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Page 1: Tao Teh Ching

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Tao Teh Ching IMatt Smiley

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fast, quiet

(brushes on snare)

(out of the middle) (going up/down) (waves, long tones)

(get louder, noise)

(get louder, noise)

run blindly into disaster

(sparse, slowly grows, fast)

(sparse slowly grows, fast)

decays

(long decrescendo)

(long decrescendo) (nothing)

(nothing)

(coils, stabs)

(coils, stabs)

(quiet)

stirring flowering return to the root

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Tao Teh Ching IIMatt Smiley

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(get louder)

born from nothingness

born from being

become weak

only return

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Tao Teh Ching IIIMatt Smiley

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fountain never dies

entrance...root

frail...hardly existing

touch it

it will never run dry

(wispy)

(large)

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& 44 .. .. .. ..Û Û Û ‰ Û Û Û1

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Tao Teh Ching IVMatt Smiley

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(1, 2, 2, 1, 1, 3) (1, 1, 2, 1, 3, 1) (2, 1, 3, 1, 2, 3) (2, 3, 3, 1, 3)

(4 LARGE CIRCLES) (6 INKBLOTS) (3 LARGE BLOCKS)

four great things

(man) (circle) (inkblot) (block)

formless yet complete silent empty

changless...unending

all things go forward travel far return

(accelerate)

(1BR, 2ST, 3WW) (overlap)

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Tao Teh Ching VMatt Smiley

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(play nothing "academic") (make these vocalizations, long tones)

wei and o

(two seperate and opposite ideas) (randomness)

(high freq long tones)

away with learning

where is the difference pure idiocy

beaming climbing

(ascend in pitch)

i alone am silent no sign

(free)(one person stops playing)

(free from one another)

everywhere men shineabandoned

i alone am dark nervous...drifting, never ceasing taking no part

(abrupt ending)

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Tao Teh Ching VIMatt Smiley

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beyond vision beyond sound without substance

three...one revealed hidden endless, return, nothing

without form shadows, emblems follow ancient way, follow the thread

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Tao Teh Ching VIIMatt Smiley

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be...whole bend

hollow

filled broken

possess little hold to the one

shines handiwork

he alone one must return

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Tao Teh Ching VIIIMatt Smiley

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lay seigeall beneath

tampertime...advancing...withdrawl

(accelerate, slow down)

inhaling...exhaling

(breath sounds)(get louder, get quieter)

growing strong...decay

destruction

extremes

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Tao Teh Ching IXMatt Smiley

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galloping horses

disaster

evil

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& 44 .. .. .. ..Û Û Û ‰ Û Û Œ Û Û Û3

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Û Û Œ Û ‰ Û Û Œ Û Û Ó3

‰œ Jœb œb œ œ ‰ Jœ3

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’ ’ ’ ’ ˙̇̇b ˙̇̇4

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Tao Teh Ching XMatt Smiley

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uncarved block

10,000 people

(all fast whispering quietly)

little moment

in harmony

rain

(light)

knowing when to stop

Page 11: Tao Teh Ching

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Tao Teh Ching XIMatt Smiley

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shrunk

stretched

weak

strong set up

(drum solo)

leap from deep

sharp

(slow)

(MF, med tempo)

(slow, speed up)

(free, overlapping)

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& 44 .. ..œœ# œœœœb œœ

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Tao Teh Ching XIIMatt Smiley

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hold...form

go all over

(improv using

material from A)

no harm in your going

(get faster)

peace and very quietness

music

nothing

(as if about to play)

use it, it is never ending

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Tao Teh Ching XIIIMatt Smiley

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silent whirlwind pelting rain

follows

becomes power

loss

fail

Page 14: Tao Teh Ching

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Tao Teh Ching XIVMatt Smiley

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water

all

depth

gentleness order

mistakes

Page 15: Tao Teh Ching

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‰ Jœ# œ œ Œ œ œ œ ‰3 & œb œb ˙2

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œb Œ Û Û œb œ Û ‰ Û Û3

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Tao Teh Ching XVMatt Smiley

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no...aimsoutside

lastfirst

(repeat, asterisk, repeat, asterisk, rest)

Page 16: Tao Teh Ching

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Tao Teh Ching XVIMatt Smiley

©

(snare - march rhythm)

(horns - calls like ram's horns)

ancient...commanders

(noise, danger)

delicate, subtle

(improv)

melt

(get quieter)

(quick short sounds) (light breath) (scratching sounds)

vacant empty

(free pitch set)

dark...muddy

mysterious

(slow)

clear seeds

(free pitch set)

(slow) (slow)

stream

(glisses)

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Tao Teh Ching XVIIMatt Smiley

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(free) (clear) (short) (delicate) (noisy)

(pointilistic

sporadic)

5 colors

5 tones

5 flavors

(timbre/articulation)

(pitch)

(rhythm)

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Tao Teh Ching XVIIIMatt Smiley

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(everyone whisper quietly) (one person whispers quietly)

(all sing high freq long tones loudly)(all hum high freq long tones quietly)

(solo voice cadenza) (one full breath long tone any pitch)

people oneself

illumined

stay...to dieoneself...power

others...strength

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Tao Teh Ching XIXMatt Smiley

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one hold light breath controlled mysterious

no trace opening closing all nothing

hold subdue mysterious power

for flute

each note = one full breath

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‰ œ œb œ œb œb Œ œ œ œb œb œ œb œ œ œ Œ3

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Tao Teh Ching XXMatt Smiley

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awaya hundred fold

few

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& 44 .. ..œ œ œ ‰ jœ œ œ œ1

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’ ’ ’ ’6

’ ’ ’ ’7

Tao Teh Ching XXIMatt Smiley

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hundred families

4x

blacksmith's bellows

vacant

inexhaustible move it

(accelerate)

(improvise cell ideas)

plenty come forth

(all talk fast)

many words

Page 22: Tao Teh Ching

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’ ’ ’ ’2

& 45 .. .. 44 .. ..4 œ Œ œ Œ œ

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#m in7b55

’ ’ ’ ’Em in7b5 Db

7sus4

’ ’ ’ ’F

#min7

Tao Teh Ching XXIIMatt Smiley

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(noise)

despise

far away

highest

few...words

cry

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& 44 .. œ œ œ œ1

œ œb œ œ œb œb œ œ œ œb œ œ

& 43 ..5 œb œ œ œ œb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

Tao Teh Ching XXIIIMatt Smiley

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(free durations, open repeats)

thirty spokes

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Tao Teh Ching XXIVMatt Smiley

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(1 sound event) (imitate sound) (1 unstable sound) (1 loud sound)

(1 sound, overtones) (1 muddy sound) (play 1-6 in reverse fast)

hears pursues mediocre uproariosly

bright dark forward seems backwards

smooth...rugged highest...deepest white black

annihilation silent

(1 big noise)

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Tao Teh Ching XXVMatt Smiley

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one one...two two...three three...all

(any chord)

all...dark...bright harmony diminishes

increases strong death

Page 26: Tao Teh Ching

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Tao Teh Ching XXVIMatt Smiley

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(with quiet improv)

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’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’ ’7

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Tao Teh Ching XXVIIMatt Smiley

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(improv 1 cell idea) (repeat cell idea) (repeat idea with dissonance)

(repeat idea louder) (expand on idea)

(minimize idea) (cell idea fades into nothing)

armed turn back thorns

power go further

perishdecay

Page 28: Tao Teh Ching

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Tao Teh Ching XXVIIIMatt Smiley

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male female

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