At 12:55 PM +0100 2/4/12, SN jef chippewa wrote: >hey john, here is the original >cheers, >jef
Thanks, jef! Now that I've seen the score, I'm no further along in understanding the composer's intention, obvious as it may seem, and therefore in interpreting the notational questions. And I'm a violist!!!! (And would run screaming from the hall if anyone approached my instrument with a baseball bat in hand!!) The intent is obviously to apply the bat to the viola. But to what PART of the viola, in what manner, and with what degree of force? Two major choices, left unspecified: First, use the bat to sound the strings, which would require either bouncing it off the strings or scraping it across the strings. Considering the weight of the bat (and Marc does not specify whether it should be aluminum, wood, or what weight should be used, probably not being a baseball player himself, and CERTAINLY not being a violist!), bouncing it off the strings would likely produce little if any audible effect. It would be a very inefficient kind of "col lengno" at best!!! Scraping might produce a sound, although i suspect that the bat would need to be rosined for it to work. But in that case Marc should have given a pitch to the note. But either case would result in a sound that in THEORY could be sustained for the length of the decay or the scrape, which would explain the fermatas. But it would NOT explain no indication of a pitch. Or, second, use the bat to strike the viola itself, but where? As any string player would know, striking the instrument (usually done with the fingers, not a lethal weapon!) gives a different sound depending on where it is struck. Anywhere on the resonating surface would give an audible sound but not a sustained one. Anywhere on a nonresonating surface would simply be an unsustained click. But in reality I don't thing Marc has a clue what he wants, and is trying to pull a Gallic P.D.Q. Bach that somehow fails to be especially humorous. And with the important difference that Professor Schikele's P.D.Q. Bach pieces actually CAN be performed to humorous effect, while this score seems to be simply an attempt to out-Python the Monty Python dadaism. If he were serious he would have to have given more specific instruction and answered the question above. And in the absence of those answers, the notational questions simply can't be answered, because we can't possibly know what kind of sound to represent. And I put M. Gosselin on notice that should he ever ask me to play viola (unlikely as that may be), I would require him to put up a bond in advance equal to the full replacement cost of my instrument with an equal or better one! We ain't talking rock-'n-roll guitars here!!!! All the best, John > > >>click on "ouvrir" (opens PDF) for the piece "fantasme" (6th in the list) > >http://www.marcgosselin.fr/compositeur/pour-instruments.html >> >>i'm thinking the baseball bat would be best notated on a single >>line, and actually normal noteheads could be used for the part, >>since it is played "normally" and is already on a percussion staff. >> >>also i find that sixteenth notes would better represent the >>composer's intentions; the quarter note for me suggests a duration >>that is inconsistent with the gesture... >> >>further to the last point, the fermata should actually be on the 2nd >>(or 3rd) rest for clarity, no? >> >>but maybe there are some experts on the list that might have some >>other ideas or experiences in these kinds of contexts? >> >>cheers, >>jef >> >>============== >> >>english translations: >> >>[A] - free(ly) >> >>m4 - on the viola, with conviction and passion >> >>m6 - keep the violist from whimpering by any means necessary >> >>bottom of page - * unfortunately, conservatories do not offer >>baseball bat courses, but any performer would (be able to) execute >>this part with pleasure and professionalism. / this is not the >>definitive score, the author feels that the A section is too long. > >_______________________________________________ >Finale mailing list >Finale@shsu.edu >http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale -- John R. Howell, Assoc. Prof. of Music Virginia Tech Department of Music School of Performing Arts & Cinema College of Liberal Arts & Human Sciences 290 College Ave., Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0240 Vox (540) 231-8411 Fax (540) 231-5034 (mailto:john.how...@vt.edu) http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/howell/howell.html "Machen Sie es, wie Sie wollen, machen Sie es nur schön." (Do it as you like, just make it beautiful!) --Johannes Brahms _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
