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REKA V.2 by Yuval AvitalCROWD MUSIC guide & score

1. VOCAL CROWD

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01. There is no need to know to read music, or even to have a previous musical experience to be a part of the crowd.02. There is no need to be “in tune”, since absolute pitch would not be used at all.03. All the components of the crowd part should be easy and could be taught in few minutes.04. All components should be composed of a simple textual explanation and/or a graphical indication.05. Conductor should use extremely simple gestures to communicate with the CROWD.06. There should not be a "right" or "wrong" way to perform an element; each interpretation of an element is a result of a dialogue between conductor and crowd.07. COMMUNICATION IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN INTERPRETATION.08. the crowd is one, but sometimes might be divided into sub groups:A) Division between men and women;

B) Division into segments of the crowd, depending on your position - left, center, right.

09. THERE IS NO MAXIMUM NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS (only due to space limitations of the performing venue).10. EVERYONE WHO WISHES TO BE APART OF THE CROWD CAN BE INCLUDED with the condition that he or she will respect the process of study, rehearsals and performance, and will use his or her voice to enrich the crowd - NOT to go against it.

BASIC GUIDELINES OF CROWD MUSIC :

Right Left

Center

BASICS - numbers & cycles:The crowd part, like all music, is composed of elements in time.

Each element in your part has a number from one to ten, that will be indicated by the conductor

with his fingers during the rehearsals and the concerts. After the conductor will reach event number 10,

he will trace a large circle in the air indicating a new cycle, that again will be from one to ten.

Example: conductor changing a cycle Example: conductor indicating a number

* In the first rehearsal, the conductor will invent a special sign for the Percussions Crowd and another for the Vocal Crowd,so you will understand if his/her sign is regarding your group or the percussions group.

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START, STOP, WAIT:

SCORE INDICATIONS & CONDUCTOR INDICATIONS:In the score you will find WHAT you need to do with your voice in each section. Each element

will be composed of graphical intuitive signs and explanatory text. Each element you will do in REKA,

will be explained also in the online tutorials and during rehearsals. Super easy.

Example:

Example for other verbal indications in the score:

3) MEN: sing long lowest note possible, alternating closed and open mouth according conductorindications.

(intuitive sign of lowest note possible)

(intuitive sign of men)

(conductor showing with hand how open or closed is your mouth).

(intuitive sign of open to closed mouth transition)

(graphical representation of overall result)

SHOUT MEDITATIVEVERY INTENSE

MUMBLEMECHANICAL

In addition, there are some global gesture indications of HOW to do the elements that will be done

by the conductor. REKA is a kind of a sound/gesture game, open to all.

4’’

in score :

conductor’s indications :

start withconductor’s sign

stop withconductor’s sign

wait (count until...)then continue/start READY? SET, GO!!! STOP

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LIST OF CONDUCTOR GESTURES :

ALL SING

SING VERY LOWD SING QUIETSING STRONGER SING SOFTER

SING HIGHESTNOTE POSSIBLE

SING LOWESTNOTE POSSIBLE

SING HIGHER

READY?

PREPARETO STOP

FADEOUT STOP

SET, GO!!!

SING LOWER

CHOSEN PARTOF CROWD SING

LEFT PART SING

RIGHT PART SING

Conductor will use other gesturesthat help enriching the musical

interpretation, like conductors always do :)

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ELEMENTS within REKA :

fast finger blubbering

01. vocals

E I A O U

S F Z K HSH

likeship

RR

rolling R with throat

R

rolling R with tongue

BREATH

free breathing soundfree

whistling soundfree whistling

with lots of air sound

02. consonants

03. special sounds

03. verbal indications of actions (examples)

04. Height

-imitate the singer next to you / the soloist / the drumsas accurate as possible.

-imitate the singer next to you / the soloist / the drumsa little out of tune.

sing high sing lowsing lowestpossible

sing highestpossible

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one vocal accent

example of melisma :example of accents & ornaments :

03. accents, ornaments, contours & noemas* looks too much to handle ? don’t worry.

