Amadare (Raindrops)
Raindrops
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SKU: CF.YAS44
Raindrops. Composed by Larry Clark. Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series. Amadare is a Japanese word for rain or raindrops. The piece begins with pitch sets in the violins that start the gentle rain. This aleatoric section should begin slowly and all the players should play at different times with different rhythms. Take your t. Classical. Score and Parts. With Standard notation. Carl Fischer Music #YAS44. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.YAS44).ISBN 9780825863448. UPC: 798408063443. 8.5 x 11 inches. Key: D major.
In another marvelous evocation of natural phenomena, Larry Clark conjures rain on the roof of small village dwellings. Amadare includes some aleatoric elements in the writing and the lush scoring of the lyrical pentatonic material contrasts effectively with the showers of pizzicato notes.
Amadare is a Japanese word for rain or raindrops. The piece begins with pitch sets in the violins that start the gentle rain. This aleatoric section should begin slowly and all the players should play at different times with different rhythms. Take your time; ten seconds are indicated for the first measure, nut it can be longer in order to set up the piece properly. Begin with single raindrops and gradually increase the speed and activity of the rain and then decrease it as you prepare for the entrance of the main theme at m.11. There are several ways to approach this. You can have each player in the violin section pick one of the notes in the pitch set or they can play all the notes in the set in any order with random rhythms. You may have to coach them with some rhythm suggestions to get the desired effect. Experiment with different ways of doing it and use your best judgment as to what sounds most like raindrops. The lower strings are written to be played in time starting at m.2, but their figures are written to sound somewhat random and raindrop like also. After the main theme is stated a second theme is presented with water-like accompaniment figures in the upper strings. At m.39 the downpour begins, and the pizzicato raindrops should be fast and strong over the top of the reflective cello solo. The second theme returns as the rain begins to subside building to the final statement of the main theme that leads to a cascading waterfall of sound in mm. 64 through 66. This moves to the final burst of rain at m.69, which gradually dissipates down to single raindrops again, and finishes with one final drop from the lower strings to complete the piece. Again, experiment with the ending to get the desired effect. The number of written measures is only a guide. You can have the raindrops take more or less time to subside and give the last note on cue. It is important, however, that the violins do not play past the final note in the lower strings.
About Carl Fischer Young String Orchestra Series
This series of Grade 2/Grade 2.5 pieces is designed for second and third year ensembles. The pieces in this series are characterized by:
--Occasionally extending to third position
--Keys carefully considered for appropriate difficulty
--Addition of separate 2nd violin and viola parts
--Viola T.C. part included
--Increase in independence of parts over beginning levels