Strange Assortments (2009) for percussion ensemble

Page 1

ca. 11 minutes in duration

strange assortments commissioned by Kevin Bobo for the IU Percussion Ensemble

I. Newton's cradle

Moving q = 100

BRIAN CIACH (b. 1977)

glockenspiel

                                           percussion 1   mallet shafts

pp

        crotales

hard plastic mallet

percussion 2

f

percussion 3

  

xylophone



hard wood mallet

pp

f

vibraphone

percussion 4

 

brake drums

wide wooden dowels (1 1/2-2 inches in diameter)

percussion 5

      

3

 

motor on - slow medium yarn mallets



pp

2

3

f bass drum

       

wood beater

percussion 6

f

© 2009 BRIAN CIACH, ASCAP


2

                                                  1  (glock)

  

2

 

3

(crotales) wood mallet sticks



4

5

pp

(xylophone)

6

     

  

 

3

 

snare drum



pp

4

wire brushes snare on muted

 

 

3

 

5

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

 

6

 

 

3

                                                  1 

2

3

     

 

   



 

   



 

   

pp

4

5

6

   

  3

 

 

7

  3

 

 

  3

 

 

8

  3

 

 

  3

 

 

9

  3

 


3

                                                  1  (glock)

  

2

 

(crotales)

(xylophone)    

3

       



 



    



   



    

(vibraphone)

4

 

5

6



3



(snare)

  

 

 

3

   

10

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

 

11

 

 

3

 

  3

 

 

  3

12

 

                                    1  

2

3

    

4

 

5

6

   



   

3

 

3

     

 

   



  



   

13

  3

 

 

  3

 

      

 

 



 

14

  3

 




4 (glock)                                            1       

    

2

  

3

   

   

(crotales)

(xylophone)

p

                                      p



p

(vibraphone)

  

4

3

 



     



stick handle

p

chinese cymbal

  

5

(snare)

6

    

 

  

3

 

  3

15

                   1                      2       3  3       4    5  6

  

  3

 

 

17

  3

 

  

mp

     

 

mf

     

snare

mf

 

 

3

p

 

 

 

3

16

                                   

                                    

 

  3

 

 

18

  3

 

 

  3

 

 

19

  3

 


5 (glock)                                               1        

                                                      (crotales)

2

 

3

(xylophone)





(vibraphone)

 

4

  

5

(snare)

6

3

  

 

 

3

 

20

 

 

 

3

 

                                     1                                          2  3

  

4

  

5

 

6

snare

3

 



  3   3        mf

22

 

 

  3

 

21

(chinese cym)

mf

  

f

                                   

   3



      

f

     

 

3

23

  3



        



   

 

3



 

  3

 

      3

24


                                    1   (glock)

6

                                         (crotales)

2

3

4

 

(xylophone)

 

 brake drums

     

wide wooden dowels 5

 (snare)

         25                1              2    3

6

3

  

 

 

3

 

  

  

3

 

26



ff

5

  

 

 





grand marimba

one medium yarn mallet random "white key" pitches martellato

(vibraphone)

4

 

                                       

f

3

   3



                            

     

fff

 

 

ff

6

     

  3

 

 

  3

27

 

              ff

28


7

  1 

(glock) medium yarn mallets random "white key" pitches

let ring

pp

2

3

4

  

pp

5

5

5

5

  

5

   

 pp

mf

 

(brake drums) wooden dowels

5

pp

let ring

 



 (marimba) one mallet



fff

                                                pp



mf

(crotales) metal rod random "white key" pitches

   

 





      pp

mf drum multi set

 6   

29

30

medium yarn mallets martellato

    ff

31




8

 1 

2

3

  

(glock)

let ring

f (crotales)

let ring

5

 5

  

mf

xylophone

  

                  

hard wood mallets

pp (marimba) random pitches medium and soft yarn mallets

4

5

 

                        

 6   

(brake drums)

mf

 32

     

 pp

fff

           

(multi set)

ff

33

       

fff

(take mute off snare drum)

34


9

 1  (crotales) hard plastic mallets

2

  

   

3

 

 

3

 

 

                       

   

(xylophone)

4

let ring

 

pp

pp

3

(glock) hard plastic mallets

f

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

  f

let ring

 

 

