from THE MAGIC BOX Project, "4-page sonata" & "study in 15," two contrasting movements for vibraphone & marimba

BACK TO BACK, here you have two fundamentally different rhythmic movements, one based on geometric spirals or temporal glissandi, the other, based on a rock-solid, constant pulse of 15 beats. They are both, in my view, difficult to do really well. One because it is new; the other because we generally don't work in the right manner to make rhythmic pulses totally second nature and learn to play from a shared, deeply rooted, rhythmic ground. The homepage for THE MAGIC BOX is at: http://www.cs-music.com/magicbox.html

WebSCORE for "4-page-sonata" is at: http://bit.ly/1FG5McU pdf http://bit.ly/1FG5VgH

WebSCORE for "study in 15" is at: http://bit.ly/18vd6ON pdf http://bit.ly/18vdeh0

Whereas the "study in 15" has been played many times by different duos, AS FAR AS I KNOW, the "4-page sonata" has never been performed. That's not because it's objectively so difficult. Rather, I think it's probably because the notation of the temporal glissandi leaves much to desired, at first glance looking strange, if not unplayable. But this is only at first. The idea is to get past the "training wheels" stage of numbers and notation and learn to sense the movements ORGANICALLY. I did an intro to help you get this process started on SOUNDCLOUD at: from StarCycle Project: INTRO to "Strange Loops" & m--for solo viola http://bit.ly/1BIveBg

THE GOAL YOU want you have clearly before you, like a mountain in distance, is to get rid of the music -- a handicap at best -- and play by heart. AND, as always with my scores at THE CIRCLE IN THE SQUARE, they are open source, so tear them apart, make them your own, and feel free to make arrangements for different, perhaps better, groups of instruments!








from THE MAGIC BOX, "4-page sonata" & "study in 15," two contrasting movements, for vibes & marimba

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from THE MAGIC BOX, "4-page sonata" & "study in 15," two contrasting movements, for vibes & marimba

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