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18. Quiet Tim Minchin

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Moderato q.=c.74

Flute

Bass Clarinet To Cl.

Bass Clarinet
f f
mf mf

Trumpet 1

mp f flutter

Trumpet 2

mp f flutter

Trb /
Bass Trb
mf f mf f flutter

Orch Bass Drum

Percussion
mf f mf f

Timpani

Acoustic
Guitar

PLAY LOW
Kbd 1 CLUSTER mf f f
Piano

con ped.

Voice
Trunchbull: "...I shall crush you,
I shall pound you" Have
Matilda: "LEAVE
Trunchbull: In fact IHIM
think ALONE!!!"
I can feel these ones… stretching… now!
Miss Honey Miss Trunchbull,
Kbd 1 no!.
EricAhhhhhh! Stop, stop!
Band

+Cl / Cello

MD B.D. + Keys 1
f f
Kbd 2 mf Trem Ensemble Strings mf

Cello
f f
mf mf

arco.
Bass
mf f mf f
Matilda: ...BIG FAT BULLY!!! [start LFO]
Trunchbull: ...crush you [GO]

Moderato q.=c.74

Piano
[LFO]

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A
Flute

Clarinet

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trb /
Bass Trb

Percussion

Timpani

reverse echo
Acoustic
Guitar
p

Kbd 1 subito p
Piano

Voice

you e -ver won -dered, well I have, a -bout howwhen I say, say "red", for ex -am - ple, there's no way of Know -ing if "red" means the same thing in your head as

Band

MD
Kbd 2 + Bass/Gtr/Bass Drum

Cello

pizz.
Bass
subito p

Piano

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Flute

Clarinet

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trb /
Bass Trb

Percussion

Timpani

Acoustic
Guitar

Kbd 1
Piano

Voice

"Red" means in my head when some -one says "red"? And how if we are tra -vel -ling at al -most the speed of Light and we're hold -ing a light, that light would still

Band

Strings trem.

MD pp
Kbd 2

+ Cello

Cello
pp pp

Bass

Piano

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Flute

Clarinet

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trb /
Bass Trb

Percussion

Timpani

Acoustic
Guitar

Kbd 1
Piano

Voice

Tra -vel a - way from us, at the full speed of Light, which seems right in a way, but I'm try -ing to say I'm not sure, but I won -der if in -side my

Band

MD p
Kbd 2

Cello
pp p

Bass

Piano

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Flute
non legato p

Clarinet
Clarinet
non legato p

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trb /
Bass Trb

Sus Cym

Percussion

Timpani

Acoustic
Guitar

Kbd 1
Piano

Voice

head I'm not just a bit diff -'rent from some of my friends These an -swers that come in - to my mind un - bid -den These sto -ries de - li -vered to me ful - ly

WW
Band

MD
Kbd 2

Cello
pp cresc.

Bass
cresc.

Piano

B¨ G/B C A7/C©

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Flute

Clarinet

Trumpet 1
non legato p

Trumpet 2
non legato p

Trb /
Bass Trb
p

Percussion
mp

Timpani

Acoustic
Guitar
mp

Kbd 1
Piano

Voice

writ - ten. And when ev -'ry - one shouts like they seem to like shout -ing, The noise in my head is in -cre -di -bly loud And I just wish they'd stop, my dad and my
WW
Brass Brass

Band

MD Soaring Vlns
Kbd 2 Mapped

+ Trb

Cello
mp p

Bass
mp

Piano
cresc. poco a poco
D‹ E¨('2) D‹

(still lots of pedal)

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Flute
mp

Clarinet
mp

Trumpet 1
mp

Trumpet 2
mp

Trb /
Bass Trb
mp
scrape

Percussion

Timpani

Acoustic
Guitar

Kbd 1
Piano

Voice

mum And the te -le and sto -ries would stop for just once And, I'm sor -ry I'm not quite ex -plain -ing it right But this noise be -comes an -ger, and the an -ger is

Band

Cello

MD p
Kbd 2

Cello
p mp

Bass

Piano

E¨('2) C/E E‹

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Flute
mf cresc.

Clarinet
mf cresc.

Trumpet 1
mf cresc.

Trumpet 2
mf cresc.

Trb /
Bass Trb
mf cresc.

