- 12 Miniatures - Eric Skytterholm Egan 2007/2009. for Amplified Classical Guitar Minutter. Classical Guitar

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1 - 1 Miniatures - or Aliied Classical Guitar / Classical Guitar Eric Skytterholm Egan 1-14 Minutter

2 Perormance Notes: Slightly anticipated. Chords: Plucked simultaniously. Broken normally. Attaccs: Pull-o (G-string). Portmento - bend the string at the headstock (behind the ingerboard). Bartók pizzicato - Slap the string against the ingerboard. Tap the note. Strings: Open String. Normal Harmonic. The top note is played on the string notated in brackets. Special harmonics: 1 (V) V ( ) 1. Slap or Touch Harmonic: mmediately touch the node ater playing the open string or slapping it against the ingerboard. Slapping is indicated with a martellato 'hat' and Bartok pizzicato, touching is written with a legato accent.. Re-tapped Harmonic: With the inger touching the string, tap on the node (again), immediately ater it has been played. Done sotly, this reinorces the harmonic.. Adjacent-String Harmonic: Produced by bending the adjacent string (in brackets) to pluck the string itsel (above) behind the sound hole. The inger holding the adjacent string must touch the string itsel (coming rom underneath) immediately ater it has been plucked. it is done correctly the harmonic itsel will sound louder than the open string. On the Aliication: Aliication through our speakers, placed at the our corners o the audience is preerable. Front aliication with a stereo pair is also acceptable. There are our levels o aliication; the levels change between most movements. While the quiet movements are to be more heavily aliied, they should nonetheless be a lot quieter than the louder movements. a. Low Level: The guitar needs only some aliication as it is a very loud movement. b. Medium Level: The guitar requires a moderate amount o aliication. c. High Level: The guitar needs signiicant aliication as it is a airly quiet movement. d. Very High Level: The guitar requires heavy aliication as it is a very quiet movement.

3 1-1 Miniatures - or Aliied Classical Guitar (c) All notes are sustained until the string is re-struck. Eric Skytterholm Egan e= Careul - Gentle but Purposeul Suddenly! 1 Suddenly! 1 Suddenly! (b) The open E is repeated. Each Chord is sustained. q= ntense - Without Pause p : 4x

4 : 4 x : 4x (c) The gestures are produced by 'bouncing' the palm o the hand against all o the strings over the centre o the sound hole. The chords are executed by pressing the strings against the top o the sound hole with the palm o the hand. q=4 Quiet - Considered pppp pp pppp ppp p ppp ppp ppp pp pp pp pp p p p p p p p Press the strings against the top o the sound hole. p sim. 1 1 p p p p p p pp p pp p

5 q= Very Soloistic - Rubato :4 e V (c) For Boulez : 4 x 4 : 4 x :4 x p :4x 1 V : 4x rit. q=4 : 4e V (d) For George Brecht With the pad o the middle inger o the right hand, 'grind' the high E-string regularly backwards and orwards over the space o about a centimetre, near the bridge, at the teo stated. The let hand gently but audibly strokes the body o the guitar above and below the strings with a cloth. q= Theatrical yet Serious R.H. L.H. Below the strings > (possible)>

6 4 Above the strings > (possible)> pp V (b) 'Slap' the open string against the ingerboard and immediately touch the node to produce the harmonic. The E-string should be plucked with the thumb, the A-string with the index inger o the right hand. The pitch bend is produced by bending the neck towards the body slightly, ollowing the notated indications o speed. Alternatively it may be produced by bending the string at the headstock, behind the ingerboard. Each note should be allowed to ring until the string is played again. The duration o each note is ree but the pattern should be regular. Pitch bend q=4 Freely - With Pathos

7 V (d) Both hands tap on the th to th ret. The let hand taps the th and th, while the right hand taps the th and th. t is essential that a orward momentum is sustained throughout, particularly rom bar 1 onwards. q=14 Fast - Hectic yet Eortless > :4x :4x :4x :4x :4x : 4 x :4x : 4x :4x :4x

8 (Near Repeat o the previous bar!) 11 :4x :4x (sim. >) 1 :4x : 4x 1 : 4x : 4x :4x : 4x 1 : 4 x : 4x : 4 x : 4x 1 : 4 x : 4x : 4 x 1 : 4 x poco rit. :4x

9 V (c) For Marcel Ducha Draw the nail o the middle inger o the right hand along the low E-string slowly, rom the top o the neck to the sound hole, making a distinct scraping sound. Try to make the sound as even as possible by ensuring that the pace is steady. Follow the speed and spatial directions stated. When you reach the end o the ingerboard daen the strings immediately. The movement should last or 4 seconds in all. q= Even Pace - Steady and Gradual " " " " X (d) For György Kurtág All notes should be sustained until the string is re-struck. Ossia sta above until the inal system. Each passage (within the double bar lines) should be phrased 'naturally', ad libitum. =4 Even Pace - Calm and Considered Ossia sta: V V V V V (V) () V V V (V) () V () V V

10 V () V Guitar Sta (not ossia): Vibrate the pad o the middle inger against the string at the middle o the ingerboard. p> (al niente) X (a) Play sotly with the pad o the thumb or the accented chords and with the nails or the martellato accents. All chords should be broken rapidly rom the low to the high E-string. Always daen the chords or the rests. q=4 Loud - With ntense Forward Momentum h+e e h. h+e sim. e h. h+e e h. h+e e h. h+e e h. h+e e h. 1 h+e e h. h. Slight vibrato (shake the neck)

11 X (a) The diagonal note head indicates a rapid broken chord rom the lowest to the highest string. - with the back o the ingernails, - with the ront. The square note head indicates a strike with the palm o the hand against the strings. q=1 Aggressive - atient and Extremely Hectic Headstock Top o Fingerboard Middle o Fingerboard Bridge Sound Hole Head. Top F. Mid F. S.hole Bridge 4 Head. Top F. Mid F. S.hole Bridge (Same as Bar 1) (Dierent rom bar ) Head. Top F. Mid F. S.hole Bridge 1 Head. Top F. Mid F. S.hole Bridge Head. Top F. Mid F. S.hole Bridge 1 1 (Same as Bar 1) (Dierent rom bar ) Press the strings against the top o the sound hole.

12 X (c) 1 q= Careul - Gentle and Kind 4 > Suddenly! pp 11 sim. V 14 V 1 p pp SLUTT