MichaelKarmon

Won't Come When the Sheep

A Sleepless Nocturnefor Guitar

I.

p.m. 11.47

III. 2:21 a.m. m. 3:59 a.m. IV. 4.33 a.m. V. 5.46 a.m.

Dttration: ca. l5 minutes

ProgramNotes "When the SheepWon't Come: A Sleepless Nocturne for Guitar" was written for JosephHagedorn,and premiered by him in November,1999. My original idea was to write a serene and moody nocturnein severalmovements. But when I startedresearching and listening to new guitar pieces,I came acrossToru Takemitsu's"All in Twilight," which becamea very importantpiece to me. On the one hand,I find it beautiful and moving, and ultimately inspiring. But on the other hand, I felt I didn't have anything to add to what Takemitsudid and that I neededto find a new idea for my piece. So I decidedto view night as a potentially restless time, rather than a serenetime, and portray statesof mind a personmight go through during a sleepless night. The namesof the movementsevoke (at leastin my mind) the moods I aim to depict, and the piece becomesprogressively more convoluted.By the end, the music is a surreal and weary shadowof the opening.

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Symbols

"Flexible Tempo"

Indicatesthat eachfigure shouldbe played at a tempo that seemsintuitively correct. In general,there should not be a consistentpulse in the sectionas a whole.

ponti ---------* tasto

Graduallychangethe timbre by moving from ponticello to sul tasto,or vise versa,as indicated.

Dampen all resonatingstrings.No sound should hang over the barline.

Mute the string with the left hand by touching, but not pressing,the string at the indicatednote. The resultingsoundshouldbe a click with just a hint of pitch.

String is bent in preparationfor the next note. The bend itself doesnot sound. (1/4 or 1/2 stepindicated.)

The stringbend is sounded.

Vertical vibrato, a warm sound.Not so wide that the pitch is affecteddrastically.

a..
/'-----'.

Vertical vibrato followed by a downward gliss.

Marksphrasitg, not slurs.

Snappizz. (used in movement Denotes II.) a phrase.

tonelow. (Forexample, B1 wouldbe a quarter tonelowerthaneh.; Quarter

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Writtenfor losephHngedorn

When the SheepWon't Come

A SleeplessNocturne for Guitar

p.m. I. 11:11
Michael Karmon Always with a fluid pulse,sleepy) - ca. 60
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) Michael Karmon, 7998

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p o co n t

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r

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Broadening, much more gentle (J = ca.64)

poco ponti .

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or d .

>> ? JA

*r --

*r ----

With pent-up energy (, = ca. 68)

s e m p r e l e - ga to

p o c o p o n t i c ello o n ste m s- u p n o te s

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III.2:21a.m.

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( l . v .)

( dynam i c s s houl d al w ay s gentl y s w el l .)

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f.

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s e m p r e c r esc.

Driving, becoming intense

sempre cres.

(vIIr)

(rrr)

* Mute strings completely with 3 or 4 fingers and gliss down.

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nat. harm. l2th fret

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(1. v.)

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ord.

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pull back

push forward

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With feeling, but not exaggerated

p ushfo rward -----t pull bac k
push forw ard

pull back

pullbac k - - - r

gently

poc o a poc o

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( A i s a l w a y s co n sta n t)

Gradually becoming more intense (optional accel.poco a poco)

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sul tasto A

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IV.4:33 a.m.
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pw
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behi nd the nut w i th r i ght hand

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ponti .) 0 ord.

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Ja7lj

tr

ponti.> ord.

ponti .:> ord.

ponti

Oif-

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bJ=bl

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In tempo J = co. lll

(J=ca.1 14 )

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cresc. poco a poco

Optional accel.

ad lib.
d im . p o co a p o co

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Gl i s s upr ,v ar d, ov er the s ound hol e and al l the w av to the br i dee. When the frets end press the strings hard enou-9h'so that a serise of rising pitch results.

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->

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mf secco

frp rs
lt T-

mf

secco

Tenrpo I ( r = ca. 9.1)

tr

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V. 5:46a.m .
Fluid ). - ca. 68
poco accel . P oco ri t.

ry
Serene,stark J = ca. 48

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l9th fr.

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10^ moltoespre ss.

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ll

14

A tempo

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TT-

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ry
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Do not l i ft the l eft hand fi nger s as y oLrs hi ft pos i ti ons . A bl ur r ed, ps eudo- gl i s s effJ c t s hodl d r es ul t.'

pontt.

A tempo
ord.

Freely. slower

mJp

..

rn rn \l/ \2/

Slow, freely

art. harm. 19th fi .

Lower the pitch by tr-rrning the tuning peg as smoothly throughthe lasttwo notes as possible

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Movement II Alternate Ending

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Driving, becomingintense
strum

(vrrr)

(III)

* Mute stri ngs compl etel y w i th 3 or z1fi ng ers and dow n. _el i s s

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