3



                                f

(marimba)



 f

drum multi-set

5

 



   

medium yarn mallets

fff

drum multi-set

6



 35

 

 36



   

sticks

fff


  1    2 

10

3

  

 cow bells

     

wood sticks-handles

5

f

fff

empty plastic milk gallon

4

 



         3      

wood stick

                            

ff

3

fff

     

(toms)                                             6    

(multi-set)

5

snare

(multi-set)

3

4

5

mute off

37

 1   2 

38









               

                   

f

f

3

5

fff

3

ff

      

3

fff

   6    

5

fff

f

 

 40

3

              fff

fff

fff

5

f

ff

fff

fff

        fff 3

fff

 

5

                           ff

fff

fff



3            

 

39



 

3

 41

3        

fff

42

   

fff

   

fff


 1    2  3

11



 

 



  marimba

                        medium yarn

4

 

5

                           

(multi set)

pp

fff sempre

                                                    43  

fff sempre    1     2  (multi set)

6

44

  vibraphone

3

4

6

pp

3

3



     

 

 



 

                                                  bass drum

5

 

medium yarn motor off

   

   

   

   

     

   

   







  





heavy felt beater

pp

shaker

pp

45

46




12

 1   2 

  (vibraphone)

  

3

3





3

          

4

  

5

6

  

(bass drum)

 

 

 

(shaker)

 1 

2

3

4

5

6

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

 

47

 

  

                                   



 

  

                               

(marimba)

 

  

 

48

xylophone

                      

medium rubber mallets

pp

      

                                                

     

     

 



      

  

   

  

  

     49

    

    

     

  

 


 1 

13

 (xylophone)          

2

                          

(vibraphone)

3

   

   

   

(marimba)

    

4

5

  

6

   

  

(bass drum)

  

(shaker)

                                            

  

 

  

  

  

  

  

 



     



 

f

f

50

  1 

glock

plastic mallet

          

pp

 

                

                                            

2

p

p

pp

3

  

3

  

pp

3

 

  p 

 

 

 



                                           

4

5 6



f

        

 



   

pp

  51

  

p

  52

  


  1 

14

   

(glock)

mf (xylophone)

  

   



        mf 

3

 

4

 5    6   

  1 

2

3

4

mf

             

crotales

 

brass mallets



5



mf

               

(marimba)

f

mf (vibraphone)

      

f

                  

2

   

 f

               

 54

53

         

 ff

                

martellato (glock)

                   

fff

                                                     

ff



5

fff

    5   3 3                      5



f

ff

3

3

3

                                                ff

fff multi set

                     medium yarn mallets

5

f

fff

multi set

6



55

56

 57



sticks

  

fff


15 glock

  1 

2

3

one hard plastic mallet random "white notes" martellato let ring

        

fff

 

xylophone

 

 

 



hard wood mallet

mp

vibraphone

medium yarn mallets motor off

3

3

   mp 

marimba

 

heavy yarn beater

 3

mp

sff

                 3  3   3                      (multi set)

5

ff

sff ff

                3 3         (multi set)

6

sffp

58

sffp

59

sff

fff

3             

sffp

60

fff

                      

wood mallet sticks

giant tam-tam

4



 61


16

                                    1                  mp glock

mallet shafts

   

(xylophone)

2

















p

(vibraphone) 3

3



3



3



3





                                           

(marimba)

4

   

p

brake drums

                                          wooden dowels

5

mp

snare

6   

wire brushes muted

 

3

mp

 

  62

  3

 

 

  3

 

  63

  3

 




                       1                   (glock)

    



(xylophone)

2

 

3









3





3



 

(vibraphone) 3

17

                             

(marimba)

 

4

  

ppp

                                



(brake drums)

5

(snare)

6

    

 

    

pp

3

4

 

 

   



ppp 3

ppp

  3





 

mp

giant tam-tam  heavy  yarn beater    

                  pp

6

 

(glock) wooden side of instrument plastic mallet

one dowel

5

 

3



 

pp

64

      1  

2

 

3



p

mp

    

  65

  66

  67

attacca

 

let ring

     

let ring

   

niente 68

ca. 3 mins. 69


18

II. Singing spheres Intimo q = 50

       

metal key chimes

1

hand

  

p

mf

large and small triangles

      

metal beater

2

p

mf

 water gong

xylophone

   

