SHUYING LI

Weeping Bamboo
For solo flute and fixed media

(2017)

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 Weeping Bamboo
Duration
ca. 7 minutes

Instrumentation
• For solo flute and fixed media
• Amplification can be used for solo flute if needed.
• Timecode signs above each system is an indication of approximate timing in the fixed media
recording.
• Any required alignments with the fixed media are marked in the score.

Performance Notes
Box (or repeating barlines) with an arrow means play in a
relatively free and independent tempo, then repeat the music
written in it.

Crescendo from silence.

Diminuendo to silence.

Crossed note head: air note (can be pitched or unpitched).

Flutter tonguing.

Play descending or ascending, and accelerando or rallentando

gestures as indicated, in busy and intense pace, different than a
normal glissando which is evenly and smoothly played scale. Only
the highest and lowest notes are indicated, the rest should be
decided by player.

Play ascending gesture(s) in a busy and intense pace, different than

normal glissandos.
 Bend the pitch towards indicated direction.
or

Slight vibrato.

More intense vibrato.

Diamond notehead: harmonics.

Dotted slurs: can be seen as implication of phrasing, try to play

legato as possible.
 Weeping Bamboo
For solo flute and fixed media

Lento q=60 Shuying Li

0" air note > N. (2017)
vibrato
U ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. . . . . . #wgliss. U
œ. œ. œ. œœœœœ w
bY w™
Flute & ∑ J ‰ Œ JŒ J‰
o mp f p f

32"
flt.
#œ ™ œj b œ œ œ œ nœ
nœ #˙ œ œbœ œ œ œ œ œ
#œ œœœœœœ #˙ ™
nœ#œ
& ææ ‰ Ó ææ Ó œ#œ œ æ
æ Ó ææ Œ
mp f ppp mf

48"
-œ
œj
#œ #œ ~~~~~~~~~~
æ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ n˙ ™ œ Œ Ó
& æJ ~~~~~~~nœ~~~~~~~~
p
p sfz

58"
-œ .
#œ ~~~~~~~
~~ ~ ~~ ~~~ ~~ ~~ ~ ˙ Œ œ
nœ~~~~~~
~~~ œ ~~~~~ ~~ ~~~ # œ
J Ó
& ~~~~~~~ œ ~~~~~~~~~
sfz mf p sfz f

1'09"
>
œ œbœ œ œ œ œ œ . U #œ œœœœ~
œ # .
œ U
~~
~~ J Œ ™ ~ ~~
~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ J Œ
& œ#œ œ nœ~~
~~~~~~~~ œ~~~~~~~~ nœ ~ Ó
pp oo f ff

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2 1'20"
b
Ÿ~~~~~~~~~~~ . b œ. . n œ. . # œ. . # œ. œ~~~ U
w
nœ œ œ œ œ ~~~~~ ~~~
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
& #˙ ~~~# œ~~~~~~~~~~~
p
ff o

play along with the melody in recording;

do not synchronize completely; stemless
notes' lengths can also be determined and try to line up with the same
1'32" interpreted by the spacing of noteheads
quick glissando gesture in recording
n œ œ œb œ nw œ

~~~
#œ œ nœ ˙ œ #œ #œ #œ w™

~~~
& ˙ b œ b œ nœ

~
nw ™ #W
pp f o

2'06"
Stand still, may close eyes; breath deeply with the melody in recording
U
& Ú

2'38"
harmonics based on group notes given,improvise as felt,
in different octaves, speed, and dynamics;
can pause, or play some airy sound between groups.
O O
& O O™ ‚ ~
pp from faraway

3'06"

& œ ˙ æ
- -˙ ->œ >- ->˙ ˙
>- w
- ˙æ
mf
 3'22" 3
>œ. >œ. >. >œ. œ. . œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. # œ. >œ.
# œ. # œ. œ. œ. œ. œ.
œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. ≈ Ó œ ‰ œ . . œ.
œœ
& œJ ‰ ‰Œ ∑ ≈ Œ ‰ nœJ Œ
sf f p f ff sf

3'38" jet

œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. jet
. . . . œ. n>œ. >œ. >œ. O >-˙
nœ œ
œ≈‰ œ ˙
& #>œ Œ O Œ ≈
mf ff pp ff p f pp ff

3'50"

>
. >
. >
. . œ. œ. œ. œ. œ.
œ >œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ # -˙ ™ >œ.
œ > œ
œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ.> œ
& Ó œ ‰ nœ ‰ Œ
J J
p mf f sf pp f sf

4'02"
smooth glissandi
#œ œ. .
œ œ œ œ. œ œ. œ œ. ˙ # ˙ ˙ ™ gliss. # w
& Œ Œ Ó ≈ ≈ ≈ Œ Ó
mf f p

4'25"
smooth glissandi, pitches are determined by player,
play according the spacing between stems, freely
. . . U œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. # œ. . . .
J‰ .‰ ‰ j‰ Œ jÓ ™ œœœ ‰ Ó
& J J ‰ .Œ .
‰
.
p f
4 4'51"
jet
U œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. œ. # œ. œœO
..
œœ œ # œ
& -. œ. -. -. -. - œœœ ∑
œ . j ‰ œ. œ ≈ Œ œ. œ œ. ‰ œ. ‰ œ. #œ. ‰ œj Ó
- -. -. -. . . J .
mp mechanically p f fff

5'13"
air note, change breaths when needed, bend pitches for about half step to a whole step
vibrato more vibrato vibrato
ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
& Yù b Yû Yù Yû Y Y
pp f

5'37"
Change breaths when needed, play grace notes quickly then return to the base note
U
>. ˙
œ
œ œ
& # ˙ù wû ˜ œù w w w gliss. #œ w
p mp mf f

6'01"

flt.
nœ b œ ™ œ ™ nœ n w
& wœ œ œœœœœ æ nœ #œ
w #œ wæ bœ œ œ
mf mp mf f

6'27"
vibrato more vibrato vibrato
˙~~~ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ
~~~ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ ¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
& ~~~ gliss. Y gliss.
~ nY gliss. b Y Y gliss. Y™
mp dim. o