Just look at it twice, and it will come to you naturally - you'll see :)

acciacatura up (strong low to soft high) glissando down

(gradual alteration)

gliss.

aaaakaaa

glissando up (gradual alteration)

gliss.

aaaakaaamelisma

(free melodic ornaments)

aaaakaaa

aaaakaaaacciacatura down

(strong high to soft low)

aaaakaaaaaaakaaa> >

MANAKI MAWWWAAAA NEHO

LELE MEEEEE AYIIIIII MO YEYE YEYE NOK

> >

> >

BLAH BLAH BLAH

blah blah blah spoken normally

sing firm note (mantra)

sing moving notes (melodic)

whispered

spoken with movement

CHANTS :

blah blahblah blahblah

blahblah blahblah blahbl a h blahblah

CHANTS are inspired from ancient vocal traditions. YOU DON’T NEED TO KNOW MUSICto sing them. They have easy, intuitive indications, which I advice you to read once or twice.

Verbal indications:

EXTREMELY SLOW - SLOW - MODERATE - FAST - FASTEST POSSIBLEand also :FREE (not in rhythm) / MEASURED (a little rhythmical) / RYTHM (more precise) /

FYuval Avital, Milan, 2014-6

SO,

ENJOY !!!

READY?

SET,

GO!!!

1REKA V.2 by YUVAL AVITAL (REKA RE)MASSIVE SONIC WORKFOR SIX EXTENDED VOCAL TRADITIONAL SINGERS,

TWO PERCUSSIONS, A CROWD OF HUNDREDS OF VOICES & A CROWD OF 20 PERCUSSIONISTS

CROWD SCORE

PRELUDE : Crowd is off-stage,between / behind / around the public’s seats. In public entrance start breathing softly in a sounding manner.

BREATH

CYCLE 101) Women: cross-fade to singing the highest note possible with closed mouth, after conductor’s sign open the mouth. Men: cross-fade to singing sing lowest possible a soft “zzzzzzz”; create some accents. * try to imitate the singer next to you, a little out of tune.

03) Women: cross fade to singing the highest soft note possible then move slowly to the lowest, one after the other, with conductor’s indication. Men: : Sing soft lowest possible chant n.1 (all together, will be rehearsed).

MAAAA OO DEEEEE MAAA LEEEEE ODEEEEEEE NUUUUUU

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02) ALL: with conductor’s sign, cross-fade to breathing

2REKA V.2 by YUVAL AVITALCROWD SCORE

All:

soft

rough voice

half voice

shout !

05) All whisper “MMM” to shout “KA!” (5 seconds); then all Men whisper “KH” (rough voice) and women a high “i” transparent high voice.

06) All create a choral with vocal “A”, follow conductor’s indications of height. Be creative.

04) All reflect leading soloist with long vocals (and echo when he finish).

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I

M

A

KA!

KH

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CYCLE 2

08) All whisper “chant” n.2 (STRONG) together. Will be rehearsed :

09) ALL MEN whisper “chant” n.3 (DEEP) together. Will be rehearsed :

01) ALL start with “SHHH” then with conductor sign change to A ROUGH “H”.

07) ALL continue but with closed mouth, rarely opening it for a brief second.

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ANNENU

NEEEEENUUUUU

H’SH

MEDITATIVE :

A


MAAAA OO DEEEEE MAAA LEEEEE ODEEEEEEE NUUUUUU,

MEEEEE AHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAH

MOOOOOO UUUUUUUU IIIIIIII AAAAAAA EEEEEEEE

OO DEEEEE MAAA LEEEEE ODEEEEEEE NUUUUUU,

YAAAAAAADEEEEEEOOOOOODEEEEYAAAANEEEE

02) ALL immediately shout “KA!”, then wait and start an accelerating “KA” line, getting stronger and stronger. When percussions reach climax, enter and exit with “KAKAKA” according conductor’s indications.

03) first MEN reflect male soloist, then WOMEN reflect female soloist.

04) LEFT & RIGHT: MEN only :“Chant” n.2 CENTER: WOMEN only :Long notes - sing a note close to the note of the singer next to you.

+ KA !KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KA KAKAKA

VERY INTENSE :

KAKAKAKAKAKA


05) ALL make sounds of wind, inspired by the following table. Follow conductor’s indications.

6) All continue, MEN CENTER : long choral alternating stable & vibrating notes * sing a different note from to the note of the singer next to you.

(R+L)

(C)

CONTINUE

CONTINUE

(C)

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W I N D R E K A

H

S

SH

F

BREATH

7) All continue, WOMEN CENTER : long choral alternating stable & vibrating notes * sing a different note from to the note of the singer next to you.

