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voiceless, [this body] is filled

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Baldwin, Kevin

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2020

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voiceless, [this body] is filled
for piccolo/alto flute and prepared tabletop guitar
commisioned by the Keith/Larson Duo

Kevin Baldwin:COMPOSER
 voiceless, [this body] is filled
for piccolo/alto flute and prepared tabletop guitar
commisioned by the Keith/Larson Duo
Notes:
General
1 1 3 1 5 3
8 4 8 2 8 4 Horizontal solid lines designate duration.

Horizontal dashed lines designate technique

change over given duration.

Vertical dashed lines designate simaltaneous

3 5 1 3 1 1 events during the unsynchronized sections.
4 8 2 8 4 8
Guitar:
Guitar should be placed on a table with the lowest
Piccolo/Alto Flute: string closest the performer.
Alto Flute Staff Preperation materials:
Normal embouchure - One sheet of tin foil approx. 3x2 inches
- One chop stick
Cover embouchure hole with mouth - Five bottle caps

Additional items:
Fingering of the 6 main keyholes - Violin bow
with a standard placement of fingers. - Rosin for bow

Preparation instructions:
A filled in circle designates a closed key,
and an empty circle designates an open key.
The dotted line and rhythm shows the
duration to transfer between closed and open
keys, and visa versa.
Voix Staff
A rectangles placement indicates range from
low to high of the performers voice. The symbol
inside is the syllable to be pronounced, written
ɶ in IPA.
- Chop stick should be placed at the ninth
fret. Weave through the strings - Over String
VI, Under V, Under IV, Over III, Under II,
Over I.
- Begin with no bottle caps in place. When
instructed, place them upright between strings
just above the bridge.
- Begin without tin foil. When instructed, place
the tin foil over all 6 strings over the sound hole
and fold sides to a 90 degree angle hugging
the outer strings. Then, slide the tin foil up so the
folded wings touch the top of the sound hole.

I Using the violin bow (make sure to put on rosin),

This symbol under a rectangle means to produce the keep bow in contact with string indicated where
syllable within the rectangle with a glottle sound and the line (string) intersects the bow.
no pitch.
Using the full length
of the bow over the
high Move the bow contact duration, allow the
mid-high
point with strings over bow to be in contact
the given duration. with all strings.
mid-low mid
low
*Placement on the staff indicates vocal range. If
Tremolo between the
instructed during a glottal sound, this may effect
Play with bow at 2 frets indicated with
the speed of vibrations from slower - faster instead
45 degree angle no vertical motion of
of range.
with string. 20 10 the bow.
Dynamics Designates the string with which to have the bow
II in contact. (I - Highest, VI - Lowest)
pppp All sounds should be as quiet as possible. Crescendos
*Strings will be instructed to detune by turns of
and decrescendos apply more to intensity than
pegs.
dynamics,and do not give clear volume levels.
Under the bow symbol, this shows fret to have
12 the bow over. (SH = Sound Hole behind tin foil.)
Strike down on the end of the chop stick with a
fingertip.
Bow movement durations/pressure:
No more pressure than the weight of the bow
Medium pressure
Extreme pressure
*Dynamics dictated by pressure + movement.
 voiceless, [this body] is filled
for solo alto flute/piccolo and prepared tabletop guitar

= 30
3:2 5:4

Alto Flute

Voice
ɶ ɑ ɶ ɶ
1
pppp

4 3 4 6
16 16 16 16

Guitar I
1

12 3:2 5:4

3:2 3:2 5:6 3:2 5:4

= 42

Alto Flute

Voice ø
ɶ t̬ø̥ t̬ø̥ t̬ø̥ t̬ø̥ ɑ
10 ɶ

4 6 4 5
16 16 16 16

Guitar I
10

I - tune down 2
3:2 full turns 3:2 5:4
7:6
3:2 5:4 10”

Alto Flute

Voice ø
ɶ
18 ɶ

5 4 6 4
16 16 16 10” 16

Guitar I
18

5:4 3:2 7:6

5:3

Alto Flute

Voice
25 t̬ø̥ t̬ø̥

6 5 6 3 4 6
16 16 16 16 16 16

Guitar I
25 II II II

I/II - + Bottle Cap

5:2 4:5
2:3

Copyright ©Kevin Baldwin, 2015

 2
3:2
5:2

pu
Alto Flute ø
u ɶ
32 ʉ

6 4 3 4 3 6
16 16 16 16 16 16

Guitar I
II
32

5:4 3:2 5:3

12” 5:6
3:2
5:6 5:2 4:3 3:2 5:4

Alto Flute

ɶ a
Voice r̥
40 r̥ ʉ ɨ ɨ r̥

4 3 4 3 4
16 16 16 12”
16 16

Guitar I
40
+ Tin Foil
I - Down 1 turn
II - Down 1.5 turns p
III - Down 2 turns 12 10
5:4
5:4
5:4 3:2 7:4 7:6

Alto Flute kḁ

r̥ r̥ pø̥ pø̥ pø̥ ɶ̥
50

3 4 3 6 4
16 16 16 16 16

Guitar I
50

3:2 3:2
pp 12 10 18 10 12 10

7:6 5:4
3:2
5:3 5:2 4:3

16”

Alto Flute r̥ r̥
59

3 4 5:4 3 4 3
16 16 16 16” 16 16

Guitar I
59

mp
+ All bottle caps 5:4 mf
5:3
p
I - Down 1 turn
III - Down 1 turn
VI - Down 3 turns
3

5:2 7:6 = c. 144

8”
Alto Flute to picc.
flz.

Voice r̥ kḁ
69 pø̥ pø̥ pø̥ pø̥ ɶ̥
5:4 ff
ff
4 6 4 unsynchronized unless
16 16 16 8” otherwise noted.

Guitar I
69

20 10 12 10

SH
ff

picc.

5:3 5:2
5:6 3:2
fff ff

Guitar I

9:8

= 58 = c. 144
flz. flz. flz.

picc.

8:5 3:2
9:8 fff
ff
fff

Guitar I

10:6 5:3

= 42 = c. 144 = 30
to a. flute
(8va) 42”

ø
picc. ø
ɶ
ʉ
75pppp
5:2
ff ffff attacca
synchronized 3 6
42” 16 16

Guitar I
75

ff ffff
With extremely heavy bow
pppp 5:3
pressure, freely and agressively 5:6
alternate upward and downward 12
bowing over the sound hole.
 4

5:4 3:2
= 20

Alto Flute

Voice ø
ɨ ɶ
78 ɶ

3 4 6
16 16 16

Guitar I
78

3:2 3:2

Alto Flute

Voice
87 ɑ ɶ

4 6
16 16

Guitar I
87

3:4