Quiver(forsolocello)RavenChacon(commissionedbyMichelleKesler,2018)PartIIIofsolocelloworksonthetrackingofanimals.approximatetotalduration:8minutesTheapproximatedurationofeachmeasure/systemisindicatedaboveeach.Notedurationvaluescanrangeinpreferencetotheperformer.Theymayfluctuate,butshouldmaintainavaluerelativetodurationofthemeasure.Spacesbetweengesturesequatetoaproportionalsilence.Barlinesmayimplydownbeat.Thebottomstaffisanormalbassclef,5linestaff,indicatingpitchandproportionalduration.Whenmoreinformationisneededregardingatechniqueorgesture,atopstaffisaddedtothemeasureas:-4linestaffrepresentingthecelloandherstrings;thescroll/nutrepresentedbytheverticallinetotheleftedgeandthetailpiecerepresentedbytheverticallinecompletingthestaffontherightedge.-Onmeasures16+17,thisstaffisusedtoindicatethechangesindirection,speed,andangleofthebariolagebowingsoverthedurationalspanofthe5linestaff.-2stafflinesrepresentarangeof100cents.graphicallypresentingamagnificationofmicrotonalpitchactivityoftheindicatednote.SP=SulPontMSP=MoltoSulPontST=SulTastoMST=MoltoSulTastoORD=Ordinary/neutralbowingposition

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Circularbowings–clockwiseorcounter-clockwisebowingpatternsperslurredpassage.Bowpositionandspeedofthecyclemayalsobeindicated.*-Measure1:Bowinaclockwisespiralmotionbeginningatthetip,withintheSulPontrange.Beginthegesturewithtightermotions,expanding/lengtheningthestrokestiptofrog.Frominnerspiralgesturetoouter,shouldtakeapprox.20secMeasure2:Positionadouble-stoponIIandIstrings,wheretheuppernoteis¼flat.Thiscanbeachievedbyslightlyanglingthestop.CreateasimilarartificialharmonicstopaM4above,andundulatetremolobetweenthetwostartingslowandspeedingupbytheendofthemeasure(openstringtonesmaysound).Towardtheendofthemeasure,graduallyslideup1or2steps.Measure3:DepresstheIIIstringabout2or3inchawayfromthebridgesothatIV,III,andIIstringsarelevel.Bowallthreestringsoccasionallywhilequivering/vibratotheIIIstring.Measure4:ORD.Stutterspiccato.withweightedstaccatodrops.Measure5:Silence(yourowntime).Perhapsstareatthefloor.Measure6:WoodMute–freebowMeasure7:Using left hand, pinch the stick of the bow to help guide it, bow extremely slow (with light pressure) so as to produce ‘pops’. After 20 seconds, slightly change degrees of SP, bow angle and twist, and pressure. Entire minute should require only a single bow length. (as if pinching the bow with l.h. and pulling it away with the right hand, only using approx. 2” of bow) Measure8:PlaywithinarangeofE3andF3.Pitchnotatedgraphicallyabove.Measure9:(highestpitchoffthefingerboard)vibrato+lhdepressing+micro-gliss+_varityofbowpressure+SPMeasure10:pre-bend IV string up m3, then slow release to a lightly touched A, Then slide up to C. (as if you are hunting a deer to your right)

Measure11:Whilestoppingharmonicdouble-stopswiththethumb,bowinacircularmotionasindicated,usingthe1st,2nd,and3rd,fingersofthel.h.todrumontothecenter-to-tipendofthebow.Measure12:BowingIV,III,andII,butliftingIVstringnearG2positionwiththelefthandpointerfinger(hookingitunderneaththestring),sothatallthreestringsarelevelandinline.Bowatthatplace.(as if you are hunting a deer behind you or inside of you) Measure13:OnstringsIIIandII,slowlydepressandun-depressthestringsatthehighestpositionpossiblebeyondthefingerboardwhilebowinginaslightSulPontposition.In4gestures,alternatewhichstringgetsdepressedmore.Thebowingshouldbeshakybutstiff,stuttering.Perhapswithshortbowstrokes.Measure14:Silence(sharedwiththeaudience).Stareintotheaudience.Measure15:SameasMeasure7,butbowingIVandIsimultaneously,underneaththestrings.MoltoST.Bowstickispressingupagainstthebuttendofthefingerboard,bowhairmayevenberidingonthetopofthefingerboard.Measure16:Rapidlytapharmonicquadruple-stops.BowingshouldalternatebetweenangledST–to-SPbowstrokesandSP–to-STbowstrokes,arpeggiatedacrossall4strings.Measure17:sim.Measure18:PlaywithinarangeofDb3andD3.Pitchnotatedgraphicallyabove.

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