The Equation of Time (Bass Flute and Guitar)

Instrumentation: * Bass Flute and Guitar 

* Bass flute requires a B foot.

Players read from the score.

Purchase includes 1 PDF file that can be copied and used for both players.

Year Completed: 2016
Duration: 20+ mins

Credits: This work was made possible through a grant from Arts Nova Scotia. Guitar part edited by Eugene Cormier.

About:

The concept of time is fascinating. All music exists in a linear dimension. The Equation of Time takes this fundamental aspect of music and explores four perspectives on how time flows: Movement 1, Slow-Slow Music, explores a slow tempo and slow material. Movement 2, Fast-Slow Music, explores a quick tempo with slow changing and static material. Movement 3, Slow-Fast Music, explores very fast ornamentation, but moving slowly through a cycle of pitches at a steady rate. And Movement 4, Fast-Fast Music, explores both fast tempi and fast material.

Improvisation is important to this work. As such there are many ad libitum gestures. Movement 3 is left mostly to the imagination—reading through a sequence of pitches, performers are instructed to weave intricate ornamentations. Other improvisatory material is interwoven throughout the score.

For some examples of what is possible during the improvisation sections, check out the YouTube videos above. You can find the work on any streaming platform under "The Equation of Time" by the Charke~Cormier Duo, or at this link: http://charkecormierduo.com/music/the-equation-of-time/