From the State of Emptiness

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H-104-01 / Dalton / susended cymbal frame drum $ for choir susended cymbal

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2 rogram Notes blends memories of ibetan monks chanting heard during my travels in East ith melodic shae and texture of Western chant. In eaving se to styles toger my intention as not to emulate any one style of sacred music but to bring my on sacred exerience to creation of ne music. erformance Notes uses techniques of Harmonic inging and Harmonic ming (see instructions belo) made oular in Western choral singing by arah Hokins. For uroses of this iece sound roduced using se techniques is meant to be both both a reflection and symbiosis of Dung-Chen a long trumet-like instrument and ibetan sacred chanting. his overtone-rich drone rovides base for chant Mani adme and English text both of hich should be sung using head voice ith no vibrato - similar to Gregorian chant. Finally although temo should be free and breath marks are noted song needs to have a consistent sense of forard motion. *Harmonic ming: eginning ith a resonant O close you lis to a hum. No raise or loer your tongue slightly letting it touch roof of your mouth in different laces to hear changes in harmonics. You can also make slight changes in sacing of your teeth. he sound should be very resonant and forard. lthough you ill be singing same note you ill hear different harmonics ithin that note. **Harmonic inging:egin ith a forard laced and resonant O n change shae of your mouth to make folloing sounds mm - o - or - ar - rr - ree. his ill make a second voice that includes overtones that are a art of bass fundamental you are singing. You ill ant to focus your mouth to get a clear sound. ccidentals: ccidentals are not reeated for reeated notes unless one or more different itches intervene. ercussion: his iece calls for a double-sided frame drum hit ith a stick. his roduces a dry sound ith little resonance. ecause drum is layed ith a single stick drum roll ill inevitably be uneven. his is intentional. Mani adme : his common mantra inscribed on rocks musical instruments rayer flags and rayer heels in ibet cannot be easily translated and yet is said to contain entire teachings of uddha. In addition to numerous translations re are numerous variations on ronunciation of this mantra. elo is a honetic guide hich aroximates a ibetan version. honetic Guide Man- i ad- me Dictionary ronunciation ōm mä nā ä mā hoom I oum mɑ ne ɒ meı hum Yet fact remains that e are invited to forget ourselves on urose cast our aful solemnity to inds and join in general dance. homas Merton... very motion of our life is toards hainess... he 14th Dalai Lama of ibet

3 for choir susended cymbal and frame drum Carine Dalton orano ncient eternal enza Misura sec. lto enor ass 1/3 of basses and tenors using harmonic humming 1/3 of basses and tenors using harmonic humming us. Cymbal layed ith Frame Drum layed ith stick Û Û Û Û Û Û b b sec. us. Cym. Fr. Dr. Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û Û lso available for choir susended cymbal frame drum Carine Dalton C H Hickory treet ublishing Hickorytreet@comcast.net CarineDalton.net

4 2 Freely q = 84 Light straight tone as if beginning in emtiness Light straight tone as if beginning in emtiness Light straight tone as if beginning in emtiness Man-i ad-me Man-i ad-me Man-i ad-me 1/3 of basses using harmonic humming Man-i ad-me Man-i ad-me Man-i ad-me tagger breathing em-ti-ness self flos free - ly to sky - breath-ing seet breath of tagger breathing em-ti-ness self flos free - ly to sky - breath-ing seet breath of life. C em-ti-ness self flos dee ith - in earth life. tagger breathing b Man-i ad-me b em-ti-ness self flos dee n ith-in earth

5 - a-ak-en-ing hat once - b b a-ak-en-ing hat once I be-comes I be-comes We as as We I a - slee. n a - slee. be-comes b Man-i ad-me I be-comes I be-comes b b I be-comes We We b We D tagger breathing elf be-comes b elf be-comes b b b elf be-comes em-ti-ness em-ti-ness b em-ti-ness Whole. n Whole. n Whole. 3 b Man -i ad-me E em - ti-ness em - ti-ness self flos free self flos free

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As We Sleep. Ryan Meeboer. Instrumentation:

As We Sleep. Ryan Meeboer. Instrumentation: Duration: 2:0 GRADE 1.5 CB129 $50.00 As We Slee Ryan Meeboer Instrumentation: lute - 8 oe - 2 REVIEW Bb arinet 1 - Bb arinet 2 - Bb Bass arinet - 1 Eb Alto Saxohone 1-2 Eb Alto Saxohone 2-2 Bb Tenor Saxohone