Black Page Tropes - Zappa

The Black Page Tropes
Drums
Percussion
Interactive
Computer
System
Bruce Pennycook
Excerpts by Frank Zappa
Dedicated to the memory of Frank Zappa and everything he
did and did not stand for.
Composed for ACREQ with special thanks to Alain Thibault.
Duration: ca. 21 minutes

SOCAN 1996

Percussion
Marimba
Vibraphone
Hi-hat, 3 suspended cymbals
Snare, 3 mounted tom-toms
metal and wooden chimes
medium tam-tam
Roland Octapad and MIDI drum sample device (tuned to 8 tom-toms, lowhigh)
Drums
Drum kit (5 toms, snare, bass, 4-5 cymbals, hi-hat, etc.)
Metal and glass chimes
Roland Octapad (or any MIDI drum surfaces to use as triggers)
Computer System
MacPPC, CD Rom (for audio CD)
MIDI Drum Module (for percussionists Octapad)
Roland JV1080 Tone Module (for band clips)
Max 3.5 software (or higher)
Black Page Tropes Software (B. Pennycook)
Black Page Tropes Audio CD (B. Pennycook)
Black Page Tropes JV1080 Bank (B. Pennycook)
Audio System
Multi-mic setup for drum kit and percussion
Mixer with 2 separate monitor mix feeds (for stage)
8 line inputs (from Computer system and devices)
Digital reverb (to balance hall and instruments only)
MIDI
Percussion Octapad -- Midi Drum Module (direct, no computer)
Drum Octapad -- MIDI In to Macintosh (triggers)
MIDI Out from Mac -- Roland JV1080
Bruce Pennycook
1996

This work was inspired by the percussion playing of Julien Grgoire and
drumming of Blair McKay during our many concerts performing the works
of Frank Zappa. The group, Dangerous Kitchen, was a joint production o f
ACREQ (Montreal) and Arraymusic (Toronto). Arrangements were by
Walter Boudreau (Artisitic Director, SMCQ) and and Alain Thibault
(Artisitic Director, ACREQ) and Henry Kucharzyk, one of the founders o f
Arraymusic. As musical director of The Dangerous Kitchen, Walter
Boudreau brought immense musical insight and energy to the
arrangements and adaptations of the music of Zappa. Boudreau truly
understood the music and produced a powerful two-act show.
The Black Page is a Zappa work that exists in two versions; one for drum
solo (the most famous) and one for large rock band. Our show included
both and they were often the highlight of the evening. It seemed that
every audience had about 100 drummers that knew every single flam!
As the soprano sax player in The Dangerous Kitchen, I was reunited with
my own formative years having attended numerous live Zappa concerts
and knowing by heart far too many of the lyrics (and flams). As a young
composer and jazz saxophone player the music of Zappa was both an
inspiration and a worry. How could a serious musician do Zappa?
Sadly, Frank Zappa died on December 4, 1993 just as the Dangerous
Kitchen was getting going.
This piece is my homage to a brilliant American composer whos
originality and unique personality could produce great rock like Zombie
Woof and an elegant orchestral work commissioned by (his worship)
Pierre Boulez at IRCAM. It is predicated entirely on the two versions o f
The Black Page and uses more than 100 different audio clips from Zappa
CDs made over more than 25 years as a kind of audio retrospective.
Bruce Pennycook
1996

B. Pennycook
F. Zappa
1
Percussion
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3
3
j
44
Drums
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p
5
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Dr.
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11
11
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octapad
3
14
4
& 4
5
Pcsn.
e1
11
11
tamtam
f
32"
11
11
44
Dr.
@
&
p
16
Pcsn.
hh
p
20
. 3 j
@ @
3
5
cresc.
o +
(foot)
Dr.
med
j j

> . .
f
F
cresc.
mallets
freely, nervously
..
&.
octa
Pcsn.
6
(sempre)
..
sim
..
49"
j .
U
.. @ J ..
(sempre)
ttms
Dr.
-3-
sim
e2
Pcsn.
U
&
22
@@
# #
"just a sec"
3
3
U press roll
j
@
@

j
j
@

Dr.
916 167 165

octa
24
Pcsn.
& # . .
large
o o oj
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916
716 165
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R

p 3
5
3
27
Pcsn.
3
5
^ har
7
7
4
24
16 & 4
Dr.
^

2
165 44
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3
29
Pcsn.
2
&4
n
5
#
8
#
8
#
7
8
Dr.
2
4
58

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7
8
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31
Pcsn.
& 78 .
ride
3
j
^

5
5
4
b
.. # b # 4 j J tom J . R
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6
QQ Q
Dr.
33
Pcsn.
78 .
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4
4
f
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J
J
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R
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b
^
mar
#
24
n
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&
J J
3
Dr.
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j

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J
J
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f
>
>
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R
R
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> .
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24
e4
35
Pcsn.
#
n b n
n
2
5
&4
8
6
5
5
octa (toms)
7
8
j cymb.

