Opus 794 (Kites In Wales)

Scored for Flute, Violin, & Cello
Duration: 5′ 05″
PDF Score here.

Program notes:
With regard to “ways” of listening, aside from the use of Linear intervalic scales which (although chromatic) toy with the concept of octave equivalence, this piece ostensibly deals with context & naming conventions. i.e., if this piece was called “Opus 794”, would you hear (& play) it differently from an identical piece called “Kites in Wales”? Similarly, if you knew that this piece was written after research into either (or both) “thermodynamics” & “bird song”, would it make a difference?

LIE SCALE = Chromatic Scale with Linear Intervallic Expansion (LIE)

COMPLETE LIE SCALE USED IN THIS PIECE (flute + Violin + cello):
C2, C#2, Eb2, F#2, Bb2, C3, Eb3, G3, G#3, A3, Bb3, C4, C#4, Eb4, E4, F4, F#4, A4, Bb4,
C5, C#5, D5, Eb5, E5, F5, F#5, G#5, A5, B5, C6, D6, E6, F#6, G6, B6, C7, D7, Eb7, E7, F7, F#7, G#7, A7

Flute range: C4 <-> F7
Flute LIE scales:
Ascending – C4 (+1) C#4 (+2) Eb4 (+3) F#4 (+4) Bb4 (+5) Eb5 (+6) A5 (+7) E6 (+8) C7
Descending – F4 (-8) C#5 (-7) G#5 (-6) D6 (-5) G6 (-4) B6 (-3) D7 (-2) E7 (-1) F7

COMBINATORY FLUTE SCALE:
C4, C#4, Eb4, F4, F#4, Bb4, C#5, Eb5, G#5, A5, D6, E6, G6, B6, C7, D7, E7, F7
(IC’s: 1, 2, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 5, 1, 5, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 2, 1)

Violin range: (G3 <-> A7)

Violin LIE scales:
Ascending – G3 (+1) G#3 (+2) Bb3 (+3) C#4 (+4) F4 (+5) Bb4 (+6) E5 (+7) B5 (+8)G6 (+9) E7
Descending – C4 (-9) A4 (-8) F5 (-7) C6 (-6) F#6 (-5) B6 (-4) Eb7 (-3) F#7 (-2) G#7 (-1) A7

COMBINATORY VIOLIN SCALE:
G3, G#3, Bb3, C4, C#4, F4, A4, Bb4, E5, F5, B5, C6, F#6, G6, B6, Eb7, E7, F#7, G#7, A7
(IC’s: 1, 2, 2, 1, 4, 4, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 4, 4, 1, 2, 2, 1)

Cello range: (C2 <-> C6)

Cello LIE scales:
Ascending – C2 (+1) C#2 (+2) Eb2 (+3) F#2 (+4) Bb2 (+5) Eb3 (+6) A3 (+7) E4 (+8) C5 (+9) A5
Descending – Eb2 (-9) C3 (-8) G#3 (-7) Eb4 (-6) A4 (-5) D5 (-4) F#5 (-3) A5 (-2) B5 (-1) C6

COMBINATORY CELLO SCALE:
C2, C#2, Eb2, F#2, Bb2, C3, Eb3, G#3, A3, Eb4, E4, A4, C5, D5, F#5, A5, B5, C6
(IC’s: 1, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 5, 1, 6, 1, 5, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 1)