   

hard wood mallets

3

mf

heavy yarn beater, begin with gong in water emerge

 

p

water gong cow bells

      

medium yarn mallets

4

 

p

5

mf

 

      6      hands

mf

            *

p

  

edge     

5

6

(bass drum) heavy felt beaters, alter beating point from edge to off center with crescendo off edge edge center

p

 

ppp 2

           

heavy yarn beater, begin with gong in water emerge

pp

multi set

heavy yarn beater, begin with gong in water emerge

pp

water gong

p

     

3

 

pp

ppp 4

pp

*all tuned gongs may be an octave higher if this lower octave is too cumbersome.

7


19

      1  (key chimes)

 

chinese cymbal-large

2

 

medium yarn mallets

ppp

 

f

 

 f water gong

(water gong)

3

  

heavy yarn beater, begin with gong in water emerge

mp



mf







 

  f

water gong

4





heavy yarn beater emerge

mp

mf

water gong

5

heavy yarn beater emerge

   

p

mp

   

2 baoding balls

(bass drum) off center

6

 

   

 

edge

p

shake one in each hand

f

ppp 8

9

10

11


20

1

 

 crotales

bowed, share instrument with player 3 2

 



pp crotales

3

 

bowed, share instrument with player 2

pp

       

2 baoding balls

shake one in each hand 4

p

f

       

2 baoding balls

shake one in each hand 5

 

         6   p

f

p

12

13

14

15


21

glockenspiel

     1 

solo hard plastic mallets 3 let ring

 

2

 

3

pp

3    3

 

(crotales)

  

   

(crotales)

3

 

3  3  3       

 

3

  



 

 

              

(baoding balls)

4

5

6

                                16

17

  3   1  

2

3

4

5

     

18

19

20

21

22

3  5  3                        

3

3

  

   

mf

 

 

5

 pp

 



 3 pp

 



              pp

             

             6   23

24

25

26

27

28


6                                              1 

22

   

2

3

5

5

3



6



pp

 



                    (baoding balls)

4

5

       6  

29

30

31

32

                                              1  6

2

3

4

5

     

5

5

p hard plastic mallet

 

   

 p

hard plastic mallet

 p

 

 

 

 

chinese cymbal

p 6



33

34


                       1  6

5

2

3

     





 

 



ff



5

   

ff

6   

         

  

fff

 

  36

ff

center of drums short 3

       

  37

p 38



   

slower q = 40 fingers

mallets, center

41

        fingers

3

3

p

42

ppp

39

mf

40

 



                     6            p solo III, IV

pp

35

 1   2   3 

wood sticks

timpani

hard felt mallets II

chinese cymbals

(chinese cym)

5

ff

ff

4

4

23

center mallets, off center on shells 

             5

mf ff subito

p

43


 1   2   3 

24

4

5

accel.

    

  

 

water gong

ppp

center

6

     

center

5 6 5                                       

sim.

5

5

44

45

 1   2   3 

4

5

sim.

  

46

47

  5

5

      

5

5

5

5

                                  6          5

5

48

49


 1 

q = 72

  

2

4

5

    f

   f

  

f

5

5

1

ff

      fff

off center

5

5

5

ff

submerge

                6                           5

ff

(crotales) bowed



    

(crotales) bowed

 

 

 

  

3



25 tempo primo q = 50

fff

50

51

52

 

        

 

                

2 suspended finger cymbals-different pitches

roll between them randomly with metal beaters

pp

3 triangles

strike them individually and randomly with metal beaters

2

3

 

pp

water gong

 submerge     mp

water gong

4

5

submerge      mp

 bass drum

     6   

heavy felt beaters edge

ppp

53



 

 

off center

 edge

pp

 

edge

ppp 55

56

submerge

mf

 

ppp 54

 

 

water gong

  57


     1 

26

          

2

3

4

 rototom

     

5

 

mp

6

 1

2

  

 

3

pp

4

5

60

 

 

submerge

  6  

edge

59

     

  

off center

58

mp

ppp

(bass drum)

fingers (4,3,2)

   

water gong



   

 

 

attacca

ca. 5 mins.

