colossus mvts i-iii

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Instructions:

Equipment Requirements

1 sm57/vocal mic1 contact microphone1 distortion pedal1 thick plastic straw, wrap one end intape as to not damage tuba.

Set up:

Hang vocal mic down halfway inside bell of tuba.Use sound foam to plug around the microphone and cover on top with foam cap. Wedge the contact microphone between foam and bell of tuba to pick up resonance of the body.

Clefs:

The notation is divided into three clefs to help distinguish independency while maintaining interconnected gesturalinformation.

The clef labeled “Head” involves sounds related to embouchure/ phonetics.

The “Right Hand” involves key clicks and gestures related to shortening or lengthening the horn to produce spectral anddynamic sound filters.

The “Left Hand” solely involves tapping different nodes on the tuba to produce percussive attacks. This is done with a beater made from a plastic straw with its beating end wrapped in tape.



Key:

[Head Clef]

air noise

tongue ram/plug

hard pallet click; produced by pressing the tongue against the roofof the mouth then sucking and releasing with force to produce attack

sing a note through the tuba in the middle to low range of the voice ( sing same pitch always)

inhaled screech at highest pitch possible, produced by tightening throat and inhaling with pressure

flutter tongue while singing highest pitch possible

exhale gesture

inhale gesture

ad lib glissando down



[Right Hand Clef]

double key click, quick down up articulation,key click noise should sound

triple key click, quick roll of three keys in succession,key click noise should sound

trill using first top key only,key click noise should not be accentuated

slowly depress keys halfway in random order to produce constantdynamic and spectral filter, key click noise should not be accentuated.

[Left Hand Clef] [Pedal Notation]

rub the mallet against the tuba’s bell downward and let the mallet skipto create reiterated attack sounds

Distortion Pedal should be mixed so that

when activated it should be on the verge of feeding back. The start and finish of the black/red line areindications of exact on and off placement points forthe effect.

The colored staff lines refer to different partsalong the body of the tuba. When struck, the bell, top body,side body, low body, should all produce different percussiveattacks which range in pitch and color greatly.

This notation indicates the use of a delaypedal with one echo only, and with a rate of



M.v.t III

The third movement is a duet for Tuba and Tenor Saxophone. The saxophone is to be prepared in the same way as thetuba with a microphone and a contact mic wedged inside the bell with sound foam.

Saxophone Specific Key:

Black shaded arrows are used to indicate exhaled or inhaled air noise gestures. The lips should completely cover the

mouth hole so that no air escapes except through the horn. The thickness, contour, and slope of the shape,determines the dynamic level, embouchure shape, and rate of air flow. ( the embouchure shape is determined by it’sregard to higher or lower sounding air noise)

The contoured key click clef should be read as approximate free notation and thus should result inan unspecific and playful sound. The contour of the clicks translate to the high, mid, and low rangeof the saxophone’s fingering. For instance, a line starting at the halfway point in the staff anddescending down, would be key clicks on keys 4,5,6, etc. Lines that split apart independent in

contour should be split between hands.

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