ball peen hammer for flute and computer James Paul Sain 2004

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1 ball een hammer or lute and comuter ames aul Sain 00

2 erormance notes ute Soloist erorm the work as noted with gien timed silences. As the comuter art is dierent each time there is no reconceied synchronicity between the lute art and comuter art. uter erormer The gien notations in the comuter art are merely one examle o what might haen during this work. The soloist should eel ree to imroise utilizing the Max/MS interace and game controllers. Sotware contact the comoser or the most recent ersion o the atcher and abstractions required to erorm this comosition. Hardware in addition to a comuter running Max/MS to erorm this work the ollowing items are required: channel audio interace lute microhone and cabling midi interace USB hub ( ort) Logitech Dual Action USB game controller Logitech Attack USB oystick controller ART X oot edal and quadrahonic layback system with summed mono monitor or lute soloist. See diagram on inside back coer. rogram notes ball een hammer a tool meant to coax raw metal into desired shaes aroximating a musical instrument. The musical instrument then can be used to beat the haless listener into musical submission by its metallurgical induced orce. The lute oten thought as a gentile and ciilized instrument o historic reason is utilized in this work as a sonic weaon. Bleeding may be a result or erhas liberation. Be ery cautious listen with due care (and do not oerate heay machinery while under the inluence). Thanks to Ron arks or his sectral accumulation and eaoration algorithm! comoser ames aul Sain (b. 959) is roessor o Music at the Uniersity o orida where he teaches electroacoustic and acoustic music comosition theory and technology. He ounded and directed the internationally acclaimed orida Electroacoustic Music estial or 7 years. His comositional oeure sans all maor acoustic ensembles instrumental and ocal soloists and embraces electroacoustic music. His works hae been eatured at maor national and international societal eents. He has resented his music in concert and gien lectures in Asia Euroe South America and North America. Dr. Sain is currently SCI Executie Committee chair and an American osers Alliance board member. His music is aailable in rint rom Brazinmusikanta and American osers Editions and on CD on the Castone Electronic Music oundation Innoa Uniersity o Lanús Mark Masters Albany and NACUSA labels. Most current and machinereadable orms o the aboe rose can be ound at htt://amesaulsain.com/ or ia sain@ul.edu To obtain the needed Max/MS atchers and abstractions to erorm this comosition contact the comoser at the aboe address To obtain Max/MS contact cycling7.com and unxion at duration: 7'57"

3 ball een hammer or lute and comuter ames aul Sain ute uter AGGRESSIVE {q = c 0} ^ " b ^ " n b ^ lt. Î Î ß sub. Î. b R n. ute D utter. Ó b n : : 0 0 : 5. R.. : 0 08 wandering b n b n 5: " Manuacture b n 7: : 0 0 : 9 0 : 00 Ó n b n b LAYBACK ALL GRAN O n b : 0 7 n ä smooth b b ä n 5: ä b...like a hammer hitting cold steel SEC ILT ON LIVE SAMLE Î : 0 5 5" ute D utter TRANSOSE

4 sain ball een hammer harsh W : 0 "AH" b. AGGRESSIVE n. b sub. : 0 : 0 Manuacture TRANSOSE " : 9 : singing b " : 0 9 SEC EVA ON LAYBACK n lt. moing orward b lt. ß 5: b n rebounding : 07 b b : 7 LIVE SAMLE n b GRAN O ute D utter TRANSOSE O n. "AH" n b π b Ÿ i. ~~~~~~~~~~ Í : 0 5 b : 09 : lazily ord. b n : LIVE SAMLE LAYBACK b cresc. n. Ó Oening b ä : 0 55 : 7 n b ä n. b > : 5 b n b Ÿi : 0 58 n ^ Ÿ n b b Ÿi b ä n ^

5 . W : 0 : rebounding b sub. slow ast Ÿ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^ ä ^ n. : 0 : 07 (hammer on steel) sit tongue b b> n ^. : 5 : 5 SEC ILT ON 7: b sain ball een hammer n n m ^ ^ b. : 0 GRAN O Manuacture n^ ^ : 57 > > n > b. GRAN O inger slide b n Oening ^ : 0 LIVE SAMLE : 5 ä ^ n b. π : 9 : n rz bw n : 9 5" sit tongue : ^ : " GRAN O LAYBACK LIVE SAMLE IMROV

6 sain ball een hammer sit tongue : ^ GRAN O ute D utter b. b : 59 : 0 n : 5 : 9 growl w Î Manuature : 07.. b.... n... b. b. li bend ± / ste at end b w > bouncing metalic obect b. b. > rz : 0 orward : 5 b n b breathing n b : bw b n m n> > : 7 w : : 5 : 9 : : 7 : LIVE SAMLE IMROV Li e Samles

7 sain ball een hammer 5 singing n b b b lazily b n b n b. b n b b ä ^ n ä : 7 : 50 : 5 : 5 : 59 ä b> ä n> rubato > b 5: ^ Ÿ i~~~~~~~~~~~~. w >Ÿ i ~~~~~~~~~~~~ LIVE SAMLE sing glissando shae (u then down) " singing b n lt. b n. : 0 : 0 : 0 : : : 0 ute D utter LAYBACK. b lazily n "AH" b n b > n n > b b > n cresc. n > b b n b n b n. > b. : 5 : 8 : : : 7 : 9 SAMLES TO SEC ILT LIVE SAMLE

8 sain ball een hammer sit tongue sub. ord. b : : 7 n b ä cresc. 5 : 0 5 : 0 ä sit tongue sub. ä n ä b ord. ast slow Ÿi~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ^ b w ä : 50 Oening ä sit tongue : 5 : 58 lt. ä. : 5 5 : 5 9 b. n ord. ^ ä ä. b : 5 b ä b ä b. : 5 0 5: n ALL TRANSOSE ON n n b. SEC ILT ON n.. b.... lt. 5" wandering b n 5: ( as i... accel.) b n b 7 n : : 0 5 : : 5 8 IMROV s ALL GRAN O

9 sain ball een hammer 7 lt. b lt. b n b n b b b ä ä lt. hard strikes n rebounding b : 5 : 5 5 : 5 9 : 5 5 : 5 57 : 0 b metal bending ^ ^ b n^ b^ b ^ ^ b n^ > b^ > n > ounding inger slide b ^ ä ä ä ^ : 0 : 07 : : 5 : 8 : LAYBACK b n. sub. b^ bouncing n^ ^ n. b^ sub... b n : : 8 : : : 9

10 8 sain ball een hammer sit tongue ^ : : 7 b n b. sub. ^ > b. n ^. ^ b 7 : 0 7 : 08 : 7 ute D utter TRANSOSE ä b ä : 7 9 ä Ó : 7 Oening ^ n ". LAYBACK sz Ó. : 7 lt. n ß : 7 9 b ^ : 5 Manuacture ^ b " w " LAYBACK LAYBACK n > ^ b^ : 5 ^ 5: ^ ^ b^ : 58 ^ ^ n b Ÿi ~~~~~~~~~~ n : 7 : 7 0 : 7 ^ Ó TRANSOSE Oening w : 7 8 TRANSOSE Manuacture TRANSOSE w w > ä inger slide n : 7 50 : 7 0 ^ > ä 8". b IMROV s ^ SEC EVA ON : 7 58 BEGIN TO TURN O ALL GRAN

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