Disborder Control Desborde

for piano, percussion, e-guitar, 1-2 windplayers and 1-3

string players

Juan Felipe Waller

 Disborder Control Desborde
Juan Felipe Waller
This comprovisation is written for Estamos Ensemble.
The piece can by played by 5 to 8 players:
INSTRUMENTATION

Winds (1 or 2 players) ______________Sopranino, and Piccolo or any other high instruments the players finds suitable)
Strings (1, 2 or 3 Players)____________Violin, Viola, Cello
Electric Guitar_____________________Use of E-bow and Pick. (distortion and effects to the players criteria)
Percussion________________________5 woodblocks 5 temple blocks, 1 low drum, small styrofoam pieces (7cm balls)
Piano____________________________With Masking tape preparation.

The choice of Pitches and Rhythms have been separated for each player, This separation is to give the performers
both a frame as well as space and freedom to navigate through the material suggested. It is more of a proposition of
material that the player can interpret, maneauver and bend as far as his own musicality deems necessary. The Register
or Range given should be preferably respected.
All players play from the same score. The first 3 pages depict 4-5 systems. The systems should be played in the
order given with an interruptive approach in an alernating manner, thus only the players appearing on each
system are sounding. Each system interrupts the next. Cues should be given for this by one player; the percussionist
is the most suitable.
the duration of the segment is suggestive and should be decided
by the player giving the cues during the performance. Cues, to be given by one player

œ œ œ œ œ #œ
& ∑ ca. 15 '' CUE A

œ œ œœ œ œœ œ œ œ œœœ œ ∑
Winds

The Circle and Square around the notes, differentiate the two different voices or collection of notes to be played.
Also an enphasis in recurrance should be given to the circled (or squared) note.
1) If, for example, two wind instruments are playing each should to play the different sets of notes. Concerning
the Rhythms, the players need not play in unirhythm, but rather play at their own tempo or in a hocketus manner.
2) In case only one wind player, then he should use the two collections of notes, treating them as two different voices.
This same principle applies to the strings.

temple blocks or
œcymbal
œ œ œ œ
high woodblocks wet styrofoam ball
œ
jam blocks
œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ
rubbed on glass

œ
Percussion

low drum

The preparation of the piano is very simple but effective. It consists of muting the strings with the use
of masking tape (which leaves no residues when taken off). A width of 5 cm (thickness) works the best,
and should be taped perpendicularly along all the strings of the piano. It is very easy to place, and even
quicker to take off afterwards.
˙
?
range for placement ˙ & (the lower part of range is flexible, depending on the piano,
basically it should cover the middle register up to the highest
of masking tape register of the piano)

This preparation has two effective purposes: 1) The sound colour of the piano changes to a filtered almost
electronic sound (specially on the highest registers, while in the middle register
gets harp-like sound quality. All this changes will merge/mix/ very effectively with
2) Obviously the sound level and brightness of the piano become more subdued, and yet in the high
register the soung becomes more incisive. Hence the alternation with the woodblocks.

All pitches are written in C, Only the E-guitar is transposiing an octave.

Aproximate duration: 7-10 minutes
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√ staccatissimo
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œ œ œ œ œ #œ
& ca. 10'' CUE A

œ œ œœ œ œœ œœ œ œœœ œ
Winds

ƒ. . . . . . . .
œ , œ
staccatissimo
# œ 15 œ œ
use Pick

#œ
va

&> > > > >

Electric Guitar
œ .. œœ .. œœ œ œœ œ œ œ. œ
ƒ
œ œ œ
3

ƒ œœ. ,
œ. œœ. œœ œœœ. œœ
Percussion

æ æ
q _˜ 135bend the note reguarly
__!˚__!˚__!˚__!˚__!˚__!˚__
& j ww ca. 15 '' CUE B
pw
Wnds.

__>__>__>__>__>_
Pulsating accents (asynchronous to other players)

& g ww
p ] ww
Str.