5
8

pJ
7
8
QQ Q
Q
4:3
Dr.
2
4

5
5
octa
q. (toms)
37
Pcsn.
j
j

4
& 78 98
4
p
4:3
5:3
F3
F
F
crash
q.
5:4
4:3
Dr.
7
8

J
J
j 3
98

J
J
j
@
44
39
Pcsn.
Dr.
5
5
5
3
44 &
# # # @
# # # #
#

4
4
5
5
(toms)
o
j .
+
j
o
J
J

5
5
5
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e5
5
41
Pcsn.
43
Pcsn.
J p
j j
cresc.
2
4
&4
4
3
3
3
3
U
Jf
cresc.
U
# # #
#
U unison
QQ Q
2
4
4
4
3
3
3
3
o + o +
45
Pcsn.
# # #
& # # # # #
#
#
#
Dr.

-7-
2
4
e6
Dr.
2
& > 4
p cresc. 3
p cresc. 3
f
QQ Q
Dr.
octa
e7
46
& # #
Pcsn.
# #
Dr.
+
o+

hihat
3
3
> . #
5
3
j
#
&
# # #
# # #
f
3
3
3
3
48
Pcsn.
Dr.
hihat
Pcsn.
50
7:8
#
n #
#
3
f
3
& #w
#w
Dr.
-8-
>
51
Pcsn.
&
f
r
r
r
r

chin.
hihat
o + o + o + o + 3
Dr.
e8
o+
R
f
&
hihat
53
Pcsn.
sn.
dim.
crash
@j
fp
(press)
octa
58"
Dr.
o+

R
f
55
Pcsn.
&
j
j
@
fp
sn. (press)
Dr.
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.
@
j
e9
57
&
Pcsn.
>
f
QQ Q
Q
3
Dr.
58
Pcsn.
e11
e10
R
R
p
freely
&
7
7
5
unison
QQ Q
Q
QQ Q
Q
3
Dr.
60
Pcsn.
Dr.
vib
&

5
R
R
p
5
#
#
# #
5
5
5
5
j +
-10-
Jo

62
Pcsn.
# #
&
dim.
()

Dr.
dim. a niente
freely
med/large
dim. a niente
64
Pcsn.
# wwww
& w
()
hihat
Dr.
66
Pcsn.
e12
mar
.
crash
hihat
o + ) freely

5
11
5
5
11
J
(
3
b
b b b b b b b b b b b n b b b b b b b b > > . >

R
&
R
6
5

11
f5
11
>r
>

R
f
3
Dr.
11
-11-
11
r>
OCTA
ad lib
e13
4
2 5 > 7 > > > 4
&4
4
16
4
p
6
9
5
sub p
68
Pcsn.
QQ Q
Q
44
p
Dr.
ad lib
>
>
>
> > 4
5
2
7

4

4
16
9
5
6
sub p
e14
71
& 44
Pcsn.
vib
(chin.)
44
Dr.
74
Pcsn.
& ..
..
tacet 2-4 m.
patterns
QQ Q
Q
44
165 #
516
..
patterns*
QQ Q
Q
MIDIPAD [1-6]
ad lib
? .. 3
b& b b
4 #

b
5
5
5
f
..
5
Dr.
improvise*
44

4
.. 34
J
f
* See Performance Notes

-12-
76
Pcsn.
crash
4 J
&4
(hand inst)
4-8m
..
to OCTA
..
ad lib with track
44 J
Dr.
patterns
..
Q Q Q
Q
..
improvise
..
get sticks
..
q
3
79
e15
& .
Pcsn.
ad lib
small
58 J .
44
unison
QQ Q
Q
5
Dr.
81
Pcsn.
& 44
..
e16
..
Dr.
j hihat
44
J
p
cr. hihat
58 44
fsub p3
5
#
.. # # # #
# #
to VIB
30" ..
8-16m
"Hello teenage
America"
sim add instruments

> .
.
. .
solo w/tracks
sim. ad lib (cymbals only)
-13-
84
&
Pcsn.
..
.. # # #
#
#
#
#
4-8m
cresc poco a poco
Dr.
87
(sec)
..
..
..
..
very frantic
e17
# # #
& # # # # #
#
#
#
Pcsn.
QQ Q
Q
Dr.
^r

