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> "Telstar" <none@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > "Thanatos" <atropos@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> Since y'all were so helpful with my first question a few weeks ago, I
> >> have another. This one is from Horner's score to ALIENS. It's a
strange
> >> symbol I've never seen before in the violin line (although being a
> >> trumpet player, it could be a fairly common symbol that is unique to
> >> strings, for all I know).
> >>
> >> In the recording, the strings seems to be making some kind of
haunted,
> >> creepy, screechy "Psycho" type sound at this point in the score.
> >>
> >> A scan of the excerpt is here:
> >>
> >> http://gallery.me.com/btr1701#100016
> >>
> >> The symbol in question is circled in red.
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance!
> >
> > A tone cluster (see Henry Cowell for origin). The strings play the
> > cluster of notes divisi in 14 parts for the duration indicated.
> The indication is for two octaves above notation. The Kurzweil synth
> using Ocarina (see also) patch.
So which notes do the strings play in the cluster? I see there's some
notes in parentheses next to the first symbol, I assume those are the
pitches the players are supposed to use but how does it work? Does each
player just pick a note and play it over and over again or do they
alternate between each note in some kind of free rhythm? From what I can
hear on the recording, it kind of sounds like the latter.
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