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Wei-Chih Liu for 10 Musicians

Existence: Inspired by the Painting of Manabu Ikeda

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Existence: Inspired by the Painting of Manabu Ikeda 2012

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2 140 my 1A Microscopic View of Manabu Ikeda's Foretoken, 2011

Inn of Unexplored Region, 2011 2

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1. An Aquatic Market 2. What Parasitic

3. A Pioneer's Town

4. The lake of Sap 5. Air Golf

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6. Village Shrine 7. Desert Land

8. Reclining BUDDA

9. Coexistence 10. Human's Land

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Seating Arrangement 10 10 Multiple Percussion (5 placed on right side, 5 on left side)

() Instrumentation (with Abbreviations), Pitches (Range) Used The 5 percussion place on the right side

1Musician 1 (Female) 1 1 1 Zheng 2 1 1 Speaker for voices of performer and Zhengetc.. 3 1 1 Suspended Cymbal (low) S. Cym. (l.) 4 1 1 Bamboo Chimes B. Chimes 5 1 1 Vibraphone Vib. 6a /6b 19 19 Crotales 7 1 1 Suspended China Lion Cymbal (high) S. L. C. Cym. (h.) 8 1 1 Djembe (low=l.) 9 1 1 Conga (high = h.) 10 1 1 Tom-Tom (high) 1 Tomt. (h.) 11 1 Bangu 12 1 1 pair of China Opera Cymbals C. O. Cym. 13 1 1 Maraca 14 1 Train Whistle

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2Musician 2 (Female) 1 1 1 Marimba 2 1 1 Waterphone 3 1 1 Speaker for voices of performer and Stonesetc.. 4 1 1 Conch 5 1 1 pair of Stones 6 1 1 pair of China Pimple Cymbals C. P. Cym. 7 1 1 Rain stick 8 1 1 Cicadas 9 1 1 Timpano Timp. 10 3 3 Crotales (place on Timpano) Crot. (on Timp.) 11 1 1 Suspended Cymbal (high) S. Cym. (h.) 12 1 1 Chinese Tom-Tom C. Tomt.(l.) 13 1 1 Tabla (l.) 14 1 1 Sizzle Cymbal (high) Sizz. Cym. (m.)

3Musician 3 (Female) 1 1 1 Xylorimba 2a 2d 4 4 Triangles Trgl. 3 1 C 1 Kalimba (key of C) 4 1 1 Speaker for voices of performer and Kalimbaetc.. 5 1 1 Cabasa (metal beads) 6 1 1 Vibraslap 7 2 2 Chinese Opera Gongs C. O. Gongs 8 1 1 Slide Whistle Sl. Whistle 9 5 5 Temple Blocks 9 1 1 Sizzle Cymbal (low) Sizz. Cym. (l.) 11 2 2 Bongos 12 1 1 Snare Drum 13 1 1 Thunder Drum Thunder D.

4Musician 4 (Male) 1 1 1 Steel Drum (Double Second Pan) Steel D. (D. S.) 2 1 1 Slapstick 3 1 1 Jews Harp 4 1 1 Speaker for voices of performer and Jews Harpetc.. 6 1 1Bird Whistle 5 1 1 Phonelo (medium = m.) 7 1 1 Musical Saw 8 1 1 Glockenspiel Glsp. 9 1 1 Roto-Tom (medium = m.) 10 1 1 Paigu (low = l.) 11 1 1Thunder Sheet 12 1 1 Bass Drum B. D. 13 1 1 Anvil

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5Musician 5 (Male) 1 1 1 Chinese Bass Drum C. B. D. 2 1 1 Timpano Timp. 3 1 1 Guiro 4 1 1 Chinese Temple Bell (low: place on Timpano) C. T. Bell (l.: on Timp. ) 5 1 1 Speaker for voices of performer and Cajonetc.. 6 1 Cajon 7 1 1 Siren 8 1 1 Samba Whistle (high = h.) 9 1 1 Maraca 10 1 Flexatone 11 1 1 Phonelo (high = h.) 12 5 Almglocken Almgl. 13 1 1 Gongs (lowest=l.)

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The 5 percussion place on the left side

1Musician 1 (Female) 1 1 1 Zheng 2 1 1 Speaker for voices of performer, Zheng and Juju Braceletetc.. 3 1 1 Suspended Cymbal (medium) S. Cym. (m.) 4 1 1 Marimba 5 1 1 Suspended China Lion Cymbal (low) S. L. C. Cym. (l.) 6 1 1 Glockenspiel Glsp. 7 1 1 Taiko (high = h.) 8 1 1 Darabucca 9 1 1 Tom-Tom (low) 1 Tomt. (l.) 11 1 1 pair of China Pimple Cymbals C. P. Cym. 10 1 Bangu 12 1 1 Samba Whistle (low =l..) 13 1 1 Juju bracelet 14 1 1 Ocean Drum O. D.

2Musician 2 (Female) 1 1 1 Vibraphone Vib. 2 1 1 Kokiriko 3 1 1 Speaker for voices of performer and Celloetc.. 4 1 1 Sleigh Bells Sl. Bells 5 5 5 Stone Bells 6 1 1 Cello 7 1 1 Slide Whistle 8 1 1 Crickets 9 2 2 Thai Gongs 10 1 1 Phonelo (low = l.) 11 1 1 Conga (low = l.) 12 1 1 Talking Drum Talking D. 13 1 1 Suspended Cymbal (medium) S. Cym. (m.)

