Liam Taylor-West: Ruthel Scotson

Liam Taylor-West (2012)

Ruthel Scotson a duet for two violins

for Rachel Scott and Ruth Nelson

Ruthel Scotson is a duet for two violins that gives the performers a large amount freedom with regard to the pacing and timing of the music. Rather than having a ďŹ xed metre, within which notes fall simultaneously, the players receive cues from each other that help them to stay together and repeated fragments of musical material are allowed to overlap freely. The tonality of the piece is built around the notes available as open strings and harmonics on the violin, giving the music an open, often folk-like quality. The title is an acknowledgement of the slightly embarrassing fact that many people (at one time myself included) get Ruth and Rachel's names confused. Ruthel Scotson is perhaps a safe compromise between the two.

LTW

On Notation and Performance Most of the music in this piece is in very free time. Tempo markings and duration brackets are all approximate. Notes that are vertically aligned are therefore not always meant to be played simultaneously.

Those that should sound together are indicated with an arrow or by the appearance of barlines. The direction of the arrow shows who should lead the cue. The arrow points towards the player who should be following.

A diagonal dashed line dictates a sequence of musical events that do not occur simultaneously.

The bowing on long, held notes is always free (but try to change subtly). Where appears, bow changes should be made audible. It indicates a randomly repeated note.

Equally,

shows the change in rate of bow change (accelerando or ritenuto).

Casually-played rhythms (e.g molto rubato) and glancing double stops on string crossings are desirable. The music is intended to have a folk-like feeling to it. For the same reason, harmonics that do not sound properly should not be resented (though nor should they be created intentionally).

Each player should be aware of the other's part for timings and how it affects their own.

Indicates that the musical fragment within the box should be repeated for the duration of the arrow.

Indicates that the note, chord, or texture within the box should be repeated for the duration of the arrow.

Note: for both these symbols, directions may be given during the arrow's continuation regarding dynamics, timbre etc.

If performance is to be given in a large space, ampliďŹ cation of the instruments is recommended.

Duration: ca. 9 minutes

For Rachel Scott and Ruth Nelson

Ruthel Scotson

Liam Taylor-West (2012)

B A

(q=ca.85)

≈10" Wait for 2nd violinist's entry

Violin

molto rubato

molto rubato

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repeat once

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≈5"

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≈6"

2 3 0

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f

big, gradual cresc. fff ≈5"

4 3 0

4 2 0

4 2 1

≈3"

Powerful (q=ca.60)

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f

f

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2 01 0

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decrease contact with A string

≈5"

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f

nat.

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M ≈8"

3

° Vln. &

very slow bows

gradually slow down bow speed

≥ ≤ bend note on G string ww ww >

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gradually slow down bow speed ≈5"

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U wwo

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(q=ca.70)

Œ

p

p

gradual dim.

b -œ ˙

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f

p

mf

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to nothing

mf f

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o ˙˙

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(q=ca.60)

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e ˙O

pp

pp f

pp

(free bowing)

e ~w

#e ~ w p

f

Œ Oœ O ˙

Œ O ˙

f

sfz

Œ

e w~

ee œOOœ

- - -3 œOOœ œOOœ œOOœ œOOœ

e w~

e e O O œO œ œO œ

e #e e Oœ O œ œO

í ™™ O O ™™î ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ œ œO œ œO

mf

pp

f 3

ffp

Q 3

° Vln. & ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ

oj o o o o œ ‰ OœœOœœOœœOœ w J- - - 3

í ™™ œO O O O ™™î ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ œ œœ

e free bowing ~ O w ˙

o o o o3 o e O œO œO œO œO œO ~ œ œœœœœ w - - -3 - 3 3

free bowing

don't dampen strings

wo ~ w

U Œ

pp pp

ffp

fff

pp

ppp

mf

ff ≈5"

≈7"

≈5" 3

Vln.

¢& ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ

ee - - - - e œOO œOO œOO œOO œOO ~ œœœœœ w

í ™™

™î ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ O œO O O ™ œ œœ

don't dampen strings

free bowing

e ~ w

ee ˙OO ˙

3

œOO œ

3 ee œOO œOO œOO œOO œOO œœœœœ

ee w~~ w

free bowing

U Œ

w~~ w

pp pp 3

ppp 3

3

mf ffp

fff ff

pp