&
use E-bow

p nw
E-Gtr.

15va œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
&
Sempre martellato ,
ƒ œ .. œ . œ œ . œ >œ
> œ
> œ >œ >œ œ œ
r.h.
Pno.

bœ bœ bœ bœ
l.h.
15va
bœ bœ bœ bœ bœ
&
q√
_ 105
˜
staccatissimo bœ bœ
œ œ œ #œ œ #œ
& ca. 15 '' CUE C
nœ nœ
ƒ . œ . œ . œ. . . œ.
⋲œ œ œœœ
Wnds.

œ œ œ
. 3 .
√
œ œ
staccatissimo
œ œ œ #œ
E-Gtr.
ƒ œ>.. œ œ>.. œ œ> œ œ œ œ> , œ œ>. œ

œ œ œ œ
œ
3

& œ
Perc.
ƒ >œ .. >œ .. >œ œ >œ , >œ .
œ œ œ. œ œ œ
3

q _˜ 105
& ] www ca. 15 '' CUE D

p
Wnds.

g word.
sul pont.

& g] ww
ord.

p
Str.

w
!˚ !˚ !˚ !˚ !˚
bend the note reguarly

& nw
use E-bow

p
E-Gtr.

15œva
& œ œœ œœ œœ œœ
ƒ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Pno.

bœ bœ bœ bœ bœ
15va
& bœ bœ
1
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9 15va œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
&b œ
CUE E
bœ > > b >œ
ca. 15 ''
>œ œ œ
œ œ œ > œ .. œ > œ œ œ œ .. œ >œ œ œ œ
Wnds.

œ œ œ œ œ œ.

œ œ
œ œ
& œ
œ œ
œ> œ .. œ> > œ> œ œ œ œ>.. œ> œ œ œ œ,
Perc.

œœ. œ œ œ œ œ œ, œ œ. œ> œ œ œ

q _˜ 90
]w
Irregular fltzg.

& ww __´´_´_´´´´´_´_´´´_´_´´´´_
11
ca. 10" CUE F

F
Wnds.

] w ! @ ! ! @ !@ @ @ ! @@! @ ! !
Irregular tremolo

Str. &g ww
Fw

& nw
use E-bow Pulsate tone with right hand

E-Gtr.
Fœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
√œ œ
& œ œ œ

ƒ œ œ œ œ œ
œœ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œœ œ
œ œ œœœ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Pno.

√ bœ bœ
& bœ bœ œ œ

q _˜ 120 Asynchronous

—— — —
play very high pitches

— —— —
va
15
& ca. 7 '' CUE G
Str. f œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ
15va
— — —
play very high pitches use Pick

&
E-Gtr.
f œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ

& œœœœœœœœœœœœ
Rub wet styrofoam on glass
Perc.

q _˜ 105
√ œ
staccatissimo

œ œ œ
bœ bœ
15

& ca. 10'' CUE H

ƒ. .
œ œ œ œ. œ. œ œ. œ œ. œ. œ œ œ. œ
Wnds.

œ œ œ œ
œ
ƒœ .. œ .. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ .. œ œ œ œ .. œ œ . œ
Perc.

œ
3 3 3

—
15
——
va play very high pitches
— —— — —
& ca. 10" i
CUE
Str. f œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

— —
play very high pitches use Pick

—
15va
&
E-Gtr. f œœœœœ œ œ œ œœœœœ œ
3

œ œœœ œœœœœœœ œœ
Rub wet styrofoam on glass

f
Perc.

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&g w
19
Pulsating tone
ca. 20" CUE
J
q ww p
Wnds.

]
g word.
sul pont.

& ]w
ord.

p bw
Str.

useD__DDD__D__DD_D
E-bow Unsteady, irregular

&
bw p
E-Gtr.

