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Taken from ‘Introduction to Serial Composition for Guitarists’ Duration I No.5 All the 12 semitones are used for the first time to build up a 12-tone ro is an extension of earlier ones with the additional semitones added — (whit The row notes) (a) ORIGINAL RoW = be = ba b to ce (Modulation of Retrograde Inversion) (0) The piece in fact uses only retrograde versions of the inversion, somewhat sparingly in three modulated positions see (b) for one of them. The piece commences with an intertwining of the hexachordal material and a bending of the ‘rules’ to allow the repetition of tones 78910 and 123 before the whole series is stated and ‘displacement’ of 2,3 and 9,10 to 3,2 and 10,9. =— 2 poe ‘0 pS 2 1 r Vivace [4 = 132] * = ——=F > a * Accentuate the beats with sforzandi on the wood, at the discretion of the performer. Oe Occ" =

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