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Susanna Payne-Passmore
 Sea Smoke
Susanna Payne-Passmore
Duration: c. 5 minutes

Instrumentation
Strings:
Violin I
Violin II
Viola
Cello
Double Bass

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Tamtam (soft mallet, hard mallet, bow)

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Performance Notes
Aleatoric Echoes: The boxed sections of music are aleatoric

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passages - material played with a high degree of choice. The box
echoes what the principle of each section is playing unless or has
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recently played. Although pitches and pitch order are fixed, the
pitches may be played in any octave with any timbre, and the rhythm
is flexible. Notes in parentheses are optional. The material can be
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repeated any number of times to fill the duration of the thick black
line. Feel free to start playing any time after the section leader starts.
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You may also play slightly ahead of the section leaders entrance. Feel
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free to collaborate with stand partners and friends. Some echoes have
suggestions for how they should be performed, ex. rapid, repeating
echoes, but they are just suggestions. Try not to play throughout a
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whole aleatoric passage without breaks. Keep trying until you find
something that sounds meaningful to you.
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Seagull effect: The seagull effect is a type of stopped harmonic

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that is produced by glissandoing down the length of the fingerboard

without changing the spacing of the fingers. The hand starts with an
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octave span between the fingers.

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Bass * : For those notes marked by a star, the second bass player
echoes the first bassists sustained note with a short tone an octave
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above. This note may be performed with any assertive dynamic,

timbre, or attack.

Section Leaders: May join sections part when not performing

solo.

Conductors Notes: The conductor may actively shape the

phrasing and dynamics of the echo sections or leave them up to the
discretion of individual performers. Although the aleatoric passages
echo the section leaders, they may surpass the dynamic of the
individual section leaders.
 Sea Smoke
for string orchestra and tamtam
Susanna Payne-Passmore
e = 90, emerging
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Tamtam /8
3
Violin (solo) &8

3
Violin I &8
3
Violin II &8

(with section) subtle

div. 2 tremolo
Viola (solo) B 83
b b

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subtle
div. 2 tremolo
B 83

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Viola
b b

p

s
? 83
Cello (solo)
b b b b

Violoncello
? 83
p

b b b b
or
rf
p
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Contrabass
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12 bow tap

Perc. / H
subtle
div. 2 tremolo mf p
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Vln. S &







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p
ppp
subtle
div. 2 tremolo

Vln. I &





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p

ppp
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subtle
div. 2 tremolo
Vln. II &
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p
ppp
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mysterious
B - b b- n
Vla. S
<b>



J J
mp
ppp

B
Vla.
<b>





ppp

Vc. S
? b bj

Vc.
? b bj

Cb.
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Perc. /
mysterious
solo
- b >
J # n
Vln. S & J
mp

Vln. I & n
ppp p

&
Vln. II

ppp p

b >
B
j
Vla. S b
pp ppp p

B b

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Vla.

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ppp p

solo

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mysterious
j # - b
#
Vc. S
# -
mp mf ppp

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? j j
Vc.
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rf
Cb.
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=
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35 B
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Vln. S & b b b
mf p
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Vln. I &
ppp
ta
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&
Vln. II

ppp
mysterious
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Vla. S B <b> - b b- n
J J
ppp mp

Vla. B <b> - b b- n16

J J
ppp p Favor rapid,
repeating echos.
g li
ss.

g lis s
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Vc. S
Seagull eect on Sul A.

Vc.
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Cb.
? b b b b

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47 - - 8
J # J #
Vln. S & J J
mp p
Violins I and II will be
- following closely.
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J #
Vln. I & J
p mf
Favor echos that follow leader
closely and repeat.

- 12
J #
Vln. II & J
p mf
Favor echos that follow leader
closely and repeat.
b
Vla. S B
J J - b b- n6
J J
p Favor rapid,

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repeating echos.

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Vla. B
mf

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solo
? j j #
Vc. S j # #

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mf

Vc.
? j j or
# # #
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mp Echo freely.

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se

Cb.