√œ œ œ
œ bœ nœ bœ
&
fœ .. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœ
œ œ œœ œ œ œ .. œ œ
√ œ
Pno.

bœ œ #œ
bœ œ nœ bœ
&

staccatissimo

bU
œ Uœ U
œ
U
#œ
&b œ bœ œ œ nœ nœ
21

nœ
ca. 15 '' CUE K

ƒ œ. œ. . œ. ˙ œ ˙
œ. œ œ.
Wnds.

œ ⋲œ

œ œ œ
œ œ
œ
Perc.
œ
œ œ œ . œ. œ œ œ. œ œ œ. œ. œ
œ œ
J œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

¶±
ûû
play noisy tones combining high sounds with crash tones and muted strings, rhythmically

ûû ¶¶
& b b ûû b b ûû
ca. 12" CUE L
Str. f œ œ œ ‰ œ >œ œ ‰ ‰ >œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ >œ >œ œ œ

¶ b b ¶¶
b b ¶¶ ¶¶
play noisy tones combining high sounds with crash tones and muted strings, rhythmically

& ¶ b¶
¶ b¶
fœ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ ‰ œ œ
E-Gtr.

J
. . 5. . . .3 .
œœœœœœœœ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Rub wet styrofoam on glass

! ! ! ! !
Perc.

q _˜ 135
__!˚__!˚__!˚__!˚__!˚__!˚__
] ww
bend the note reguarly

jw
25

& ca. 15 '' CUE M

Wnds.

f Pulsating accents (asynchronous to other players)

__>__>__>__>__>_
www
& gw
f ]w
Str.

!˚∞!˚∞!˚∞!˚∞!˚∞!˚∞
&
use E-bow
E-Gtr.

f nw
15va œœ œœ œœ œœ œ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ
& œ
,
ƒ œœ .... œ.
œœ œœ œœ œ œ
> œœ œ>.
œœ œœ œ .. œœ œ œœ œ> œ
> œ> œ
Pno.

b œœ b b œœ b n œœ b b œœ b b œœ
15va
& b
bœ œ b b b œœ b b œœ b b œœ

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__!__!__!__!__
Pulsating accents -> synchronize to other players

w
27 CUE CUE
& ] ww ca. 15 '' ca. 5" N ca. 15 '' O
π ,
Wnds. f

__!__!__!__!__
Pulsating accents -> synchronize to other players

g w sul pont.
& g] ww
sul pont.
ord.

π f ,
Str.
w
__!__!__!__!__
Pulsating accents -> synchronize to other players

& nw
use E-bow bend the note reguarly

E-Gtr. π f ,
œ œ œ œ œ
œ œ œ œ œ
pœ f œ>œ .. œ> œ> œ œ œ œ>.. œ>
œœœœœœ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œœœ œœœœ ,
œ œ . œ œ>
Perc.

œ œ œ œ , œ œ . œ> œœœ

15œva 15œva œ œ œ œ œ œ
& œ œœ
æ @ @
˙
˙ ˙ f œ œœœœ æ œœœœ æ œ œœ œœœœœ æ
œœ œ œ œ
œœœœ
intermittent

p ˙
Pno.

bœ bœ bœ bœ bœ bœ bœ
&

#œ bœ nœ œ nœ
gradually lower pitch selection,

#œ œ
staccatissimo
32 CUE using same rhythmic drive, and CUE

&
finish with a sustained note.
Q
# # LLL
ca. 15 '' P ca. 15 ''
Fœ œ œ œ œ œ œ
⋲ œ œ‰
Wnds.

œ ‰
. 3.
√œ
5 gradually lower pitch selection,

œ bœ bœ œ œ
using same rhythmic drive, and

&
finish with a sustained note.

marcato F
# # LLL
œœ œ œ œœ
Str.

œ œ Œ œœ ‰
gradually lower pitch selection,

#œ œ œ œ œ #œ
using same rhythmic drive, and
use Pick

&
finish with a sustained note.

# # LLL
œF œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ œ. œ ˙
E-Gtr.

œœœ
3 3
gradually move activity lower blocks

œœœ LLL LLL

Perc.