ppp 61

62

63


III. Mummer's strut

27

Manic with reckless abandon q = 168 mark tree

heavy wooden beater, handle flat against bars

  1      

2 3

sff

 

 

4

   

multi set

   

            

medium yarn mallets

 

5

bass drum ff heavy felt beater, randomly vary the beating point on each beat between dead center, off center and edge

6

                    

 1

ff

 

2

tambourine

  3        3

f

3

 

 

 

 

  

  

 

 

4

  3      

3          

 

 

3

3

         

  

  

 

 

 

5

 

3         

3

large triangle

heavy metal beater

2

   f

 

 

timpani

3

4

5

6

medium felt mallets, center of drums V III II

 ff

  I         

                                                     

   

 

6

 

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

9

 


28

1

(tambourine)



3 3    3                 

(triangle)

 

2

  3     

3

 

 

3

 



  3      3

                                        

3

(timpani)

cow bells

wood sticks 3

 (multi set)     f                          

4

5

   

   

(bass drum)

6

 1

10

 

 

3

11

 

 

 

            

 3 3 

   5         6    

3 

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

13

 

 

 

  

ff

3 3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3  3   3                                    3

                                

14

3 3  3 3 3                               

chinese cymbal

medium yarn mallets

p

3

4

   

 3   3     ff

2

 3 3  

15

               16

          

           17

ff

     


29 glock

1

2

      

  

whistle

blow

 

ff

ff

    

  

brass mallets

    

mark tree

heavy wooden beater, handle flat against bars

3

  

sff

 marimba

   

     

medium and soft yarn

4

                   ff

6



ff

rototoms

5

 

     

 

     

    

multi set

ff

18

19


30

 1 

              

(glock)



fff

f new year's horn noise maker

crotales

2

  

  



   

             

                                 

                  

      

brass mallets

  

7:6

f

blow

 

mp

                                    xylophone

hard wood mallets

3

f

ff

mf

mf

4

  

(marimba)

f

5

  

6

    

bass drum

p

ff

          (multi set)

f

ff

20





             21

 fff

fff

fff

             ff

p

ff

fff

          

fff

22


31

   1 

 

(glock)

fff

   

crotales



 

brass mallets

vibraslap

2

ff

ff

 (xylophone)                                                 

3

4 5

ff

fff



23

24

25

 1 

6

chinese cymbals

wood stick handle 2



3 4

5



                               



        

f



            

timpani

 6  

on shells V

 ff

26



  II

27





I 

28


 1 

32

               

2

mf





f

               

3

4





               

 

6

                       

p

wood sticks on rim

ff

29

30

 timpani

soft felt mallets center of drums II

 p



III

31

 1 

glock

 

hard plastic mallets

  

3

marimba

                 

f

2

 2 medium yarn mallets (and 2 hard rubber mallets)

multi set

5



p

                                                    

4

mf

6

5

 

IV 







mf 32

33

34


33

 1 

2

amglocken

                                                     medium yarn mallets

3

p

mf

                                                     (marimba)

4

p

5

6

mf

 

(timpani) p





V 



 

mf 35

36

37

 1 

2

                                    

3

f

mp

f

mp

                                                       

4

rototoms

6

5

 

 f

38

                                medium yarn mallets

mp







mp 39

40


let ring       1     (glock)

34

mf

         

 

  

crotales

2

          

   

 

 





mf

                                  (amglocken)

3

mf

(hard rubber)                                                    

(marimba)

4

mf

                                              (rototoms)

5

6

mf (timpani)

 





41

  

   

 

4

 

  





 





          



43



  

 

  

 





 

                f

                

f

                                     

5

f

6



42

                   

3

mf

  1 

2



 







f 44

45


(glock)     1  

   

(crotales)

2

 

 

 



 



  





(marimba)

 

 

 

 





 

35

f

(amglocken)

4



 

f

                

3

                 

                     

                                       (rototoms)

5

6

 

(timpani)

  1 

 

  





47



 





  

 

  

 





 

                   

               

           

               



 

4



                                    

5

6

  

   

3



46

2

 

 48





 49


     1   

36

(glock)

   

fff

(crotales)

2

 

 







 

 chinese cymbal

fff

                 (amglocken)

3

   

medium yarn mallets

                    

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assist player 6 with water gong

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(marimba)

4

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                 (rototoms)

