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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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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