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Jeremy Woodruff

First Elementfor Flute and Piano with Audio


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Performance directions :

1. Listen several times to the included audio reference track.It is a more important part of the score than the notation.

2. Without looking at the notation try to emulate the singing by playing on your instrument.

Spend considerable time away from the score with the recording until you feel

you can play along with the recording, keeping up with the singing with ease.

Flute:3. Add the appropriate microtonal intervals, phrasing, contour, extended techniques

and tone colors at your own discretion in order to emulate the singers even farther.Be as creative as you like. Write them in to your part. Give each singer particularindividual characteristics.

Piano3. In the parts of the score that are informed by the audio reference develop furthurornamentation and nuance of your own, emulating the voice as far as possible.Playing inside the piano is also conceivable. Freely notate these inventions on your part

to keep track of them. Give each singer particular individual characteristics.

4. The notation is lacking conventional graphic elements such as microtonal accidentals,glissando lines, even phrasing marks etc.which you will need to fill in based on your learningprocess from the recording and your own ideas. Repeated notes in the notation may

sometimes mean that there is microtonal deviation within the pitch. The audio reference isa way to add more depth to your playing than graphic notation could. Engage with therecording as if it were a living teacher from whom you are learning by rote. Deviationfrom the written notation is expected and may be taken as far as desired towards thepurpose of emulating the voice.

Capturing the nuances of the voice by means of an instrument generally fall into 2 categories:

1) Reductionary: A cool objective approach which reduces the line to its primary shapesand most salient characteristics.2) Illusionary: Adding extra layers and nuances of sound to amplify the initial vocalcharacteristics, thereby creating a sort of expressionistic picture of the vocal line. This creates

a 'blurring' effect which can be closer to how we perceive the sound of the voice than animitation that is technically 'exactly' like the voice.

Notice that both approaches are metaphorical.

Notice that the transcription is transposed to various registers from the original.

Accidentals carry through the bar.

The Singers are:(in order of appearnce)

Srividhya ChandramouliCharveh Motlagh

LeadbellyKaren DaltonBjrk


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Audio Reference:

Included with the Flute part:

- One track with the singing passages where they occur in the timeline of the piece- The passages as seperate tracks numbers one through ten.

Included with the Piano part:

- One track with the singing passages where they occur in the timeline of the piece- The passages as seperate tracks numbers one through ten.

Audio Accompaniment:

Included:

- Audio track for the live performance- The passages as seperate tracks to be triggered live


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Specific glissandos here are just an example.Always emulate the recorded voice as far as possible forpitch (including microtones,) contour, tone color, nuance etc.

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