Notes

120 cm
max.
Voice actions

tom

hidden set
Percussion actions Gran Cassa
1 2 3

Player 1 Player 2 Player 3

Tom Tom Tom

Gran Cassa with pedal Gran Cassa with pedal Gran Cassa with pedal
1 Crotale [G4] [hidden] 1 small Triangle [hidden] 1 Crotale [G4] [hidden]

Superballmallet Tam-Tam mallet Superballmallet

Wooden hard mallet Wooden hard mallet Wooden hard mallet
Soft mallet Soft mallet Soft mallet
Triangle mallet Triangle mallet plastic or thatch brush

Smal instruments set Small instruments set

(suggested, can be varied) (suggested, can be
varied)
bell
salad bowl [stainless steel] bell
corrugated tube finger cymball
hand-sleigh-bells plastic bottle
little tibetan bowl coins
very small gong

luciano azzigotti
cronmicas
[2013]

work in progress for three percussion players

based on Les guetteur de sonsat

the workshop with Georges Aperghis
and Christian Dierstein
@ Impuls 2013, KUG Graz, Austria

dedicated to
Aleksander Wnuk, Victor Barcel & Roberto Domnguez
I. interactive chronemics
0. Player 1 and 3 put Tibetal bowl and small gong on the tom skin [ or any instrument that can turn on it self.]
1. Player 1 choose an instrument of Small Instruments Set, produces a sound with a choosen playing technique , and
give to Player 2.
2. Player 2 puts this little instrument on the tom skin building a sculpture on the way of Mikado Game.
3. Player 3 repeat the same action as in 1, but when he choose an instrument and a playing technique, try to make a
kind of dialog with Player 1. and so on, until finishing all.
4.Once all 8 instruments were given to P2, he tries to destroy Mikado with a triangle mallet.
5.When this happens P1 and P3 start to spin the instruments over their toms.
6. P2 gives back the instruments in any order

23 - 40 (x2)

x2
4 - 7 7 - 12

blow
grasp with nails
as fast and precise
grasph with fingertips SPIN
as possible
brush CROTALE
x4

beat ou /rk/ /ts/ ou

1 0. 1.

[ ]
give

ou sorry [giggling] / ui/ /rk/

give instruments when action

2 MIKADO MIKADO DESTROY

2. is finished
back in any order

[ ] [ ] [ ]
blow
grasp with nails ANSWER
give

grasph with fingertips AS

brush SPIN
DIALOG CROTALE

beat ou /mm/ /ui/ ou
0.
3
3. = 1.

[ ]

1
 q = 54 II. social chronemics 2
>attack to 3
>leading >react to 3 >release to 2

one thing at time ri- gid a- proach to time prom- pt

>react to 1 [attack as fast as possible after P1] >leading near rim

[english]

mul- ti- ple ac- ti- vi- ties at once once once once once once

>react to 2 [attack as fast as possible after P2]

strict a- gen- da fo- cus on

grasp with nails

3
[ ]

=
>react to 3 [attack] >react to release of 3

prompt prompt promt task task task em- pha-

>react to 3 with some delay >free

once oonce oooonce a- cts no job or

>leading
acts at acts a- cts

simile

3
 3
accel.

-sis / i/ [french]
la ou oui

/e/ /st/
Voice

1 RH

LH
BD

[ ]

[french]
-si /i/ ooh la la

2 RH
LH
BD

[ ]

[french]
ooh oui oui ou

job /i/

Voice
3 RH

LH

=
BD

q = 63 III. conceptual chronemics

ou [ as in french oulala] di r
inhale strongly

producing air sound with hand
[no attack!]
Voice

1 RH

LH

!
BD
[ ] proportional
dynamic

brush circular

with hand
ou [ as in french oulala] with hand
Voice hide source
RH

2 LH

BD

>react to 1
superball zarb
with hand
both hands
oui S kr jl____mnt
Voice

3 RH


LH

BD
 >imitate 2 4
>imitate 2 consonants
only noise
wush superball S

/f/ /t/ /d/ /g/ /g/ /d/ /f/

Voice

1 RH niente
LH

BD

inhale
consonants smooth
only noise pitch
/b/ /v/ ha/f/ /t/ /t/


2 RH
LH

BD

consonants smooth

>imitate 2 only noise pitch
crotale

/s/ /p/ /t/ /k/ /d/ ha
Voice

3 RH

LH

BD

flex flex


Voice

1 RH

LH

BD

ble ble whoosh /st/

2 RH
LH

BD

/st/

xi xi

Voice

3 RH

LH

BD
 5

/f/ /f/ /d/t/ s k l t /h/j/g/s/t/l/m/n/t/d

S
Voice

1 RH niente

LH

BD

inhale

/d/ /t/ /r/ /p/ /k/ /t/ /u/ /t/

2 RH
LH

BD

/s/ /p/ /t/ /k/ /d/ /j/ /g/ /m/ /n/ /t/

Voice

3 RH

LH

BD

=
remain still move

fo- cus on r- re- la- tion ship!

Voice

1 RH
LH

BD

ri-gid a-proach to time take mallet

time prompt!

prompt! job! task!
time

2 RH
LH

BD

com- ple- tion of job most im- porr- remain still move tant!

Voice

3 RH

LH

BD
 6
q = 96
>leading

Voice

+
1
NR
RH

LH

BD

[ ] [ ] dim. [ ]

both hands

2 RH
LH

BD

>react to 1 with indicates bits >react to 1 >leading

Voice simile

3 RH

LH

BD

= [ ] [ ]

>react to 3

Voice
1 RH

LH

BD

[ ] [ ]

2 RH
LH

BD

>leading

Voice

3 RH

LH

BD

[ ] [ ]
 on second repeat slight accelerando
eq = 48 and softer but non dim.
7
remain still with hands, like a breeze
Voice

1 RH

LH

BD

[ ]sempre

remain still with hands, like a breeze

2 RH
LH

BD

[ ]sempre

remain still with hands, like a breeze

Voice
3 RH

LH

BD

[ ] sempre
=

very soft
Voice
1 RH

LH

BD

2 RH
LH

BD

Voice

3 RH

LH

BD