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- b (26)

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J #n
Vln. S & J
mp Echo melody freely, improvise on it if desired.
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- b 28
#n
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J
Vln. I & J
ppp mp Echo freely, gradually stranger. poco cresc.
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- b 28
J #n
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Vln. II & J
mp Echo freely, gradually stranger. poco cresc.
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mysterious
B - b b- n b > j
- b b- n b > j 26
Vla. S J J
J J
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mp mp Echo freely, gradually stranger. poco cresc.

B - b b- n b > j 29
Vla. J
J
mp Echo freely, gradually stranger. poco cresc.
g li
ss.
g lis
s. (ad lib with section)
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# 28
Vc. S
# #
f Seagull eect on Sul A. mp Echo freely. poco cresc.

Vc.
? 36

poco cresc.

Cb.
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C Scrape, tap, and tremolo ad lib
to create shimmering sounds
Soft beaters.
75 ppp to mp until D.
Perc. / H

n mf mp

g li 24
s
gliss s.
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Vln. S &
Intermittent "Seagull".

g li 24
s
glisss.
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Vln. I &

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Intermittent "Seagull"

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or continue echoes.

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g li 24
s
glisss.

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Vln. II &
or Intermittent "Seagull"
or continue echoes.
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g li 24
s
glisss.
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Vla. S B
Intermittent "Seagull".
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g li 24
s
glisss.
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B
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Vla.
Intermittent "Seagull"
or continue echoes.
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g li
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gliss..
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?
Vc. S
Intermittent "Seagull"
or continue echoes.

g li
ss 24
gliss..
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Vc.
Intermittent "Seagull"
or continue echoes.

g li
ss
gliss..

Cb.
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"Seagull" eect
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Perc. / H
f
Try to make a whole ock of seagulls!
ss.
Vln. S & g li
ff Repeat gliss at any speed.
IV pp to f
Try to make a whole ock of seagulls!
ss.
Vln. I & g li
ff Repeat gliss at any speed.
IV pp to f
Try to make a whole ock of seagulls!
ss.
Vln. II & g li
ff Repeat gliss at any speed.
IV pp to f

ss.
Vla. S B g li
Repeat gliss at any speed.
IV pp to f
Faster and faster!
ss.
Vla. B g li

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ff Repeat gliss at any speed.
IV pp to f
Faster and faster!
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Vc. S g li
Repeat gliss at any speed.
IV pp to f

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Faster and faster!
? ss.
Vc. g li

or ff
IV
Repeat gliss at any speed.
pp to f
rf
div. 2
? b b b ss.
Cb. g li
b b b
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Repeat gliss at any speed.

p ff p ff p ff IV pp to f

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120 s.
ss. g lis

ss.

g li
g li

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Vln. S

III II I
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s. lis s
s g
ss.

g li
g li

Vln. I &

III II I
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s. lis s
s g
ss.

g li
ta g li

Vln. II &

III II I
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ss.
g li

s. ss.
s g li
B g li
Vla. S
C

III II I
ss.
g li

s. ss.
s g li
B g li
Vla.
III II I
ss.
ss.

g li
g li

? g li
ss.

Vc. S

III II I p
ss.
ss.

g li
g li

? g li
ss.

Vc.

III II I p
ss.
ss.

g li
g li

? g li
ss.

Cb.

III II I p
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Perc. /

Vln. S &

Vln. I &

Vln. II &

(with section, div. part 2)

Vla. S B

p

div. 2
Vla. B
b

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p

Vc. S
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b b b b

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Vc.
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s
b b b b

Cb.

? or

rf
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bow tap
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Perc. / H
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mf p

(with section, div. part 2)

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U
Vln. S &

p
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subtle
div. 2 tremolo
UU


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Vln. I &
p
subtle
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div. 2
tremolo U
Vln. II &
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#
p Slowing, then stopping. u
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U
Vla. S B
b b
Slower and slower... ...until stopping.

subtle
tremolo U
B
Vla.
b

b b

Slower and slower... ...until stopping. u
ppp

? j U

Vc. S b b

? j U

Vc. b b
U
Cb.
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