Tam Tam

Percussion

Timpani

Acoustic
Guitar

Kbd 1
Piano

Voice

light And this burn -ing in -side me would u - su -ally fade But it is -n't to -day, And the heat and the shout -ing And my heart is pound -ing And my eyes are

Band

MD
Kbd 2

mf

Cello
mf cresc.

Bass

Piano

D¨ F‹/C D¨²

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C
Flute
f

Clarinet
f

To Cornet
Trumpet 1
f

To Flugel
Trumpet 2

Trb /
Bass Trb
f

dampen
Percussion

Timpani

To Spanish Gtr

Acoustic
Guitar

Kbd 1 p
Piano

Voice

burn -ing and sud -den - ly, ev -'ry - thing, ev -'ry thing is Qui - et. Like si -lence but not real -ly si - lent.

Band

Harp

MD
Kbd 2 Kbd 1

Cello

Bass

rall. C Semplice (meno mosso)

Piano
E¨11 E¨9 E¨11
subito p

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Flute

Clarinet

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trb /
Bass Trb

Percussion

Timpani

Acoustic
Guitar

Kbd 1
Piano

Voice

Just that still sort of qui - et; Like the sound of a page be -ing turned in a book, Or a pause in a walk in the woods.

Band

MD
Kbd 2

Cello

Bass

loco

Piano

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D
Flute

Clarinet

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trb /
Bass Trb

Percussion

Timpani

Spanish Gtr

Acoustic
Guitar
p

Kbd 1
Piano

Voice

Qui - et. Like si -lence but not real -ly si - lent. Just that nice kind of

Spanish Gtr

Band

MD
Kbd 2

senza vib

Cello
pp

Bass

Piano

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Flute

Clarinet

Trumpet 1

Trumpet 2

Trb /
Bass Trb

Percussion

Timpani

Acoustic
Guitar

Kbd 1
Piano

Voice

qui - et; Like the sound when you lie up -side down in your bed, Just the sound of your heart in your head. And though the

Band

MD
Kbd 2

dolce
Cello
p

Bass

Piano

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E Piu Mosso
2
Flute
p
pochiss. cresc.

Clarinet

p pochiss. cresc.

Cornet in Bb
Cornet in Bb
p
pochiss. cresc.
Flugelhorn
warmly
Flugelhorn

pochiss. cresc.
p

Trb /
Bass Trb
p
pochiss. cresc.

Percussion

Timpani

Acoustic
Guitar

mp pochiss. cresc.

piu mosso

Kbd 1
Piano mp pochiss. cresc.

Voice

peo -ple a -round me, Their mouths are still mov - ing, The words they are form - ing Can -not reach me a -ny more. And it is

Tutti 2
Band
p

MD mp
Kbd 2 Strings (loco) pochiss. cresc.

Cello
mp
pochiss. cresc.

arco
Bass
mp
pochiss. cresc.

E Piu Mosso

Piano

B¨Œ„Š7 B¨6 B¨‹(Œ„Š7) B¨‹6 A&7 E¨ G‹ C

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Flute
mp

Clarinet
mp

Cornet in Bb

mp

Flugelhorn

mp

Trb /
Bass Trb
mp

Percussion

Timpani

Acoustic
Guitar
4
4

Kbd 1 4 4 4
Piano

Voice

qui - et. And I amwarm. Like I've sailed in -to the eye of the storm.

Fl Cl
Band

Kbd 1
Keys 1

MD warmly
Kbd 2

Cello

Bass

Piano

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Double speed (x=e)

Flute

Clarinet

mp cresc. f mf
Trumpet
Cornet in Bb

mp cresc. f

Trumpet

Flugelhorn

mp cresc f
Bass Trombone
Trb /
Bass Trb

mp cresc. f mp f
Tam Tam Orch BD

Percussion
p mf mf

Timpani

Acoustic
Guitar

Kbd 1
Piano cresc mf mf

Voice

Band

MD
Kbd 2 mp poco cresc. poco dim.

Cello

Bass
f

Double speed (x=e) Matilda: Tip it... tip it over! (etc.)...

Piano

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VAMP - Out as The glass tips over SEGUE 18a

Flute
p

Clarinet

Cornet in Bb

Flugelhorn

Trb /
Bass Trb
mp f
dampen
Sus cym
Percussion
p

Timpani

Acoustic
Guitar

Kbd 1
Piano

Voice

Band

sim.

MD
Kbd 2 poco cresc.

Cello

Bass

VAMP - Out as The glass tips over SEGUE 18a

Piano

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