M u s i c '

si

P U L S E

By
Henry Cowell

F o r Six Players
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Pulse
(or
John Cago and hls Percussion Group
Henry Cowell
Score 1939
Rather rapid pulse
high
3 Korean Dragon's Mouths medium
low li
3 Reetanguiar high
Woodblocks medium
low

3 Chinese Tom-toms high 4

medium
low

3 Different Sized small

Drums (nosnares) medium
large

3 Rice Bowls high

(small metal or medium
hardwood sticks) low

3 Japanese Tempie Gongs high

(or 3B e l l s ) medium
low

3 SuspendedCymbals small
(with padded s t i c k ) medium
large

small
3 Gongs medium
(open-suspended)
large

(damped)
3 Pipe-lengths high
(on saw-horsesor medium
cradles) low

3Brake-drums high
(open-suspended) medium
low
N.B. -use extra player to take
doubled parts asindicated E-72-38
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—
3 Drums

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— _
(*=—

3 Cymbals
(stopped-dry^<-) ^
=- — t ^
A * J *

1 ^— 1 -^^^ — 1

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3 Brake Drums

-^5L—;

(*) extra player may damp twocymbals, by hand;

the t h i r d cymbal stopped by regular player
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3 Dragon's Mouths
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P ;3

3 Ch, Tom-toms

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—
3 Drums

-J 1 J J J j >^ j JJ'
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^ "V^:

Cymbals

1-• JR ^ ^J1« ^J-

-r
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Gongs

Pipe-lengths (damped)
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3Drums

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Cynibals Si
(stopped)

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iDragon's mouths

Ch. Tom-toms

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Gongs

(stopped)
Pipe-length
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— _ —
— , - 4 —

"3 \ H

Drums
stopped (place hand or finger onmembrane)
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Rice Bowls

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(extra playe ^ Tempie Gongs

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Ch. Tom-toms

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^ J ^

— # — #

Cymbals
open

— ^ A——

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—
(*) Bowls areplaced d o s e together and s t i c k vibrated between thera
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— ^

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Drums
(stopped)

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(extra player)
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Ch.Tom-toms

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J—^—J—-Li

-p p —
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Cymb
als
open

a = ì
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 Drums stopped

Rice Bowls

i
JlQf Tpl. Gongs
extra player
JJ

(*) open -outer

Gongs
edge o:

with wood end of stick

1 1

(•«-)Gongsmust be dose enough tovibrate thes t i c k between them

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Ch. Tom-toms

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—— T—

— -

Gongs
(damped)

3^ — — — 1 ^ f~
-E 5 ... —1

open
Brake drums
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Dragon's Mouths

3 &

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Drums
3

Cymbals

Ir I
j j , ,
1

— ^ —

damped (^)

r :r. 1 — r : 1-
(^*)i na l icases where Instruments are damped, or stopped,
extra player may damp two, and regular player damp the t h i r d
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ED '

Wd. blks

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Ch. Tom-toms

Gongs (damped)
^

Br. drums
(open)
 Dragon's Mouths

1
1 ri —^ j*

in
, C ri. Tom-toms

2 Drums

1 ^r
P
Rice Bowls

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3 Tpl. Gongs player)
— 1 —
1 p —

Cymbals

4 f 1 Gongs (open)

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Pipe-lengths
(damped)

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inj' >
5

tal !•
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^ nn
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r ^^ if— ^

2 Drums

— f — 1 —
Rice Bowls

JJ j l j j j .
3 Tpl. Gongs

^ 1 E 3
^ —
— — —
4

^ —

1
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— J[- ' a i - — q

Ch. Te jra-toms

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^ a ^ ' ^ =
^ ^:

; -

Cymbals (open)
SB V:
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r

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(*) Tpl.Gongs are placed dose together

and stick vibrated between them
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Drums

s
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Gongs

SB V:
1 (fc
 Drums

f
Rice Bowls

Tpl. Gongs cresc.

creso.

Gongs

creso.

Pipe-lengths (open)

Br. drums
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Tpl. Gongs
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- ^ - ^
Cymba]

r
Jongs

Pipe- lengths

Br. Drums
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(extra player)
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cresc, èli fine

cresc. al fine

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creso, al fine

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