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Beatboxing and the Flute: Its History, Repertoire, and Pedagogical Importance Christopher Kuhns Florida State University Libraries Electronic Theses, Treatises and Dissertations The Graduate School 2014 Beatboxing and the Flute: Its History, Repertoire, and Pedagogical Importance Christopher Kuhns Follow this and additional works at the FSU Digital Library. For more information, please contact [email protected] FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MUSIC BEATBOXING AND THE FLUTE: ITS HISTORY, REPERTOIRE, AND PEDAGOGICAL IMPORTANCE By CHRISTOPHER KUHNS A Treatise submitted to the College of Music in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Music Degree Awarded: Spring Semester, 2014 Christopher Kuhns defended this treatise on April 2, 2014. The members of the supervisory committee were: Eva Amsler Professor Directing Treatise James Mathes University Representative Patrick Meighan Committee Member Deborah Bish Committee Member Valerie Trujillo Committee Member The Graduate School has verified and approved the above-named committee members, and certifies that the treatise has been approved in accordance with university requirements. ii ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Many thanks to the members of my committee: Professor Patrick Meighan, Dr. Deborah Bish, Dr. James Mathes, Professor Valerie Trujillo, and Professor Eva Amsler for your generous support and advice during my time at FSU. Special thanks to Professor Amsler for her ideas, encouragement, direction and inspiration. I’m truly thankful to my friends and family for their unending support. Most importantly I’m thankful for my beautiful wife, Krystal, and for all of her motivating words, love, encouragement, and patience over the years. iii TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables ................................................................................................................................. vi List of Figures ............................................................................................................................... vii List of Musical Examples ............................................................................................................ viii Abstract ............................................................................................................................................x INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................1 1. VOCAL BEATBOXING AND ITS TRANSFERANCE TO FLUTE .......................................3 Non-Lexical Vocables in World and Jazz Music ........................................................................3 Development of Vocal Beatboxing .............................................................................................4 Beatboxing and its Transference to Flute....................................................................................5 Flute Beatboxing Pioneers: Tim Barsky .....................................................................................7 Flute Beatboxing Pioneers: Greg Pattillo ....................................................................................8 2. SURVEY OF NOTATED BEATBOX FLUTE WORKS .........................................................10 Introduction ...............................................................................................................................10 Works by Randall Woolf ..........................................................................................................10 Works by Greg Pattillo .............................................................................................................10 Works by Christopher Kuhns ....................................................................................................13 Method Books ...........................................................................................................................14 3. BEATBOX FLUTE EFFECTS..................................................................................................16 Introduction ...............................................................................................................................16 Kick/Bass Drum Effects ............................................................................................................17 Snare Drum Effects ...................................................................................................................19 Rim Shot Effects .......................................................................................................................20 Hi-hat Effects ............................................................................................................................21 Cymbal and other Instrumental Effects .....................................................................................23 4. NOTATIONAL PRACTICES ...................................................................................................25 Introduction ...............................................................................................................................25 Standard Beatbox Notation .......................................................................................................25 Anna Meredith ..........................................................................................................................28 Randall Woolf ...........................................................................................................................30 Greg Pattillo ..............................................................................................................................31 Dirko Juchem ............................................................................................................................32 Tilmann Denhard ......................................................................................................................33 Andrea La Rose .........................................................................................................................34 Christopher Kuhns ....................................................................................................................35 5. POTENTIAL PEDAGOGICAL APPLICATIONS ...................................................................38 Introduction ...............................................................................................................................38 Introducing Beatbox Flute Effects ............................................................................................38 Applied Lessons: Kinesthetic Awareness .................................................................................41 Applied Lessons: Compound Melodies ....................................................................................42 Beatbox Solmization Systems ...................................................................................................43 iv Beatbox Flute Melodies and Metric Hierarchy .........................................................................45 Flute Choir: Arrangements ........................................................................................................47 SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION ..............................................................................................48 APPENDICES ..............................................................................................................................50 A. INTERNATIONAL PHOENETIC ALPHABET ..................................................................50 B. RECORDED EFFECTS ........................................................................................................51 C. NEW ARRANGEMENTS FOR BEATBOX FLUTE ..........................................................52 Suite No. 5 in b minor, Mov. IV, Fantaisie by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, arr. Christopher Kuhns ....................................................................................................................52 Samson et Dalila: Bacchanale for Beatbox Flute Choir by Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Christopher Kuhns ....................................................................................................................53 REFERENCES ..............................................................................................................................94 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH .........................................................................................................98 v LIST OF TABLES 1 Vocable Tabla Drum Pattern ...............................................................................................3 2 Thomas Howell’s Flute Articulation Possibilities and Beatbox Flute Similarities .............7 3 IPA Description of Notated Beatbox Flute Effects ............................................................24 4 SBN Effects .......................................................................................................................26 5 Notated Beatbox Effects, Meredith, Concerto for Beatboxer and Orchestra ...................29 6 Notated Beatbox Effects, Woolf, Native Tongues .............................................................30 7 Notated Beatbox Effects, Pattillo, Collected Works ..........................................................31 8 Notated Beatbox Effects, Juchem, Modern Flute Concept ................................................33 9 Notated Beatbox Effects, Denhard, The New Flute ...........................................................34 10 Notated Beatbox Effects, La Rose, A Fluteboxing Workbook ...........................................35
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