Spellbound for alto saxophone and marimba 2010-11
Laura M. Kramer ca. 8 min.
Performance Notes Saxophone: noteheads with slashes: B-flat: use the fingering for E-flat and add the “side B-flat” key. This will produce an airy and slightly flat B-flat. During the tremolo, vary lip pressure or voicing so that several overtones sound in an uncontrolled way. The effect is similar to overtones produced by playing sul ponticello on a cello. B natural: use the fingering for E and add the “side C” key. This will also produce a slightly flat “B”. The effect during the tremolo is the same as above. harmonics: diamond notehead indicates the fingering to be used, and the above note indicates the sounding pitch. Marimba: combo mallets: Mike Balter 42R mallet placed inside of a hot rod drumstick. The band should be placed near the tip of the mallet for a dry setting. diamond noteheads: indicate to strike the side of the bar with the shaft of the mallet “+” indicates a dead stroke square note heads: indicate to strike the bar with hand “x” noteheads: indicate to mute the sound with the hand marimshot: strike the bar with both the head and the shaft of the mallet simultaneously. Program Note Spellbound explores a pallet of timbres. It begins with airy, enchanting washes of sound, progresses to trancelike marimba rhythms with a hovering saxophone melody, and then wanders through jazz-like riffs and rock-like grooves. A few extended techniques accent the work. In the saxophone, harmonics and tremolos that produce a spectrum of overtones are used, and in the marimba, muting techniques and modified mallets are featured. The title is reminiscent of that of a jazz-tune, and it also originates from the mysterious quality of the extended techniques. - Laura M. Kramer
Completed November 2010 Revised January 2011
Transposed Score
Spellbound for alto saxophone and marimba (2010) Laura M. Kramer (b. 1984)
Mysterioso, Freely q = ca. 58 Alto Saxophone
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with vib.
on sides of bars with shaft of mallet
In Tempo
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on the beat
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medium soft cord mallets
p legato
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generate overtones, uncontrolled, like sul pont. on a cello
standard fingering
Marimba
non vib. side fingering
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ripple roll
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© 2010 Laura M. Kramer (ASCAP) LMK Publishing
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Dream-like e = ca. 92
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f like a jazz combo rhythm section
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hand mute on "x" noteheads
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strike bars with hands on square noteheads
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