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 Flute Clarinet

9 - tongue slap (on C) - - slap on C

x - keynoise (any keys) 1 - press mouthpiece with tithes
6 - soundless (on C) 6 - soundless (on C)
@ - frulato @ - frulato

f - into mouthpiece, pressed lips vibrations (like on brass instruments x - keynoise (any keys)
mouthpiece) (on C) -- + - low chord + changing lips pressure and mouthpiece position
3 - high harmonics (on C) 11 + - high chord + changing lips pressure and mouthpiece position

Ö Ö
- turn fingertips around resonant keys
- sharp beginning and ending of notes
Ö Ö - sharp beginning and ending of notes - from this sign 1/16 tone upper or lower
- from this sign 1/16 tone upper or lower
 Horn, Trumpet, Trombone Percussion

1 - in the very high with pressed lips æ - tamburino

- - slap in the very low 5 - tamburo
with fingertips
x - strike mouthpiece with hand ˙ - gran cassa
6 - soundless 6 - woob block
@ - frulato x - rattle (only one click!)

f - in the very low with voice (quasi ”roaring”) (not unison)
3 - on distance ~1cm from mouthpiece pressed lips vibrations
- changing articulation (o – u – a – i – e…)
f - piatto sospeso (arco). Change bow angle to find different sounds.
Stop bow on piatto while pauses.
Vibrafono – hard stick

Ö Ö - sharp beginning and ending of notes

- from this sign 1/16 tone upper or lower

 Piano Bayan

x - pizz. on strings in the very high - - cluster in the very low

m - fast short gliss. on strings in the very high 1 - cluster in the very high
4 - cluster in the middle register
g - fast gliss. on keys (soundless)
g - keynoise (fast gliss. on keys (soundless)
x + - pizz. on strings in the very high behind pegs
6 - soundless
m + - fast short fingernail gliss. on strings in the very high behind pegs
- rotate hand on keys in given register
/// P - scratch strings in the very low with wooden bar (sharp attack)
Ö Ö - sharp beginning and ending of notes
 Soprano Strings

x - whisper ÷ - mute clef (left hand covers strings not to less them resonate)
g - low guttural noise
m - strike a body with hand
g + o - high guttural noise (also – inhale)
O - col legno battuto
Ö Ö - sharp beginning and ending of notes - fast handgliss. along strings

_ - breathe out ∩ - altissimo sul ponticello (arco)

NB It is not necessary to keep perfect intonation when all other instruments

× - pizz. behind ponticello
are playing out of tune.
f - low scratching noise (along two low strings) - arco
NB Every syllable is to be pronounced like a final (like if there is a dot at the f + ∩ - high scratching noise (altissimo sul ponticello across two
end)
high strings) - arco

Ö Ö - sharp beginning and ending of notes

1 - extremely high natural harmonics

+ - left hand pizz.

- from this sign 1/16 tone upper or lower
 Text:
Человек – это не смысл, а тело, полное страстных сухожилий, ущелий с
кровью, холмов, отверстий, наслаждений и забвения.
(Чевенгур)

Tchelovek eto ne smysl, a telo, polnoye strastnykh sukhozhyliy, uscheliy s

krov’yu, kholmov, otverstiy, naslazhdeniy i zabveniya.

The Man is not a mind but a body packed with passionate tendons, blood-filled
canyons, hills, openings, pleasures and oblivion.
(From Chevengur – Unpublished translation by R. & E.Chandler)
Громадный, опухший от ветра и горя голый человек, умирал по мелким
частям на ходу жизни.
(Котлован)

Gromadniy, opukhshiy ot vetra i gorya goliy tchelovek, umiral po melkim

chastiam na khodu zhizni.

A huge naked man, puffed up from the wind and his own grief, was dying but by
little bit, as his life went by.
(From The Foundation Pit – tr. R.Chandler & G.Smith, Harvill, 1996)

Человек добыл себя откуда-то своими одинокими силами.

(Чевенгур)

Tchelovek dobyl sebia otkuda-to svoimi odinokimi salami.

A man obtained himself from somewhere by his own solitary force.

(From Chevengur – Unpublished translation by R. & E. Chandler)

A.Platonov
А. Платонов Duration approximately 9’30”