Dublin Core
Title
Means: Tablatures IV
Subject
Source
http://www.newsense-intermedium.com/NI/6XFEST99/Means/dm.html
Music Resource Item Type Metadata
Composer
Means, David (b. 1947).
Gender
Male
Work
Tablatures IV. Unpublished.
Duration
4 minutes
Description
This piece, for any woodwind instrument, was composed in Urbana, IL in 1974 and premiered by flutist Regina Zakrajsek. Extended techniques include wind sounds, singing while playing, flutter-tonguing, pitch- bending, multiphonics, glissandi, and indeterminacy. The piece employs tablature notation indicating “what is to be done” on the instrument, rather than “what is to be played.” The physical parameters of playing, such as finger placement, lip tension, and air pressure, determine the network of sounds that are to be produced. Instructions are very thorough.
Date Range of Work
1974