FIVE. Saxophone Quartet & Drums/Percussion. Bruce Pennycook Austin, Texas. December 2011 BMI Inc., New York

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1 FIVE Saxohone Quartet Drums/Percussion Bruce Pennycook Austin, Texas December 20 BMI Inc, New York

2 FIVE - Saxohone Quartet and Percussion Bruce Pennycook 12/20 Duration: ~ 1 minutes Program Notes FIVE is a three-movement coosition or saxohone quartet and ercussion The origins or this iece came rom two sources my long-time lan to write a sax quartet as a colement to my other saxohone solo ieces and my interest in exloring the extraordinary sounds and techniques o both the drum kit and the quints a set o tenor drums normally only used in marching bands and line-drum ensembles The iece is about exuberant and owerul laying exloiting the dexterity and ower o our saxohones with the drum kit and vibrahone The three movements are entitled: Frantic, Languid, Out-o-Line I am grateul to Chris Ozley, a ercussionist and graduate coosition student at UT Austin or his assistance with setu and notation or the quints Frantic: The irst movement coules the ower o a large drum kit snare, kick, our tom toms, hi-hat, cowbell and three cymbals with relentless jazz-ensemble inluenced sax quartet writing Numerous meter changes and sudden shits in dynamics result in tireless, driving and very tightly couled ensemble laying Languid: The second movement is an extreme contrast to the irst: here the ercussionist shits to the smooth, oten dreamy sounds o vibrahone The vibes have a soloistic role here that is closest to jazz irovisation in style and aroach In contrast to the low saxohone registers o the irst movement, the central oint o the entire iece occurs in late in this movement in the highest sax ranges engaging harmonics and altissimo techniques Out-o-Line: The title is a reerence to line drumming But here, the quints are extracted rom the marching band (and siy uniorms) and integrated with the drum kit To get a huskier sound, the quartet is adjusted downward closer to big band style alto sax, two tenor sax s and baritone sax The areggios in the saxohones are a kind o celebration (and arody to some extent) o marching band music that is inally exosed in ull at the very end Bruce Pennycook is a Canadian cooser o acoustic and electroacoustic works Early in his career he was a classical and jazz saxohone erormer and studio arranger in Toronto who then coleted his doctoral studies at CCRMA-Stanord with ohn Chowning He has taught at Queen s University and McGill University in Canada and is currently Proessor o Music at the Butler School o Music, The University o Texas at Austin

3 Drums Percussion Suggested Setu Drum Set / quints (5 drums) Drum Kit Notation Legend hihat med crash large ride cowbell j h 1 kick snare snare loor mounted rimshot toms toms hihat edal " slash Kit with Vibrahone with 2 Cymbals slash crash ride medium large quints hh a cowbell snare bd toms vibrahone

4 FIVE Bruce Pennycook December 20 Instrumentation Saxohones Sax1: sorano, alto Sax2: alto, tenor Sax: tenor Sax: baritone Drum Kit and Percussion Snare, Kick, 2 mounted toms, 2 loor toms, mounted cowbell Hi-hat, slash, medium ride, large crash cymbals Vibrahone, 1 medium cymbal, 1 large cymbal

5 Sorano Saxohone Alto Saxohone Tenor Saxohone Baritone Saxohone So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Drum Set relentlessly h 0 C 5 # Ó j C b # # # # # n # C 5 Ó j # C # n # # # # # # # n # C # 5 Ó C # j b # b j # # # Ó j # n C 5 C # Ó # # b j # n b j # # Ó j # # n (") C 5 g C Ó j Five 1Frantic 7 5 C 5 j # j b C b b b b b # Ó m # 5 C 5 j # j C # n j # n j # n j # n j # n j # n j # # m 5 C 5 b n b # C j n # b b b b # b j # Ó # # m # b 5 n n C 5 # j # C # n b n b n b n b j # # b j Ó # m B Pennycook Dr (cowbell) 5 C C æ æ j j Ó m m m s So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax 16 Ó # gliss j Ó gliss Ó # # # w b # j # # w # # n # # # n # # n # # b n b U Ó U U # b # b # b j j # j Dr U

6 5 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~ 2 b # # b n# n # # 5 n# # j b j # # # j n # # 5 # # 5 b # 5 # j # # # # # # j # j # # j # n b # # # # Dr 5 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr # # C b # n n b j n # # Ó # # # # # C # # # # # # n n n # j n n # # C b # n b j n # # # # # Ó C # # # # # # n n n # Ó C Ó æ æ æ æ æ j æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ sz 1 # # # # # Ó # # # # Ó # # # # # # # # # # w # # # # # # # # # # Ó # # # # # w w j j j j j j

7 6 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax oco rit 7 h 90 oco rit # 5 " # w " b b b b n b 5 " <# w w w # n j # n j # n j # n j j j 5 " " <# w w w b b b b b b w w w 5 j j Ó j 5 " " b n b n b n b b # j # j teo 1 5 C C Ÿ~~~~~~~~ C Ó Ó b # # bn n # # n n # n # # n # # n C Ó Dr bell C Ó m So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax 65 # n # # # ù # # ù w # # # # # # # # # # # # m # # # j # Dr ord Ó

