The Village Idiot

By a.P.A.t.T.

For B b Clarinet, Piano, Guitar, Bass Guitar and Drum Kit

The Village Idiot

All parts written at concert pitch

Bbbbb Clarinet

Piano Or keyboard synthesizer if a piano cannot be use d. However, the synthesizer should have a sustain pedal and at leas t a 5 octave range.

Electric Guitar with Floyd Rose tremolo system and piezo Roland- ready pick-up. Roland VG8 Guitar System pedal board, with MIDI swi tched on for the G string only and the rest through the normal pick-up s. Super Slinky Strings (0.9mm) played with a 0.43mm p lectrum. In this score, the guitarist is also playing a refe ree’s whistle, although this can be assigned to another player.

Electric bass guitar 40-100 gauge strings played with a combination of fingers and 0.45mm plectrum, as notated. In this score, the bass guitarist is supplying the forced belch at Bar 116. This can be assigned to another player, or , if none of the players can belch at will, can be replaced by an eq uivalent sound, at the players’ discretion, but within the boundaries of safety and hygiene.

Drum kit – 26” Bass drum 14” Snare drum 14” Hi-hat with two-bell agogo placed atop 12” Rack tom 16” Floor tom with cymbal covering top skin 20” Ride cymbal 18” Crash cymbal, preferably split 18” Splash cymbal with two smaller crash cymbals placed loosely atop Bulb horn attached to hi-hat stand Use 5A, round headed, hickory tip stic ks.

Circle around note head indicates open hi-hats. High or low agogo bell indicated on score.

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The above specifications are suggestions only. a.P.A.t.T. encourages any performance, arrangement or interpretation

of this work.

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bass

snare floor tom

rack X

XX

XX

crash hi-hat agogo splash

ride

q=140

q=140

Master Fader

© a.P.A.t.T. 2009

The Village Idiot

Clarinet in Bb

Piano

Electric Guitar

4-string Bass Guitar

Drum Kit

Come idioti f

f

whistle second time only

f

hammer on and release whammy together on each note

whammy and slap-back delay

f

Use fingers

f

high low

choke

high low

*

*splash on repeat

3

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

f

f

f

f

f

high low

high low

high low

6

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

f

f

f

f

f

trem.

f

Left hand over top of neck, rhythmical gliss. down G string from pick-up to nut

f

high low

*try to knock top cymbal off stand

*

high low

choke

A

A

9

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

p

ff

pp

p

ff

3

p

ff

pp

p

ff

pp

p

ff

4

11B

B

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

rasp

f

pp

p

ff

mf

pp

ff

p

f

3

f

pp

p

ff

p

lower notes only first timeupper notes only second time

f

pp

ff

mf

pp

ff p

f

14

C

C

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

mf

p

p ff

f

f

p

f

p f

p

f

p ff

mf

ff

(1st time only)

p

f

p

f

p

ff

5

18

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

p

fff

Bring in with exaggerated shrug

p

fff

3 3

3 3 3 3 3

3 3

3

p

fff

3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3

p

use plec. and mute with palm

fff

3

p

fff

3

3 3 3 3 3 3 3

3 3

22

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

p

fff

f

Bring in with exaggerated shrug

p

3 3

3 3 3 3 3

fff

p

3 3 3 3 3 3 3

fff

p

fff

p

3 3 3 3 3 3 3

6

26

D

D

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

ff

ff

fff

3

ff

3 3

3 3

ff

fff

3

ff

3 3

ff

3

use fingers

fff

3

ff

ff

3

fff

3

3

ff

3 3

30

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

ff

3 3 3 3

fff

3

f

3

3

fff

3

f

3

3

3

3

3 3 3 3

fff

3

f

fff

3

f

fff

3

f

fff

3

f

3 3 3 3

fff

3

3

f

fff

3

3

f

3 3

7

34

E

E

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

pp

ffff pp

ffff pp

ffff

use plec. andmute with palm

pp

ffff pp

low

high low high low

high low high low high low high low

high low high

F

F

39

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

pp

mp

mf

mp

mf

use fingersx=mute string with fretting hand,percussive flick with plucking hand

mf

8

42

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

ff

bend tone

pp

mf

ff

with whammy

pp

mf

mf

45

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

mp

ff

bend tone

pp

mf

mp

ff

with whammy

pp

mf

mf

9

48

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

mp

ff

bend tone pp

mf

mp

ff

with whammy

pp

mf

mf

51

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

mp

mf

mp

mf

mf

10

54

G

G

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

ff

end tone

pp

mp

mf

p

mp

ff

pp p

mp

mf

p

mp

mf

p

mp

57

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

mp

mf

mf

mp

mf

mf

mp

mf

mf

mp

mf

mf

mp

mf

11

60

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

mf

f

mf

f

ff

f

mf

f

ff

f

mf

f

ff

f

mf

f

ff

3 3 3 3

H

H

64

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

ff

Take breaths betweeneach note, or at commas

ff

ff

ff

Choke

ff

Choke

Choke

12

67

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

ff

ff

ff

ff

Choke

ff

Choke

Choke

70

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

ff

ff

ff

ff

Choke

ff

Choke

Choke

13

73

I

I

q=160

q=160

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

ff

p

ff

p

ff

p

ff

p

Choke

ff

Choke

p

77

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

p

p

14

83

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

mf

pp

p

f

p

mf

mf

mf

89

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

f

pp

p

f

p

f

f

f

15

95

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

f

pp

p

f

mp

f

f

f

J

J

101

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

pp

Take breaths betweeneach note, or at commas

p

mp

mf

mp

pp

p

mp

pp

p

mp

pp

p

mp

16

105

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

mf

f

ff

p

pp

ppp

mf

f

ff

use plec.

mf

f

ff

mf

f

ff

K

K

q=170

q=170

109

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

ff

ff

ff

ff

ff

17

112

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

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ff

ff

ff

ff

115L

L

q=170

q=170

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

fff

fff

mf

fff

fff

Rhythmical gliss. up G string from nut to pick-up

Belch

sfz

mf

use fingers

fff

mf

18

118

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

mp

f

f

rasp

p

mf

f

mf

3

mp

f

f

p

mf

f

mf

mf

f

mf

120

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

mp

f

f

rasp

p

f

mf

f

3

mp

f

hammer on and release whammy together on each note

whammy andslap-back delay

mf

f

mf

f

19

123

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

f

f

3

3

f

f

f

3

126

Cl.

Pno.

E. Gtr.

Bass

Dr.

f

f

ff

f

ff

f

ff

f

ff

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