Vistas

Clay Allen Vistas for alto flute, oboe, and bassoon

Performance Notes Duration: c. 6'

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Multiphonics Blow air through instrument; no tone Key click Flute: tongue pizz.; Oboe/ Bassoon: "tongue flap" Combined key click and tongue pizz.

Alto flute multiphonics are based on natural harmonics. The diamond-shaped note heads indicate fingering. Oboe and bassoon multiphonics are notated as in the range of the desired multiphonic, usually with a word or two describing the desired timbre. The players are encouraged to select multiphonic fingerings that produce the best results for them and their instrument/reed. The only exception is the "beating" multiphonic found in the oboe line on page 7. This sonority can be achieved with the following fingering:

Aeolian sounds Accelerate through gesture Dark and light timbres (alternate fingerings)

c The double trill in the oboe part on the same page can be played and alternating left and right G# keys.

Hold 2 - 3" Hold 4 - 6" W.T. Whistle tones

Glissandi "True" Glissandi are rarely possible throughout. Rather, the player must "fake it" by any means possible to create the illusion of a glissando.

VISTAS

Clay Allen (ASCAP)

Transposing Score

~ 30"

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~ 20"

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~ 25"

~ 15"

~ 20"

~ 25" ~ 10"

~ 35"

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[beating]

~ 30"

[bright, buzzy] [dark]

~ 35"

[Ghost Notes]

~ 10" ~ 5"

~ 35" ~ 15"

~ 45"

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