Inner voices ii for shakuhachi solo

Inner Voices II for Shakuhachi solo

09/09/09 Kuala Lumpur

Yii Kah Hoe

Programme notes: I have a lot of inner voices; they are all relating to my mind or spirit and influenced by many people.

Some of them, I try to ignore and some of them are lost and tried to recall back.

The musical materials used in my piece are intended to express or to reproduce the impression of my inner voices with an imaginary sense of the specific characteristic sounds.

This piece, ‘Inner Voices II’ is considered as a revise version for my flute solo piece sharing the same title.

I will keep researching on my Inner Voices, which means various versions of my pieces will have the title of “Inner Voices”. Perhaps one day, later, I will find completely my own inner voice(s) not inner voices.

Performance notes: 1. All acciaccaturas or grace notes are to be sounded prior to the associated specified rhythms to which they are attached. The duration of these notes is left to the discretion of the performers and should be determined by context/pitch.

2. Accidentals apply to the note they immediately precede or within the measure and to tied or immediately repeated notes.

3. The tempo is flexible; the player need not play precisely throughout the piece.

. Duration: Approximately 5 minutes

Abbreviations and symbols: s.v.

Senza vibrato Flutter tongue. (flz.)

Multiphonic al niente.

Quick crescendo at the very end.

Gradual transition from one form of articulation to another.

Without pitch, air must be blown very sharply through the instrument.

With a little instrumental sound.

Composed for Andrew MacGregor

Inner Voices II for solo Shakuhachi

Yii Kah Hoe (2009)

Mysterious, Poco Rubato q = C. 48

´¿ # ¿´ >¿ s.v. r ´ b¿ n¿ ‰ ≈ bœ œ 3 sha! ∏ sub. ƒ sfffz* sorane

U

ca.9"

&c Π*

breathy yuri

˙.

Shouting "sha" while playing.

>¿

&¿

3

, # >¿

F

sorane

sorane airly

– F

(air pressure)

nœ > 3 sfffz ƒ ß

mura

breathy komi

˙ P

airly

U

≠

b¿

P

¿

¿ ∏ take breathe if neccesary

r ¿

breathy

repeat ad lib. 2 to 3 times

mura

& b>– – >– – >– – ≈ ‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ > > > f ç f secco

5

sorane

?

fingering only; covering the entire embouchure with the lips

···· ···· ···· ···· p ¿ .. w

air tone

don't move!

7

&

U

ca.9"

∑

q = C. 48 s.v. suri (slow)

b˙

∏

œ

(very far away!)

œ

..

etc.

ee.................. aw................... o.................... oo................... humming on F; change drastically between the following vowel sounds:

.. ..

O

yuri

>œ œ> œ –> mura nUœ . œ . meri > œ≈ > ≈ J nœ 3 F F p 3 F f

(air pressure)

> #œ ˙. ‰#œ mura

ßπ 3

©Copyright 2009 Yii Kah Hoe

ç ß F P ç ß sfffz > > > > > > > q = C. 48 bœ œ #œ œ nœ airly b· ·· · ¿ · · · · · · · · · u ·· · ·· ·· ·· · ·· ··

2

mura 11

&

– – b–

f

yuri

j œ . œæ – P P ç flz.

–

?

~~~~~ tamane airly Ÿ~~~~~~ U 14 # œ meri n w ¿ æ & p F ß &

bœ.

nw ∏

O

humming on the note(s) given

br ¿´ n ¿´ n ¿´ n >œ ≈ ‰b ¿

Piu mosso q = C. 56 sorane

ca.9"

Ï

3

O

kara

#œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿ ¿

sha! secco

komi bœ , r mura bœ nœ œ – J –. – jb ˙ & œ > π subito 3 > P subito π misterioso ß ç

18

r œ >

M ‰ n œ Mœ œ œ œ k meri J p sub. ß sÍ & œ kœ œ œ œ œ œ p

breathy

breathy

airly

¿

¿

j bœ ˙ ∏ F> π

˙

3

r

overblowing into any upper notes

Senza tempo (ca.1')

r ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ etc. Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

k K : ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ :w (irregulary) ∏ ~F r r

koro

3

& ‰ ‰ bœ ˙. ˙. >∏ P

21

sempre

voice humming on the note(s) given

shallow yuri

kara

>

> (or mura)

multiphonic

take breathe if neccesary sempre

one breathe, as long as possible

breathy grace notes accent

r

*

r

r

q = 108

> >

(indefinite pitches)

r

(air pressure)

, sorane

> &~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ æ goro f espr. ç Ï secco

25

tamane

mura

* Boxed notes are played freely and repeated as many times as possible.

>

3

(using different kind of shakuhachi's trills) Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > 27 U > > > > > > > > flz. #w l

. > M ¿ ¿ & #– – œ ˙ J L æ æ a Ï secco F i ƒ F (irregulary) ç sfffz molto Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~ (indefinite pitches) r sorane flz. r r > r 30

> > > > > > Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> > > > > œ œ. > > > > > > > 3 2 3 5

> b ˙ & 4 b ˙ . (b œ ) 4 8 ÿ œÿ æ 16 F ƒ f Ï Ï secco

yuri

sorane

voice

(or mura)

(indefinite pitches)

œ . meri b œ U˙

flz. breathy

U # ¬. # œ

œ

œ

œ

..

> 34 >

> 5 38 J c æ Œ œj & 16 > > > Ï furioso Î Ï secco P sub. ¿ shout violently!

e x ag g e ra sha! te d sfffz

alternative fingering

sorane

38

q = C. 48 (or mura)

breathy deep yuri

& b œ Mœ œ

–

sfffZ espr.

airly

(or mura)

¿ f

shallow yuri 41

& bœ. f

bœ J

(air pressure)

¬

breathy

P

airly

breathy deep yuri

b œ Mœ œ

–

sfffz espr.

U b w flz.

¿ F

kara

j b –æ >

sfffz

J

f

j

komi (normal)

mura

mura

bœ. ƒ

J

shallow yuri

j œ ¬

(air pressure)

goro tamane ~~ U Ÿ~~ bw j æ b– > F Pç

ƒ

breathy

F otoshi

ca. 30" fingering only; covering the entire embouchure with the lips

& b· · b· b· · · · · · · · · · · · ·

44

etc.

humming on E b; change drastically between the following vowel sounds: ee, a, o, oo

& bw P

O

,