CONCERT STRNG ORCHESTRA Grade 3½ rom OK Computer aranoid Android Words and Music by THOMAS YORKE, ONATHAN GREENWOOD, HL SELWAY, COLN GREENWOOD and EDWARD O REN Arranged by ERC GORAN NSTRUMENTATON 1 Conductor 1st Violin 2nd Violin 5 Viola 5 5 String ass ROGRAM NOTES Radiohead, ritain s premier aant-rock band, are ell knon or taking rock music to ne heights. Orchestral in scope, but rock by instrumentation, the band released the album OK Computer in 199, spaning critical acclaim and a deoted legion o ans. Eer since, that ork has been routinely hailed as the best album o that decade. aranoid Android is the epic centerpiece o the album. Consisting o three distinct sections or moements, ith a last-minute reprise o the second moement, the song eaes a sophisticated eb o both torment and elation. Taking its title rom a character in Douglas Adams The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy series, Radiohead rontman Thom Yorke rote this bleak yet darkly humorous song ater eeling alienated in a croded room in Hollyood; no onder that aranoid Android coneys claustrophobic panic. Within this musical ourney, beautiul melodies loat aboe rhythmically aggressie ris, scratchy sounds clutter the creepy calm and, aboe all, an epic masterpiece o the rock genre inds a ne home in this orchestral setting. reie Only NOTE ROM THE EDTOR All elin string parts hae been careully boed and ingered appropriately by leel. The Yello Very eginning series includes many boings as ell as reminder ingerings or irst-time readers. The Red eginning series includes requent boings to assist younger players. ingerings or altered pitches are oten marked. The Green ntermediate series includes appropriately placed boings or middle-leel students. ingerings and positions are marked or notes beyond irst position. The lue Concert series includes boings appropriate or the experienced high school player. ingerings and position markings are indicated or diicult passages. ob hillips elin/op String Editor lease note: Our band and orchestra music is no being collated by an automatic high-speed system. The enclosed parts are no sorted by page count, rather than score order.
NOTES TO THE CONDUCTOR This arrangement is challenging; time signature changes, precise rhythms, string crossing and aggressie playing are ust a e o the things that ill keep both the conductor and musicians on edge. Hoeer, the piece is not ust playable, but un to play once a little oodshedding has been done. Right at the beginning, the celli and iolas must rhythmically lock in together ith the pizzicato. Take care not to drag! At m. 1, the rhythmic eel changes and the iolas hae an undulating yet dynamically lat igure that propels the ensemble. Here the bass must be strong. At m. 1, the second moement o the piece begins. The 1st iolins pizzicato stabs should be arring hile not stepping on the celli moti. The / time signature should hae a and 3 eel, and again, take care to keep the tempo steady. At m. 61, the 1st iolins play a ild melody hile the loer strings hammer aay don belo. The 1st iolins remain in a ild mode in mm. 6 2. At m. 5, the quiet moement o the piece enters. arber s Adagio or Strings is a good model or this section; the beautiul melody belies the impending doom on the horizon. Mm. 99 106 is the most intense passage, though the 1st iolins melody should, at the last minute, become strangely calm, as indicated by the non-ibrato marking in m. 10. The ild 2nd moement section returns at m. 10, though this time the 1st iolins should be pretty ild hile remaining rhythmically solid; let the 1st iolins hae un ith a slo yet exaggerated portamento upards into obliion during the tremolo double stop in mm. 11 11 beore alling back to earth or the donbeat o m. 119. reie Only
CONDUCTOR SCORE Duration - 6:00 Violins Viola String ass.. n n Rock eel - placid, but intense ( = 0) pizz..... pizz... 1. rom Ok Computer aranoid Android Words and Music by THOMAS YORKE, ONATHAN GREENWOOD, HL SELWAY, COLN GREENWOOD and EDWARD O REN Arranged by Eric Gorain.... - - -.... 2...... 3... reie Only n n. 3 5 6 199 WARNER/CHAELL MUSC LTD. All Rights in the U.S. and Canada Administered by W MUSC COR. This Arrangement 2010 WARNER/CHAELL MUSC LTD. All Rights Resered including ublic erormance
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