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3Musician 3 (Female) 1 1 1 Vibraphone 2 1 Cicadas 2 1 1 Bamboo Wind Chimes B. W. Chimes 4 1 1 pair of Stones 5 1 1 KalimbaG 1 Kalimba (key of G) 6 1 1 Speaker for voices of performer , Stones and Kalimbaetc.. 7 1 1 Bird Whistle 8 1 1Crotale 9 2 Chinese Opera Gongs 2 C. O. Gongs (h.) 10 1 1 Steel Drum (Cello pans) Steel D. (C.) 11 4 4 Gongs 12 1 1 Tom Tom (medium = m.) 13 1 1 Paigu (medium = m.) 14 1 1 Suspended China Lion Cymbal (high) S. L. C. Cym. (h.)

4Musician 4 (Male) 1 1 1 Timpano Timp. 2 1 1 Cymbal (Medion: place on Timpano) S. Cym. (m.: on Timp.) 3 1 1 Chinese Temple Bell (low: place on Timpano) C. T. Bell (h.: on Timp. ) 4 1 1 Tabla (high = h.) 5 1 1 Roto-Tom (low = l.) 6 1 1 Juju bracelet 7 1 1 Conch 8 1 1 Speaker for voices of performer, Juju Braceletetc. 9 1 1 Maraca 10 37 37 Yunluos 11 1 1 Break Drum Break D. 12 1 1 B. D. 13 1 1Metal Chimes B. Chimes .

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5Musician 5 (Male) 1 1 1 Taiko (low) 2 1 1 Timpano Timp. 3 3 3 Crotales (place on Timpano) Crot. (on Timp.) 4 1 1 Juju bracelet 5 1 1 Speaker for voices of performer, Jews Harp and Juju Braceletetc. 6 1 1 Maraca 7 1 1 Jews Harp 8 1 1 Siren 9 1 1 Ratchet 1 Ratch. 10 1 1 Tambourine Tamb 11 1 1 pair of China Opera Cymbals C. O. Cym. 12 1 1 Tam Tam Tamt. 13 4 4 Gongs

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Symbols or Abbreviations

Highest note Lowest note Tone cluster

Quartertone Accidental Signs

Vibrato (wavy line indicating its amplitude and speed)

Repeat over and over again the notes between the repeat signs until the marked end of the horizontal line.

= Repeat over and over again the notes within the box until the end of the horizontal line.

Accelerando/ritardando.

Play notes with free/irregular rhythm within limited time.

Play as fast as possible.

= Play unspecified notes rapidly

= The range of dynamics to be chosen at performers discretion.

Change gradually. Go on.

N. Normal way of playing

/ Diminuendo al Nniente / Crescendo da Niente

N Normal way of playing

P.O. Ordinary position.

Play on the shell or rim.

Rim (for cymbal, tam tam or gong); Belly near rim (for drums).

Between rim and center.

Center or near center.

Dead stroke, ringing stroke and damp.

Drums

R.S. Rim Shot

= =

Bend the pitch of drum with elbow after striking; = Bend the pitch up = Bend the pitch down.

Bend the pitch of drum with elbow while playing.

Pluck the protruding head of a mallet lay on the drumhead to

produce saltando effect (sometimes need to slide the mallet to produce glissando as indicated on score).

Scrape the friction stick with drum stick or mallet sheft while

using the friction stick to write on the specified drum.

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Cymbals, Gongs, Tam-tams, etc.

Scrape Cymbals, Gongs, Tam-tams, etc to produce sharp and rough

sound.

China Opera Cymbals and China Pimple Cymbals

rub cut scrape E.S.(Edge Strike)

Viberphone

[Resonators] Play on resonator.

[Keyboards] Play on keyboards.

s Vibration speed slow. m Vibration speed medium. f Vibration speed fast. off No vibration

Zheng

[R] The right area to the bridge(s) [L] The left area to the bridge(s)

Zhu: damp the string right on the bridge while plucking with the other hand.

LB.. Col legno battuto L.S. Col legno saltando

Rasp: bow string(s) with excessive pressure to produce

sharp and rough sound.

Scrape along the coiled string(s)

Cello

Bartok or Snap Pizzicato

LB.. Col legno battuto

L.S. Col legno saltando

Play behind the bridge.

Rasp: bow string(s) with excessive pressure to produce

sharp and rough sound.

Seagull glissando: artificial harmonic glissando played with fixed width between fingers.

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Voice

breathy sounds (short, long) normal sounds (short, long)

half breathy sound and half normal sounds (short, long) f.lt. Flutter Tongue

C Tongue Click f Falsetto B Beijing opera style vocal N Noh style vocal s Smacking sound Roar of sound(Squeeze the throat)

Hand stopped tone and open

Mouth position: wide open, open, slughtly open, pursed, closed.

Phonetic Symbols of Pronunciation

a[] e[] [e] i[i] [] o[o] [] u[] [u] s[s] t=[t] d[d]

p=[p] k=[k] g[g] j[d] l[l] r[r] f[f] v[v]

w[w] z[z] n[n] m[m] h[h] ch[t] sh[] er[]

Sticks, Mallets, Beaters,etc.

Bullhorn Bow Super ball Styrofoam

Wash brush Fingernail Hand Triangle beater

Ruler Rute Wire brush Friction stick

Snare drum stick Bangu stick Chinese temple bell mallet Stell drum mallet

Timpani mallet Wood timpani mallet Bass drum or tam-tam beater

Rubber or plastic mallet : soft, medium, hard (or metal)

Yarn mallet: soft, medium, hard

Upside-down stick symbol means to play with the handle of

the specified mallet, for example: to play with handle of a hard mallet.

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