Score
They Have Names commissioned by Luke Helker
Frank Nawrot Text by R.E. Rule
ad lib time
Percussion
Voice
2
Hmm
(gradually open mouth)
(+ = dead stroke)
floor tom
Ahh
snare
(approximately match pitch of floor tom)
4
floor tom (wood drumsticks throughout)
Hmm
Ahh
6
(start near the rim, move toward center of drum head)
(do not increase volume of voice) "Do your part for the planet . . ."
"Don't fly . . ." "Sell your car . . ."
"Don't eat meat . . ."
(text in quotation marks should be performed as unpitched speech) © Copyright 2021 - Frank Charles Steen Nawrot & R.E. Rule
"Do your part for the planet . . ."
2 7
They Have Names (as fast as possible without rolling; attacks should be audibly separate)
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"The consuming gods require a human sacrifice . . ." x3
(speech will be nearly inaudible, but you should make it seem as though you are desperately trying to be heard...)
8
"Do your part for the planet . . ." sub.
9
10
"Don't fly . . ." "Sell your car . . ."
"Don't eat meat . . ."
(speech will be nearly inaudible, but you should make it seem as though you are desperately trying to be heard...)
sub.
"Drink the water that will kill you - Flint, Michigan . . ." "Don't use plastic water bottles . . ." (speech will be nearly inaudible, but you should
sub.
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make it seem as though you are desperately trying to be heard...)
"Do it for the environment . . ."
"The consuming gods require a human sacrifice . . ." x2
12
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3
They Have Names
14
"Do it for the
sub.
(speech will be nearly inaudible, but you should make it seem as though you are desperately trying to be heard...)
con moto
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consuming gods. Did you know the environment can be measured in children? . . ."
17
(mute snare with opposite hand)
(accented notes should not pop out too much)
20
"Don't eat meat . . ." "Sell your car . . ." "Don't fly . . ." "Do your part for the planet . . ."
21
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"LyondellBasell . . ."
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"Don't use plastic water bottles . . ." "Do it for the environment . . ." "Huntsman Corporation . . ." "Do it for the . . . children . . ." "Drink the water . . ."
4
They Have Names
22
"Don't eat meat . . ." "Sell your car . . ." "Don't fly . . ."
23
(x note heads = rim)
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"Boeing Aerospace . . ." "Do your part for the planet . . ."
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"Don't use plastic water bottles . . ." "Do it for the environment . . ." "Dow Incorporated . . ." "Drink the water . . ." "Do it for . . ." (just loud enough to be heard with snare)
6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 sub. (do not crescendo)
24
Hmm (pitch of floor tom, to the best of your memory)
Ahh
(do not crescendo) 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
26
Hmm
Ahh
29
(as fast as possible without rolling; attacks should be audibly separate)
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(decrescendo gradually so the words "consuming gods" are audible)
5
They Have Names
"Did you know the environment can be measured in children? Have one less child for the sake of the planet. For more plastics to adorn the trees and strangle our wildlife, Give up the unborn to the consuming gods . . ."
con moto ( ) expressive
(x note heads = rim) floor tom
31
37
ad lib time
(chant-like, without sounding like a priest)
The con - sum - ing gods re - quire (start on approx. tom pitch; use that as your tonal center)
hu - man
sac - ri - fice
conmoto
38
"LyondellBasell . . ."
6
43
They Have Names
ad lib time
Did you know
sub.
con moto
44
3
the
en
-
vi - ron - ment 3
can
be 3
meas - ured
in
chil - dren?
3
3
(press one stick into center of drum head while performing rhythms with the other hand)
46
sub.
ad lib time
"Have one less child for the sake of the planet . . ."
con moto
47
50
ad lib time
For
more
plas - tics
to
a - dorn
the
trees
and
stran - gle
wild
life
They Have Names
con moto
51
7
"Give up the unborn to the consuming gods . . ."
"Huntsman Corporation . . ."
3 VAMP 3 3 3
53
con moto 3
3
3 VAMP
3
"They poison the air making cars we aren't supposed to drive. . ."
"It's the second-hand smoke of the 21st century . . ."
3 VAMP 3 3 3
55
3
3
3
3
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"To jobs that are too far away . . ."
"Past houses that are too expensive . . ."
3 3 3 3
57
3
ritard . . . 3
3
3
3
3
drum sticks
3
"If you don't like it, stop breathing . . ." "Boeing Aerospace . . ."
8
They Have Names
con moto
60
ad lib time 64
con moto
drum sticks
(as fast as possible)
"Don't use plastic water bottles!"
ad lib time (the gestures of moving around the drums are important, rhythm is not)
67
3
3
(as fast as possible without rolling; attacks should be audibly separate)
"Do it for the environment!"
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3
"Drink the water that will kill you - Flint, Michigan!"
68
3
x2
x2
(speech will be nearly inaudible, but you should make it seem as though you are desperately trying to be heard...)
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69
9
They Have Names
"Do it for the environment!"
"Do it for the consuming gods."
(you will be hear this time, damn it!)
"Dow Incorporated . . ."
con moto and groove
71
con moto and groove
74
cannot heal." "We 79
(mute drum heads)
3
con moto and groove
(mute drum heads)
cannot erase." "We 85
ad lib time (mute drum heads)
"We can only compensate."
n
10
They Have Names
87
"Did you know the environment can be measured in children?" "Have one less child for the sake of the planet."
88
"Sell your car . . ."
"Don't fly . . ."
89
"Don't eat meat . . ."
90
"Do your part for the planet!"
(as fast as possible)
"Do your part for the all consuming gods."
x3
91
"Do your part for the all consuming gods."
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