8 7 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr So Sax 7 # n b b # n b # n b n b bb b 1 oco rit Ó # # j # j j b n h 0 b j b b b b b b b slightly slower, lightly b n b b b n b # j # j j n b b b n # j # j j m n b b b b b # j # j j Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax <b b n - b - b n # # # # Dr snare (near rim) æ æ () æ So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax oco rit h C # j # j j # j # j j j b # # j # j # # # j j # 5 # n C j # Ó # # # # # # # # 5 Ÿ ~~~~ Ÿ ~~~~~ Ÿ ~~~~~ Ÿ ~~~~~~~ C # # 5 Ÿ ~~~~ Ÿ ~~~~~ Ÿ ~~~~~ C Ÿ ~~~~~~~ <# b j # n j # # # slightly slower still # # j # j j # # Dr æ 5 C (cb)

9 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 96 # j j n j j # j # j j j j j b n # # # <# # # b b # b b j n n # # n b n # # # # bn b nn b n n 102 # Ó Ó j b n # # j oco accel m m teo 1 Ÿ~~~~~ # j j n j j Ÿ b b n ~~~~~ # # j # b 1 1 n # w # # # b bn n b # # Ó m Ó Ó Ó Ó b Ó (hh) bell bell sim n Ó b b b bb b b So Sax Alto Sax 0 b b n b b w # # # # w # # # # Ten Sax Bari Sax Ó b Ó Ó # Ó Ó # Dr ord bell ord sim

10 9 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax # # w # w # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # Ó # () Dr ord So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 125 <#w # # # slightly slower and relaxed # Ó Ó # # # # # # # # # # # Ó # # # # # Ó # # # Ó # w w Ó # Ó # w w w m m 12 # n # Ó # # # Ó # # # # # # # # # # # # n # # Ó # n # # # b # w # # Ó # 5 5 Ó # w b # Ó # b b n

11 10 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 1 # # # # # # # # # nn # # # # # # # n # # # # # # # # # # # # n n# # # b n # w w b b n # n # w w m ((hh closed) # n + So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 1 n b b b b b bb b n b b b b b b () bn b b b w b b b b Ó b b oen gradually + o So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 151 <b b w w w w b b b bw w w w <b b b b b w w w Ó b w bw w

12 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 15 Ó b bw w w w b b b + æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ b b b b b b b b b b So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 165 <b b - - b bw w # Ó b - - b n Ó n- - #- - - # æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ æ w æ b b b b b b b Ó b b b # b n- - Ó Ó - So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Ó # # # Ó # Ó # # # # # Ó # # # # - - # Dr j j j j j j j 5 j j j j

13 12 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax - - w w w b w w w - # - bw w w w w w w - - w b b b w w w - - bw w w w w w w w Dr Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y 5 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 192 molto rit h 60 molto rit U 5 " b w w j Ó b b b b U 5 " b w w j Ó # n j # n j # n j # n j U 5 " b w w j Ó b b U 5 " w w j Ó b # j closed oen U 5 " æ w æ w æ Ó So Sax Alto Sax 202 h 92 broadly # # # nn n b b b Ten Sax Bari Sax b b bb bb bb nb b n # # n j n Ó b b Dr (cb)

14 1 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 210 # # n Ó Ó # # m # # # # # # # # # # # # # n # # # # # # # # n # Ó # æ æ æ Ó 217 # # Ó # # w # Ó # # # # # # # Ó # # Ó # Ó 22 # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # # æy

15 1 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr U # # # # # # oco rit # # # # # # U # b teo 1 b U # b # U # # # # # # b U j j 5 (") # So Sax 20 <b j b b w w w Ó Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax <b <b <b j j b b w w w b b w w w # j b b w w w Ó Ó Ó Dr Y æ Y æ æ Ó +

16 15 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax med gently, mysteriously e non vib U U Ó non vib non vib # U U U U # non vib non vib U U U U U U # U Ó e120 2 cymbals sot mallets Vib { U U U U 2 Languid non vib So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax 251 non vib # - j j j esress n j # # # non vib non vib - # - # # b b n Vib So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax { 255 æ sub-tone, barely audible # # # b - nb bb b n æ æ æ b b æ æ æ n æ æ æ m sub-tone, barely audible m sub-tone, barely audible m n- j - b j n # - - # # # # b b # # # # n # n - n b - b n # # n n - # n Vib # { j j nn bb bbbb nn b b b b nb j b b b æ n n m

17 16 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Vib 25 { # U # # - j j Ó m U # # # # - j j # # # m 6 - U n # # m - sec U j # n j j # j # m (ord) # n Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #- U Ó # # n So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Vib 261 <# # # # # nn b # # 6 # n Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # # 6 <# < Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ j { n nn n æ n nn æ m m - # n b n n b # # # nb # m n # nb bn j æ æ æ b æ 6

