Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
For
Amplified string quartet
and live electronics
By
Gunnar Karel Msson
2012
Fli VII
Instrumentation
Amplified string quartet and live electronics (made with Max/msp)
The controller :
Input channels
(0-150)
(0-1000)
Input 1
Input 2
Input 3
(0-2000)
Input 4
Output channels
Metro time interval
(0-500)
(0-1500)
Upper buttons on channel 5 and 7 start
A metro which turns the filter on/off for
output 3 and 4 respectively.
Upper buttons on channel 6 and 8 stop
the metro.
Lower buttons on channels 5 and 6 reset
the metro value
Output 1
Output 2
Output 3
Output 4
Master fader
Clean signal
Modulated signal
Fli VII
G. Karel
Violin I &
q = 45
>
ff
Violin II
Viola
&
?
Violoncello
mf
J
ff
pp
ff
mf
ppp
B
r
Vln. I &
Vln. II
Vla.
&
B
?
Vc.
ppp
Kr
r
b- -
pp
ppp
pp
R
mf
r
>
mf
-
p
pp
b>
mf
mf
x3
pp
On the first repetition set Violin I input at maximum, and at the 3rd time the cello.
No output yet only input !
C
Vln. I &
&
ppp
Vln. II
Vla.
?
Vc.
bw
ppp
b
3
ppp
j
b
ppp
ppp
bw
ppp
ppp
ppp
Slowly introduce the output of the material caught in the previous fragments.
Mute and clear everything before the next fragment.
Vln. I &
&
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
B n
>
f
?
sul pont.
pp
j
b
ff
sul tasto
sul tasto
ff
pp
O O
R
p
R
pp
x5
"For it is through writing that you become animal, it is through color that you become
imperceptible, it is through music that you become hard and memoryless,
simultaneously animal and imperceptible: in love."
Vln. I &
&
ord.
Vln. II
ff
Vla.
O
R
O
R
ord.
mf
O
J
?
Vc.
x8
&
sul pont.
pp
On the first repetition leave Violin I at maximum, then at the second repetition it
should be Violin II and proceed until all 4 instruments have been caught.
All outputs at maximum (or less if too loud) for the remaining repetitions.
At the end of the fragment all should be muted and cleared.
Clean slate.
b
Vln. I &
& b
pp
Vln. II
pp
Vla.
Vc.
pp
ord.
Vc.
pp
mf
pp
b
J
mf
pp
pp
r
n.
& r Kr
.
.
ff
.
B
Vla.
mf
bw
G
Vln. I &
Vln. II
b
J
x ad lib.
ff
. . . .
>
rK
. .
>
. .
ff
x 13
. .
ff
.
R
.
R
"It is a tactile space, or rather "haptic", a sonorous much more than a visual space."
H
pizz.
3
Vln. I & r
&
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
pp
pizz.
Kr
pp
? R
pizz.
pp
Kr
pp
x8
Kr
pp
pizz.
R
pp
Keep the inputs and outputs at the same level throughout this fragment.
Mute the inputs at the last repetition.
& .
sul tasto
arco
Vln. I
pp
sul tasto
arco
& b
.
Vln. II
pp
Vla.
sul tasto
arco
b .
b .
.
b .
pp
sul tasto
arco
b .
?
Vc.
b .
pp
<b>.
<b>.
b .
<b>.
b .
ord.r pizz.
Vln. I &
b
mf
&
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
mf
ord.
pizz.
bb>O
R
3
b
mf
mf
ord.
x5
Kr
mf
ff
b
R
pizz.
ord.
3
mf
R
mf
"There is rhythm whenever there is a transcoded passage from one milieu to another,
a communication of milieus, coordination between heterogeneous space-times."
K
Vln. I &
Vln. II
Vla.
mf
& . . . .
sul tasto
3
Vc.
(pizz.)
(pizz.)
r
>
arco
ord.
R
&
No input/output !
mf
x3
R
R
mf
9
arco
Vln. I & #
>
ff
Vln. II
Vla.
&
arco
>
#
B
>
#Kr
>
ff
>
Vla.
Vc.
& <#>
B <#>
& <#> #> >
Vln. I & <#>w
Vln. II
Vla.
& <#>w
B <#>w
3
3
r
>
#>
>
n>
>
3
>
#
>
>
R
> >
>
>
#
>
ff
Vc.
>
>
>
r
>
> >
Kr
>
> >
>
>
ca. 30''
ffff
ffff
ffff
ffff
10
Vln. I &
Vln. II
&
Vla.
Vc.
&
2'30''
Here there is only the captured material from the preceeding fragment.
The timer is embedded in the interface, it only needs to be set off.
When the time is up, everything should be muted, that is the que for the quartet.
11
N
O O
#O
Vln. I & #
#O
pp
Vln. II
r
O O #O #O #Oj
#O
r j
j
#
O
O
& #
O O
j
j
O ##O
B # J
pp
sul tasto
Vla.
ppp
sul tasto
Vc.
j
& -
ppp
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
j
j
#
O
& #
B <#>J #
-
J
& -
-
- -
j
O
j
O
- - -
j
O
Kr
O O
r
O
- #- -
J
- - - --
j
j
O #O
Vln. I & ##
Kr j Kr j
O O O # O
j
O
##Oj
mf
#- -
jr
- -
mf
mf
r
O
- -
R J
j j
- - -
3
12
Vln. I &
ppp
Vla.
Vc.
? -
Vln. I &
-
J
-
R
& - - -
Vln. II
Vla.
Vc.
ppp
& -
Vln. II
-
R
- b
-
-
J
- -
ppp
-
-
R
ppp
>-
- -
Kr
-
-
-
R
-
fff
fff
>
>
-
R
fff
>- >-
fff