Sounds like gravity
Every object has a history of its own: found stuff, trash, tools, instruments, toys,
souvenirs and presents - over the years, hundreds of metal objects have become a collection of
sounds and shapes, to be recombined as percussion set, room divider, sculpture, theatre props and requisites.
A heap of metal pieces
For this instrument Elisabeth Flunger developed appropriate playing techniques, not using traditional
percussion techniques, but rather working the objects by physical and spatial manipulation:
pile up, crash down, arrange, put, move, push, throw, pull, scratch, rub, swing, rock, shake …
Music is a game
Dump your trash on the floor ( rums).
Circulate over it with your sticks ( große kreise).
Form a road.
Write a letter.
Draw circles between the objects ( kleine kreise).
Build a tower.
Let it rock in every direction ( mikado 03-06).
Push it to the other side of the room.
Beat the pile until the pieces lie side by side ( mikado 03-06).
Wait until they stop swinging, then push them again ( shuffle).
Everything under control?
Random, gravity and resistance play along and generate obstacles and accidents.
The objects waggle, clatter and slide off ; they affect the musical flow with unexpected noises.
Improvisation means to foresee and provoke these incidents, and to play with them, when they happen by chance.
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