––
15va
––– ––– ¬¬¬¬
& –– & ¬¬¬¬¬ ¬

Pno.
gradually move activity to middle register F
––– ––– ¬¬ ¬¬¬¬
va

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15

& –– ? –– ? ¬

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 36 CUE

& # LL ca. 7'' R ∑

# L P
Wnds.

& # LL ∑
# L P
Str.

& # # LLL ∑
P
E-Gtr.

bœ nœ œ bœ
& œ œ bœ œ œ
CUE
ca. 12" S
¬¬ –– ¬¬ –
¬¬¬ ¬¬¬ ¬¬¬ ¬¬¬ ––– ¬¬¬ ¬¬¬ ––– ––––– ¬¬¬ –––– ¬¬¬
¬¬ ¬¬ ¬¬ ¬¬ –– ¬¬ ¬¬
#œ œ
œ b
Pno.

? œ bœ nœ bœ œ #œ

√ bœ nœ
œ bœ
œ # œ œ # œ œ œ #œ œ œ
& #œ œ ca. 20" CUE T
æ æ œ @
œ .. œ >œ .. œ œœœœœ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœ
5

œ œ œ œ œ œ
5

> œœœœ > Œ œ œ> œ > œ œ œœœ Œœ

5

œ œœ œ
> œ
Pno.

œ
? œ œ #œ œ #œ #œ œ
#œ œ #œ œ œ
◊

For this section, each player will play a tone,

noise or sound to a recurrent segment (loop) CUE

& U1 ∑
played by the pianist. The chosen sound and
Wnds.
its placement within the loop should remain T+S N+L
the same throughout the repetition of the loop.

& ∑
N= Noisy sound N+R
Str. T= Tone
+

& ∑
R= Rhythmic gesture (max. 2 beats)
S= Staccato N+S
E-Gtr.
L=Long Note (max. 2 beats)

Perc.
Each player's choice of placement within the
loop should be playful and quasi-mechanical,
N+S
∑
varying between off beat or at times akin to
42 a domino effect between players.

&
Without interrupting the flow
LOOP pick suddenly a segment and x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6-8 LOOP
Without interrupting the flow
5 Break Loop pick suddenly a segment and
Pno. repeat (loop) including clear 9
#1 4 into a #2 4 repeat (loop) including clear

?
accents and variety in register. different accents and variety in register.
motion

51
CUE

Wnds.
N+R U 2 ∑

∑
N+S T+S
Str.

E-Gtr. T+L ∑
Perc.
N+R ∑

Pick a very
x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6-8 LOOP short segment
Pno. Break Loop 7 and repeat
into a #3 8
x7 times
?
different
motion

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59
U
∑
Wnds.
T+L N+R 3

Str. T+R N+R ∑

∑
N+S
E-Gtr.

Perc.
N+S
∑
Without interrupting the flow
x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6-8 LOOP pick suddenly a segment and
Break Loop 4
into a #4 4 repeat (loop) including clear

?
Pno. different accents and variety in register.
motion

CUE
67

∑
Wnds.
N+S N+R U 4

Str. N+L N+R ∑

E-Gtr. N+L ∑
∑
N+S N+R
Perc.

Pick a very
x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6-8 LOOP
5 short segment
Pno. Break Loop and repeat
into a #5 8
x7 times
?
different
motion

75
CUE

Wnds. T+S U 5 ∑
Str. T+R T+L ∑
E-Gtr. T+R ∑
Perc. N+L ∑

Break Loop Pick a very

x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6-8 into a LOOP short segment
Pno. different 7 and repeat
motion
#6 4

?
x7 times

CUE
upward gliss.
83
T+R U6
Wnds.
T+L
∑
upward gliss.

Str.
T+R T+L
∑
upward gliss.

E-Gtr.
T+R N+L
∑
∑
N+R N+L
Perc.

Break Loop Pick a very

x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6-8 into a LOOP short segment
Pno. different 3 and repeat
motion
#7 8 x7 times
?