5

                                   

multi set

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6

 

(timpani)

3

4

5

6

51

52

heavy felt beaters emerge submerge

    

fff 50

 1 

2

water gong

ff

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53

bass drum

  

 

 

 

heavy felt beater

 

ff

 

                cow bells

hard rubber mallets

                

         ff

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54

     ff



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55

56

ff

rototoms

          

(medium yarn mallets)

ff

 57


37

 

 

    

     

whistle

glock

        

    

f

brass mallets

1

new year's horn noise maker

       

p

fff

    

    

    

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blow

ff

2

              

crotales

       

brass mallets

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7:6

ff

    hard wood mallets                                                 ff xylophone

3

 

p

            (cow bells)

4

              

            f

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                                    rototoms

(multi set)

5

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ff

multi set

p

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mark tree

heavy wooden beater, handle flat against bars

6



 58

  sff

bass drum

          

heavy felt beater

f 59

60

fff

61


38

  1  

(crotales)

2

fff

       (xylophone)

3

4

5

6

fff



  1 

2

3

4

5

6

 

62

63

64

(glock) plastic mallet 3



ff

 

3

 f

 

                                                ff

f



65

66

67


39

  1 

 mf

p



68

69

70

 1 

(glock) mallet shafts

 (crotales) bowed

6



                                               

5

 

5

4

3

4

3

3

2

2

6

3

  

               

mf

pp

mf

                                                mf



71

72

73


40 (glock)                                                   1 

2

 

3

                                                

(xylophone)



74

75

76

4

5

6

                                                  1 

2

3

4

5

6



77

78

79

  

                                                  


                                                       1  

41

p

f

(crotales) hard plastic mallets

2



 

 

   

p

p



80

81

5

 1 

 

3



mf

4

2

                                                             

3

6

ff

 



 

f

ff



  

  82

                p

marimba

                                                     medium yarn mallets

4

p

rototoms

                                                      medium yarn mallets

5

p

conga

hands, one drum, edge off center center

                                                      6    p

83

84

85


 1 

42

2

3

4

                                                 (marimba)                                                        (xylophone)

                                               (rototoms)

5

                 6                      (conga)

86

87

88

 1 

2

3

                                     mp

4

                                               

mp

5

                                                   mp

                      6    mp

89

90

91


 1 

2

3

43

 (xylophone)                   (marimba)

4

                         (rototoms)

5

   6      (conga)

 1 

92

                                  mf

                                  

mf

              

mf

               

               

mf 93

94

     

(crotales) 2

3

4

                                      

f

               

                                                       f

f

5

                               

           6          95

96

              

f

       97


 1 

(glock) brass mallets

  

44

      

2

         



f

(crotales)

    

 

  

    

                 (xylophone)                                    

3

(marimba)                                                      

4

                                                 (rototoms)

5

(conga)        6    

ff

    1  

2

3

4

5

6

99

100

98

     

  

ff



let ring

          

ff

 

let ring

                                       

ff

                                 

ff

                                     

101

102

 timpani

ff

         

fingers

p 103


 1 

(glock) hard plastic mallets random "white key" pitches

45

p

2

3

 

(crotales) brass mallets random "white key" pitches

p

chinese opera gongs

4

 



 

hard rubber mallets

 

ff multi set

5

               6                    

 1 

2

3

4

5

 

  

104

105

      

medium yarn mallets

  

ff

              mallets

ff

106

107



 



             

             6    108

 

 

  



            

 



  

 

           

            

            

109

110


46

 1 

(glock)

ff (crotales) 2

3

  

ff

  



(opera gongs)

4

 

 

 

 

 

               guiro



 

ff

 

 

 

fff

fff

             

           

            

           6     

              

(multi set)

5

(timpani)

111

112

fff

                

fff

113


47

 1

  

whistle

 

(glock)

 

fff

  

  

(forearms) 

ffff

 

  

new year's horn noise maker

2

 (crotales)  

 

 

fff

  

(forearms) 

  

ffff new year's noise maker

3

                                (opera gongs)

4

 

 

spin

fff

           

 

ffff

           (multi set)

5

              (timpani)

6

114

                        115

             ffff

           

   

ffff

116

117

ca. 2:45 Bloomington, Indiana Jan-March, 2009


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