(R+L)

(C)

CONTINUE

CONTINUE

(C)

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CYCLE 3

8) All continue, WOMEN RIGHT : long choral alternating stable & vibrating notes * sing a different note from to the note of the singer next to you.

(L)

(R)

CONTINUE

CONTINUE

(R)

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(C) CONTINUE+

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9) All continue, WOMEN LEFT : long choral alternating stable & vibrating notes * sing a different note from to the note of the singer next to you.

1) All continue, MEN LEFT & RIGHT: long choral alternating stable & vibrating notes * sing a different note from to the note of the singer next to you.

(L)

(L)

(R)

CONTINUE

CONTINUE

(R)

(C) CONTINUE+


H O W L S & N I G H T R E K A

C

C

CONTINUEL

R

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(WOWOWOWAWAWEWIWIWOWOWUWUWUWAWA)

2) LEFT: Nose sound - alternate freely WOW/WAW/WUW/WEW (rarely WIW) in loop; SLOW. Mantric.; CENTER : WOMEN - high ululation; MEN - low YEWUYEWU loop.RIGHT : KETKETKET loopALL - Follow conductor that will stop/continue the different patterns.

3) All - wolves, epic lullabies with closed mouth (”M”), winds, darkness, but also light.

LULULULULULULULUL ULULU LULULULULULULULULULULULU

Y E W U Y E W U Y E W U Y E W U YEWUYEWU

K E TK E TK E TK E TK E TK E T


L I Q U I D V O I C E S R E K A

5) ALL whisper in a non-language invented texts in a liquid manner, like a text played backwards.

6 ) ALL WOMEN: listen to the female soloist and remember as much as you can.

4) All - cross-fade to infinite choral, in dialogue with the sonic surroundings and conductor’sindications.


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7 ) LEFT WOMEN: REFLECT soft, very high and very slow the memory of the previous chant; sing a little out of tune from the person next to you.

8 ) LEFT WOMEN: continue. CENTER WOMEN : REFLECT soft, very high and very slow the memory of the previous chant; sing a little out of tune from the person next to you.

C

L

9 ) LEFT & CENTER WOMEN: continue. RIGHT WOMEN : REFLECT soft, very high and very slow the memory of the previous chant; sing a little out of tune from the person next to you.

1 ) WOMEN: from a squeaking door lamento to rosario mumbling, moaning shouts & birds. MEN : Low drones

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CYCLE 4

D I M E N S I O N A L R E K A

2) WOMEN: continue as a high long choral MEN: use S-F-Z-SH-K and fast finger-on-lips blubbering, creating the dark texture bellow.

3) WOMEN: ECHO soloist with closed mouth. MEN: long fadeout.

S

F

Z

K

SH

4) ALL: Reflect soloists

5) ALL: Shout

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6) WOMEN: VOCALISE, high soft voices, sweet, REACT to the singer next to you. FollowConductor’s signs for changes in height and group singing (left, right center).

7) WOMEN: Continue; MEN: Join VOCALISE, low soft voices, sweet, REACT to the singer next to you. Follow Conductor’s signs for changes in height and group singing (left, right center).

8) MEN: Continue; WOMEN: pass to whisper in pseudo-latin, sometimes whispering a long “S”or a long “SH”. Pietà.


S

SH

O C E A N R E K A

5 t h R E K A

+ R

+ R+L

+ C

CYCLE 5


8) ALL RIGHT: REFLECT leading soloist with vocal “A” in any height, adding accents and vibrating notes.

9) ALL RIGHT & LEFT: REFLECT leading soloist with word “YAM” in any height. ALL CENTER: Back to 5th REKA (Ocean).

9) ALL: sound of ocean, wind, and the small transparent animals inside them.

A

10’’

5’’

10’’

15’’


5 t h R E K A

5 t h R E K A

+ R

+ L

C

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3 ) MEN CENTER: Back to 5th REKA (Ocean); WOMEN CENTER: Rarely (with conductor’s indication) create a high transparent note, sliding to a low note. ALL LEFT: Back to 5th REKA (Ocean). ALL RIGHT: count to 10, then REFLECT leading soloist with word “RAM” in any height.

+ R

+ C

+ L

4) ALL LEFT: count to 5, then REFLECT leading soloist with consonant “M” in any height, adding accents and vibrating notes. ALL CENTER: count to 10, then REFLECT leading soloist with vocal “A” in any height, adding accents and vibrating notes. ALL RIGHT: count to 15, then REFLECT leading soloist with consonant “M” in any height, adding accents and vibrating notes.

