthes is ad jacent to the ma in no te ind ica te alterna tive pi tches : the perfo rmer ca n cho os e to pl ay any of thes e tw o. It is reco mmend ed to pl ay the ma in no te in the firs t repri se. appl y onl y to the ad jacent no te.

tha t the w ho le ens embl e pl ay s n on vib ra to thro ug ho ut the enti re pi ece.

pi ece typi ca lly las ts ap pro xi ma tel y 45 -50 mi nutes . sed .

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