Mike Svoboda (*1960)
Cartesian Rainbow (2017) for Percussion solo
Duration: 10 minutes
Instruments:
5 pieces of wood tuned within a fourth (400¢)
1 piece of wood to saw into
1 piece of wood to hammer into (could be the same used for the saw)
1 pail of water
1 container (tub, shallow cardboard box, i.e.) with gravel to walk in
1 saw
1 hammer
1 large nail
The five pieces of wood could be logs, pieces of lumber, sticks, wood blocks, xylophone or marimba bars, etc. The upper and lower piece of wood should be tuned 400¢ apart, with the three other pieces distributed freely in between. The gravel should be of a light grade, so that the sound of walking in it is fairly continuous and somewhat uniform.
