(7/1997)
Note : Play each moment at will in any sequence. These were originally
written for my own research, so some of the instructions may seem a bit
inscrutable, so interpret them as you wish. Thanks you.
1. low hacking, low bear, knee
2. high squeal with teeth vibrato, tongue slap to middle register drone, gliss down
3. low staccatto tonguing, chirps, low staccatto tonguing
4. middle reg wavers (changing speed and width)
5. hand chatter (near mouthpiece, high and low reg)
6. shh, teeth pops ascending 2x, shh
7. teeth multiphonics, low melodic, insert gliss up and down
8. knee fingerlifts (same note repeated), low flutter, knee fingerlifts (different note repeated)
9. lip chatter low notes w. multiphonics, hummed low notes fast
10. low wobbling w. left hand fingerlifts
11. hummed teeth wavers down ending in low hacking
12. half hole multiphonics (right hand) w/wo teeth
13. multiphonic pattern 1
14. multiphonic pattern 2
15. multiphonic pattern 3
16. multiphonic pattern 4
17. hacking high squeals (low fingering to high fingering to low fingering)
18. middle reg melody, hacking with intermittent teeth chattered squeals, middle reg melody
19. repeating fingerlifted multiphonics ((<=>, ~), change note, (<=>,~), etc..)
20. hummed bear, loose tongue polyphony
21. arpeggiated abstract 1
22. arpeggiated abstract 2
23. arpeggiated abstract 3
24. arpeggiated abstract 4
25. high flutters to high squeals with swooping, insert middle and low reg flutters to squeals
26. tongued staccatto squeal melody with teeth multiphonics and screamed squeals inserts
27. rolling low reg legato with multiphonic hits accenting downbeat (single and double hits)
28. low drone with double tonguing, vibrato, humming
29. middle reg hummed, tongued melody
30. middle reg open hole neo-trill with tongue-slapped low note melody
31. high squeal with low and middle inserts
32. flutter high single note, flutter low single note, flutter gliss up/down
33. flutter low to high to low, repeat each time with different lowest note
34. teeth/phut pop, alternate low and high notes
35. loose lipped free-jazzy ending in low open hole growling (bend w. hum)
36. tongue flicks, hiccup pop to low tongued humming
37. low teething, melodic fingerings and sequences of multiphonics, add low chatter
38. quiet low hacking w some teeth
39. flutter gliss down middle reg from different high notes
40. low note drone crescendo/dim (expand overtones)
41. middle note drone cresc/dim
42. free-jazzy ending in squeal and teeth -pop
43. play upper part of shaft notes, ‘bounce’ right hand keys
44. knee multiphonics w fingerlifts, low, middle and high reg
45. left fingered lowest reg, hummed w multiphonics
46. rhythmic tapping of low notes with light blowing
47. lowest teeth multiphonics - didj style, slow
48. very fast quiet legato (low and high reg) accented by loud hits
49. low chatter - fast arp - high chatter - fast arp - middle reg - fast arp - etc…
50. tongue flicks, shh, phut-pops, shhh, in-pops,shhh, nail-on-reed flicking,shhh
51. toneless flutter - slow melodic line
52. calm high reg drones (feedback)
53. high reg, add microtonal hits rhythmically, staccatto up w fast tongued multiphonics up, repeat
54. hacking slow "tongued" melodic line, insert lip waver legato phrases
55. tongue-on-reed legato, low drone hummed w tongue inserts
56. half-hole multiphonic bends in half-hole multiphonic melody
57. chatter, legato down, double tonguing, legato up, chatter…etc
58. flutter legato low reg, hacking legato low reg, insert pops
59. quiet, fast low reg with vocalized 2nd melody
60. backward pops (held) in large interval leaps, flutter gliss to small interval leaps, flutter gliss, repeat
61. fast legato all registers with teeth squeal background drone
62. smooth middle reg fast legato
63. smooth low reg fast legato
64. phut pop double hit - gliss squeal up - microtonal double hit - multiphonic - repeat cycle = 4/4
65. staccatto tongued multiph. triple-hit - bear note bended - staccatto tongued squeal note triple-hit - teethed low note - repeat = 4/4
66. low note - middle note - high note - hacked note - repeat all single/double hits = 4/4
67. toneless playing (pops, inverse breathing, shh, hacking)
68. total furious noise
69. screamed squeal - low reg melody - high waver - low flutter melody - middle reg right hand slams - repeat = 5/4
70. "sad" high waver melody (trailing)
71. waver from low register to high (very smooth bending)
72. neo-trills, inserting multiphonics
73. low/middle neo-trills, inserting low/middle note bumps
74. octave trills (with overtones)
75. duo trades between low teething melodies and middle sweet tones
76. staccatto multiphonics - tongue flicks (high/low) - squeal up - multiphonic
77. tight wobble different registers - with left hand fingerlifts
78. melodic low reg - insert tonal multiphonics
79. loose lip low multiphonic w added hits
80. low melodic waver, add parallel multiphonics with lip pressure
81. highest squeal with less high insert bumps
82. fast out-pops w. teeth slides melody
83. melodic low reg lip chatter
84. hold drone w., upper left hand, add pattern hits with side and top keys (left and right hand fingers)
85. register key pulsing
86. mouthpiece playing
87. mouthpiece-less playing
88. halfinet w/o muting
89. tenor mouthpiece
90. into coffee can top
91. up-down bends in different registers
92. tonal arpeggios with screaming inserts
93. coughing
94. halfinet w. left-hand muting (w coffee can lid)
95. high squeal w. yaya’s - low wavering - fade
96. legato playing w. fluttered inserts
97. low drone w. tongue loosening and hum
98. large width vibrato at upper left hand fingering - insert legato gliss up/down
99. diminuendo as fast as possible/reverse
100. chatter different registers as fast as possible