5) ALL LEFT: Sing strong “KKKK” in any height, adding accents and vibrating notes. ALL CENTER: REFLECT leading soloist with vocal “A” in any height, adding accents and vibrating notes. ALL RIGHT: Sing “NNNNNN” in any height, adding accents and vibrating notes.

+ R

+ C

+ L

M

M

A

A

N

K’

14REKA by YUVAL AVITALCROWD SCORE

6) ALL: In this section we will make voices glide from low to high or from high to low.This element is called in music “glissando”. It can be fast or slow, be done by the entirecrowd or sections. Watch conductor for indications.

7) ALL: Stop immidiatly!

9) ALL: extremely low rough or extremely high vibrating.

W H I S P E R T O S H O U T R E K A , p a r t 1

8) ALL: resume previous element.


1) MEN: slow, super low, guttural Chant IN UNISON (to be rehearsed); WOMEN: fast whispering of Chant 3.

2) MEN: continue.WOMEN: ullulation calls with conductor’s indication.

W H I S P E R T O S H O U T R E K A , p a r t 2

CYCLE 6

AAAAAAA NEEEEEEE

AAAAAAAAAAA

OOOOOO LENU KA NEEEE NUU.

MEEE ROME NUUUUUUUU

ZA AAA

KAAAAA ZA AAA

AAAA MEEEE NUUUU.

Nii i i i iiiiii

NEEEE

chant n.3

AAAAAAA NEEEEEEE

AAAAAAAAAAA

OOOOOO LENU KA NEEEE NUU.

MEEE ROME NUUUUUUUU

ZA AAA

KAAAAA ZA AAA

AAAA MEEEE NUUUU.

Niii iiiiiiii

NEEEE

chant n.3

LULULU LULULU LULU UL U L ULUL LULUL


3) with no stop ! LEFT & RIGHT WOMEN: High ululation; MEN: continueCENTER ALL: fast, unexpected bursts of consonants (from soft to strong to stop quickly).

4) ALL: hold climax with one vibrating long note.

5) ALL: sounding breath (immediately).

6) ALL: BREATH, BREATH WITH SOUND, LOW BREATH, SOFT BREATH.

B R E A T H I N G R E K A

L

L

R

R

C+

LULULULULUL LULU L U LULU


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PBREATH

BREATH

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7) MEN: Seashore; WOMEN: HIGH MORSE CODE (thanks Bruno Bellof for the frame).

CYCLE 7

8) LEFT :WOMEN ONLY : ECHO softly leading soloist using same techniques - fill in rarely in extreme high register with morse code, soft accents & fast vibrato.

L

9) LEFT & CENTER :WOMEN ONLY : ECHO softly leading soloist using same techniques - fill in rarely in extreme high register with morse code, soft accents & fast vibrato.

L+C

1) ALL :WOMEN ONLY : ECHO softly leading soloist using same techniques - fill in rarely in extreme high register with morse code, soft accents & fast vibrato.


2) WOMEN: continue; MEN: Echo male soloist with a closed mouth.

4) ALL: cross-fade to birds voices (ALL MEN: enter with the birds).

3) MEN: Fadeout .WOMEN: highest waves, soft and sweet

R I R D S R E K A

5) ALL: birds voices, whistling, accents and vibrations on long notes. Follow conductorand be inspired by the image bellow.

6) ALL: High choral (only for highest register), sweet, wide, infinite.

7) ALL: Respond to soloist 2(will be rehearsed,don’t worry, it’s likea feast).


8) time to play !!! ALL: count (in heart) from 1 til 4-12 on the beat ; each "1" do one short vocal element - you can do whatever sound you wish !!! (please nothing too volgar...)Conductor will choose and teach some elements for all, with a special mark.

9) ALL: can continue, but also EXTREME EXTASY, ULULATION, SHOUTS

1 2 3 4 6 6 1 2 3

1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 2

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1RR RR



LULULU LULULU LULU ULULUL U L LULULU

CYCLE 8

1) ALL: sing image bellow, softly.

2) ALL: ECHO leading soloist softly, quietly, changing vocal range in continuation.

F I N A L R E K A

The End.Yuval Avital, 2014 - 2016


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