Examples of accordion notation
1. general notation
ex.1 Mauricio Kagel Episoden, Figuren (1993, Edition Peters)
ex. 2 Bent Sørensen Looking on Darkness (2000, Wilhelm Hansen)
ex. 3 Toshio Hosokawa Melodia (1979, Hohner Verlag)
2. Standard Bass notation
ex.4 Luciano Berio Sequenza XIII “Chanson” (1996, Universal
Edition)
ex.5 Magnus Lindberg Jeux d´Anches (1990)
3. glissando
ex.6 Bent Sørensen Looking on Darkness (2000, Wilhelm Hansen)
ex.7 Sofia Gubaidulina De Profundis (1978, Sikorski)
ex.8 Per Nørgard Anatomic Safari (1967, Wilhelm Hansen)
4. Clusters
ex.9 Sofia Gubaidulina De Profundis (1978, Sikorski)
5. Bellows Shake
ex.10 Sofia Gubaidulina De Profundis (1978, Sikorski)
ex.11 Magnus Lindberg Jeux d´Anches (1990)
6. Vibrato
ex.12 Per Nørgard Anatomic Safari (1967, Wilhelm Hansen)
ex. 13 Matthias Pintscher Figura III (2000, Bärenreiter)
ex.14 Luciano Berio Sequenza XIII “Chanson” (1996, Universal Edition)
7. sound effects
ex.15 Per Nørgard Anatomic Safari (1967, Wilhelm Hansen)
ex. 16 Matthias Pintscher Figura III (2000, Bärenreiter)
ex.17 Sofia Gubaidulina De Profundis (1978, Sikorski)
(one possible solution for notating the sound of the air button)
1. button accordion, right hand manual
2. accordion left hand, free bass manual
3. accordion left hand, standard bass manual (chords)
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