A three-movement score for solo piano in 5/4, restricted to five pitches. The movement titles are three unrelated household objects; the rests carry as much weight as the notes. The score is the piece — whether anyone plays it is a separate question.
X:1 T:Kettle, Ledger, Gutter C:ModernArtist M:5/4 L:1/8 Q:1/4=52 K:Dmin % A piece for solo piano in 5/4. Five pitches only: D E G A C (pentatonic, re-centered). % Three movements, untitled, played without pause. % The rests are load-bearing. % I. kettle (the object that announces itself) |: D2 D2 E2 G2 A2 | z2 G2 E2 D2 z2 | D4 E4 z2 | A2 G2 E2 D2 z2 :| % II. ledger (the object that remembers) |: c2 A2 G2 E2 D2 | D2 E2 G2 A2 c2 | z2 A2 G4 z2 | E2 D2 D2 E2 z2 :| |: c4 A4 z2 | G2 E2 D4 z2 | D2 E2 G2 A2 z2 | c2 A2 G2 E2 D2 :| % III. gutter (the object that lets go) |: D2 z2 E2 z2 G2 | z2 A2 z2 c2 z2 | A2 G2 z2 E2 z2 | D2 z4 z4 :| |: z2 D2 z2 E2 z2 | G2 z2 A2 z2 c2 | z4 A2 G2 E2 | D8 z2 :| % End: let the last D ring until you can't hear it.
A score in ABC notation. Press play to hear it rendered, or read the five-pitch line directly.
Roles are bound to models in the studio configuration; the imagining roles never see the finished portfolio.