Tempo Distortion 4 (2007)
Steve Kornicki
PUBLISHER: Media Press, Inc.
RECORDINGS: None
RANGE: 4.3 octaves
DURATION: 5:50
MOVEMENTS: Single movement
TYPE OF ACCOMPANIMENT: Fixed
MUSICAL OVERVIEW: The marimba part is a set of thirteen repeating patterns, the patterns slow down toward the middle of the work and then speed back up to the end. Each pattern progresses from mp to ff to mp. The tape and marimba parts are made to overlap, the two sounds become a blur of tempo and texture. Two hard or medium-hard mallets may be used and would blend well with the sampled marimba sounds on the tape.
ACCOMPANIMENT OVERVIEW: Sampled marimba sounds that have been digitally processed. The tape and performer should be synchronized throughout.
TECHNIQUE OVERVIEW: May be performed with two mallets. The writing consists of alternating hand-to-hand and doubling (repeating a stroke with the same mallet). There are no fast changes and stickings are repetitive. Intervals between the two hands range from a second through a ninth.