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Christopher Poovey

Explanation of non-standard notation Clefs Indicates bow placement inbetween the ngerboard and the bridge.

Indicates bow placement inbetween the bridge and the tail piece.

Indicates bow placement on the tail piece.

Place ngers on harmonic nodes between the bridge and the ngerboard while bowing the indicated possition on the ngerboard.

Lines and Symbols Transition between dynamic exponentially.

Finger the given harmonic, but bend the string to increase the pitch. After exiting the note, bend the harmonic back into its normal pitch.

Quickly transition from molto sul ponticello to ordinario bow positions.

f [h ]

Overpressure indication

Speed up (or slow down) over the duration. If two notes are tied at the start of the gure, perform those in one bow as you would perform a single note.

If the line is dashed, perform a ricochet.

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Multiphonics

rough careful bow placement and pressure in combination with particular ngerings, the bass will produce multiphonics. e notation that follows is based on suggestions in HĂĽkon elin's Multiphonics on the Double Bass.

To the right I have given an example of the notation seen in this piece. Below are descriptions of notation: H. pr

High bow pressure

N. pr

Normal bow pressure

IV 28

String followed by a bow position

Slow Bow

Bow speed

H. pr. Bow Pressure Slow Bow Bow Speed String IV 28 Bow Position

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w

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Harmonic node

Fingered pitches

With bass advice from Josh Lambert

ord.

m.s.p.

Frequency Shift

FM_01

m.s.p.

ord.

arco

pizz.

Delay

Elec.

Elec.

m.s.p.

Elec.

ord.

m.s.p.

bridge

arco ord.

pizz.

m.s.p.

m.s.p.

ord.

Elec.

ord.

m.s.p.

bridge

strike the back center of the bass

pizz.

Elec.

bridge

arco

m.s.p.

Elec.

m.s.p.

ric.

Elec.

poco s.t.

arco

col legno battuto m.s.p.

FM_04

Elec.

H. pr.

Fast bow IV 25

IV 17

IV 19

pizz

arco

Elec.

N. pr.

IV 15

IV 28

III 28

H. pr.

Fast bow IV 12

H. pr.

Fast bow IV 28

II 15

ord

Elec.

H. pr.

Fast bow III 14

III

lift nger slowly

pizz.

Elec.

III 25 Transition to multiphonic

III

Bassy Loop

Elec.

IV

Elec.

strike the back center of the bass

FM_05

H. pr.

Fast bow IV 17

FM_06

Elec. col legno battuto s.t.

pizz. m.s.p.

m.s.p.

s.t.

s.t.

crinkly granulation

Elec. col legno battuto s.t.

m.s.p.

III arco ord. m.s.p.

pizz.

Elec.

ord.

Elec.

m.s.p.

col legno battuto

col legno battuto

arco autando whole bow

arco

events trigger with onsets

Elec.

m.s.p.

bridge ord.

ord.

Elec.

FM_07: Night Sounds FM_08: Resonant Wind

ord.

II

autando

Elec.

arco autando ord. m.s.p.

Elec.

pizz.

IV 17

IV 16

IV 23

m.s.p.

Elec.

Frequency shift gliss.

H. pr.

Fast bow IV 26

arco

pizz.

Elec.

ord.

col legno battuto

m.s.p.

Elec. pizz.

arco ord.

m.s.p. ord.

spectral delay

Elec.

m.s.p.

bridge

m.s.p.

ord. overpressure

ord. m.s.p.

Elec. arco

pizz.

m.s.p.

ord.

m.s.p.

Elec.

I II III

pizz.

Elec.

m.s.p.

ord.

m.s.p.

bridge

arco

pizz.

Elec.

60

FM_10

Elec.

FM_11

pizz. arco

ord.

m.s.p.

ord.

Elec.

overpressure

Elec.

overpressure

Elec.

ord.

m.s.p.

pizz.

Elec.

Elec.

Elec.

Elec.

bend down