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 CUE CUE
ca. 10" V œœœ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œœœ ca. 10" W
Follow note succession (and rhtyhm above)

bœbœ œbœbœbœ œbœbœbœbœ œbœ

Marellato (legato vs. staccatos)

œœ
92

&
p œ œ
Wnds.
œœœ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œœœ & œ œ
œ œ œœœœœœœ
Follow note succession (and rhtyhm above)
*1 Marellato (legato vs. staccatos)

& œ œ# œ œ œ œ# œ œ œ œ œ# œ œ
œbœ
Str. P
&b œ b œ b œ œ b œ œ b œ b œ b œ œ b œ
bœ bœ
__!˚__!˚__!˚__!˚__!˚__!˚__
use E-bow

&
nw p
E-Gtr.

CUE
œœœ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œœœ ca. 10" X ca. 15 '' CUE Y

+U∑
staccato with some sporadic ß legatos
96

&œ œ œ œ
Follow note succession (and rhtyhm above)

œœœœœœœ œœœ
Wnds.
+U∑
&b œ b œ b œ œ œ œ b œ b œ b œ b œ œbœbœ
bœ
œœ +U∑
& # œ# œ œ# œ# œ œ œ œ œ œœœ
œ# œ œ n œ n œ n œ n œ n œ œ n œ n œ +U∑
& œnœnœ
Str.

__!˚__!˚__!˚__!˚__!˚__!˚__
use E-bow
+U∑
&
bw p
E-Gtr.

?b œ œ œb œb œb œ œ œ b œb œ
Follow note succession (and rhtyhm above)

?
Marellato (legato vs. staccatos)

nœ
fœœœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœ
Pno.

? ? œ œ œ# œ œ œ œ n œ œ œ# œ œ œ
œ
œ œ œœ
CUE CUE

œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ
ca. 25" Z ca. 10" Z
œ
œ œœ œ œ œ œœœœœ
a b
Perc.

Legato con Pedale (use some intermittent ç) ––––

15va
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?b œb œ œb œb œb œn œb œb œ œb œb œb œb œ –––– &
– &
¬
p f
œœœ œ œ œ gradually
œœ œmove œ œactivity
œ œ œœœ
to HIGHEST register

–
–– ¬¬ ¬¬¬¬
Pno.

¬¬
15va
? œ œ œ# œ# œ œ œ œ œ œ œ – – ¬
Fl. œ œœ ––– &– &

Asynchronous CUE

œ œ œœœ œ œœ ‰ œ œ œœœœœœœ œ œ
105 Winds, strings and E-guitar rub wet styrofoam on glass or on piano *2
ca. 25" Z
Wnds.
æ ! ! ! ! ! c

œœœœœœœœ‰ œ œ œ œ œœœœœœœ
Str.
! ! ! !!
˙ œ œœ œœœœ ‰ œœœœœœœ œ œœœ
E-Gtr.
æ ! ! ! !!
œœœœœœœœ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
Rub wet styrofoam on glass or on piano
Perc.
! ! ! ! !
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va
15
&¬ ¬¬ ¬¬
æ @ æ œæ œœæ œ œ œ
œœæœ F œœœœ œ œ œ œ œ . œ œ .. œ œ œ œ æ œæ œœœ œ œ œ
œ
œ æ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œœœ œœœœ . ..
œœ . œœ .. œ œ œœ œ œ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ
œœœœ œ
Pno.

¬¬¬ 15va ¬ ¬¬ ¬¬ ¬¬
¬ ¬¬ ¬¬
& ¬¬
*1 In case of singular players, then the wind and string player should play each ¬ ¬ *2 This high conglomeration of squeak sounds, can be played
voice respectively, choosing any of the registers but always pairing in the same one. by players on their own seat, or by actually sorrounding the piano
Another option is to play the melody on a range of a 3rd, thus using quartertones. 7 and executing this rhythmic high sounding texture.
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