18 17 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax 26 <# n # # # n <# # # # # # n # b # # n Bari Sax 6 6 b nn m b Vib { b b n # # æ m æ b nb # b n b n n n n b n 6 n bb n b n n n # # # # æ æ So Sax 265 ast tremelo (no change in seed) # w w # w w # w w # w w w w Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Vib (no change in seed) # w w # w w # w # w <# æ { # w nw ast tremelo, then slow down ast tremelo ast tremelo, then slow down seed u ast tremelo w # w nw # w nw seed u # w w # w w # w # w nw n nnn n Ó w w w w n æ æ m m w w w w # w nw w # w # w nw ast tremelo

19 1 So Sax Alto Sax 270 # # # # n # n n # reely Ten Sax Bari Sax Vib # n # j { j j j j j æ æ æ Ó So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax 27 U esress # # n q0 aster, but loosely U U Ó U w Vib So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax gliss gliss { j j æ j æ j j j j j 279 w Ó q0 take bow shimmering side D shimmering gliss U U # Ó n b b w - - j b b w w Ó w w w w w w w w b n lat tone, barely audible o o o o o w w w w w w w w w w w w Vib bow { b b b b

20 19 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Vib So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Vib So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Vib 27 { <b 29 { 0 n shimmering non vib, lat tone gliss shimmering motor o mallets - # Ó r # # # b o w o w o w o wo m oco rit oco rit U m m m m U U Ó #- j j U U U - j # j U U - U # U - sec U # æ æ æ n j j u n chromatic b b Ó w w w w b b æ æ j j j n m m molto sus w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w w æ { w Ó with growing orce Ó non vib, lat tone bw w non vib, lat tone b b b n b b b b n b b nbb b n n n w w slightly slower b n b b b b b b b b n b b nb b b b n n b b æ # w # w w w w U # U - U w nw æ Ó b æ # w w w b b æ æ n æ æ æ æ b æ n æ j æ æ æ b æ æ b æ n æ æ # æ b b b æ j n æ LV

21 20 So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax 05 aster accel n b n bn n n b b n b # n# n # # nnn# n b b b nb # nnn # # # # n # # # n# n bb n n n nb n n # # nbn n n n n n n n b rit n Vib LV b { b j n b b n accel # b # j j n j n j n # n n rit n reely # b bb æ n j n æ n n So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Vib So Sax Alto Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax 07 <b n { U 0 # U - j j <# - j # j U - # # # n j # j # n æ æ n n n n U - # n b b b n Vib { n n b n ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ æ æ U æ æ u - sec n j j n 9

22 21 Out o Line Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 10 q10 9 U 9 U b b 9 U j j j j j 9 U j # j j j 9 U U / j j j 9 U 17 orceully / m 2 # n # 9 9 j j j n m 9 9 # j n m # 9 9 j # # 9 9 j b j j n b n U / 9 9 m # # j j # j # j # # 9 9 m m " slash j

23 22 Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 0 # # 9 j j # 9 j j j n j 9 # # j # j j j n 9 / m 9 j 7 # # / 9 j # # # # / # 9 j b m 9 9 # j j # 9 j j n j 9 # # j j j # # 9 n j b 9 b b 9 j 9 b b j j j b 9 b j 9 near rim 9 æ m

24 2 Alto Sax 9 b Ten Sax bb Ten Sax bb j Bari Sax b n n Dr æ æ æ j æ æ æ æ æ Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 55 b b n n b b b b b b n n n# n # n / (rim) æ æ j æ j j æ g 62 9 b U n bb b b b b 9 U bb 9 U j j 9 b U j j / 9 U U j j 9 U # n n b # n

25 2 Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax 69 more relaxed at irst b # # # n ## # j / m b b # # # ## m b b # # # ## m j j j j b # # # ## # # j j j m m m 75 # # # increasingly intense # # # Ó # # # # # n # # # # # n # # # # # # j j j / Dr Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax 1 # # # n # # # # # # # # # n # n n # # # # # # # # # # n j j j / Dr

26 25 Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax 7 # # # # # # n # # # # # # # # # # n Bari Sax # # # # # # / j j j j Dr Alto Sax 9 # # # # # # n n n Ten Sax # # # # # n n Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr # # # # # n n n # # # # # # / 99 n n n j j j j 2 # # # # # # n n b # # # # # b b j # # # # # n b b # # # # # # b n n j j / j snare on rim j R /

27 26 Alto Sax 06 b Ten Sax bb Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr b b b j n n æ j æ j j æ j g j æ æ j j æ j j g Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 12 b b bb bb n n n n n n æ j æ j æ j j g æ j j æ j j g æ j Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 1 b b b b b b n æ j æ j j g æ g æ j # # # # # #

28 27 Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 2 # # # # Ó # # 2 2 / j 0 # # # # # # j / g j m Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax 5 # # # # # #

29 2 Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr Alto Sax Ten Sax Ten Sax Bari Sax Dr 0 # # # # b n # # n / j j # # - # - # - # # - /, 12'1"