^r
.
sec
88
Pcsn.
Dr.
6
>
#
& # #
>
> . .@ # # # #
>ped
@

J J
@.
.
R
F
sim ad lib (vib solo)

p
-14-
@ # @ b b @..
n
# n
@ @ @ @
F
91
Pcsn.
94
Pcsn.
96
j
. # j

@
@
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3
f
p
@
&
w
@
#
cymb fill
Dr.
Dr.
3
b b @

b

# n
@
p
f
Dr.
Pcsn.
&
@j
b
p @J
@
@
ord
b@ ..
@
ad lib (very lightly)
rim/cymb

p
-15-
#
b
99
Pcsn.
j
.
& . .
.
J
F
# #

j .

sub
Dr.
..
..
Pcsn.
2
4
2
4
dim.
101
& 24
# b bb
b
j
# #
44
e18
(no accent)
#w
#w
p
#w
#w
1'26"
24
J
p
Dr.
44
ggg
bell tree
mallets
104
Pcsn.
&
#w
glass
Dr.
#w
~~~~~~~~~~~
gently
hard mallets
~~~~~~~~~
metal ~~~

-16-
cymb/bell
small
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e19
107
&
Pcsn.
large
med
(no accent)
>

3
p
Q Q Q
Q
Dr.
gongs
cymb
(sm,m,large)
109
&
Pcsn.
Dr.
@J
p
large, rim
111
rims
Pcsn.
& @J @
.
@

J @
Dr.

tom toms
-17-
113
&
Pcsn.
e20
OCTAPAD (mixed)
Null
Dr.
. .
115
> >

&
Pcsn.
Pcsn.
j

p
5
&
>
> 3 >
3
@
@ @ @
^

octapad
Dr.
poco rit (ad lib)

p
3
^
5

117
Dr.

poco rit (ad lib)
-18-
(sticks)
q
e21
119
Pcsn.
large cym
^

j

&

unison
3
(sticks)
snare
QQ Q
Q
solo

sub p cresc.
Dr.
e22
123
U
.. .. w
increase swells gradually
& .. w
Pcsn.
(press - open - press)
to MAR
..
FS
.. ..
..
..
Dr.
(12 - 20 m.)
.. ..
..
43"
tempo dissolves . . .
open molto cres. with audio
..
open solo
125
Pcsn.
e23
&
78
j j j

78
J
p
large

f
F
small cym
unison
Q Q Q
Q
Dr.
U
j
j

sn.
-19-
127
Pcsn.
@ 9
4 @ @ j
&4
16 @j
>
3
@
44
Dr.
(4+4+1)

>
& b
@ @ @
9 ^
16
R
3
129
&
Pcsn.
131
Dr.
>
Dr.
Pcsn.
>
# #
#
?n
.
&
@ @J
#
167 # n # &
(4+3)
7
16
J
> > # >

#
4
# 4
.
165 @
+
r
5

16
j
.

R
-20-
44
134
Pcsn.
e24
7
4
&4
b

7
Q Q Q
Q
3

44
Dr.
e25
135
Pcsn.
U
&
U
ad lib. swells
35"
j U
Dr.
out of tempo solo,

very erratic
137
Pcsn.
Dr.
? @ b b @..

p 4:3
J ()
sim.
p
..
@
.
# # .
@
>

J
-21-
a tempo
58
p
58
pJ
24
>
3
6
p
f
24
&
# >
# #
3
140
Pcsn.
octapad
2 b
7 # ^ 9
&4
n 8 J
p
p 5 cresc.
6
4:3
6

2
7
4
8
5
J
p sub.
5
Dr.
142
Pcsn.
5:4
e26
octapad
j
j
ad lib. erratic U
98 44 J
4:6
3
5:6
f
p
crash
sim.
Null
98
Dr.
144
Pcsn.
Dr.
^j
sn
44 U
.
J fp
f
a tempo
o
rim

Marimba
&
(press--open--press)
# # # # # #
-22-
9
8
145
e27
Pcsn.
U
w
?U
& # # # # # # # # # n n n b
w
#
#
#
n
F
(uneven swells)
Q Q
Dr.
147
Pcsn.
a tempo
p (sempre)
free, ad lib. (cymbals only)

gradually a tempo
o + o + o +
octapad
ad lib. freely, vigorously
cresc.
rim
Dr.
150
Pcsn.
(thinner)
Dr.
j
r
r

>
>
j
.
.
> .
Fcresc.
cymbal
fill
bell
j
.

>
>
dim.
>
dim.
-23-

>
153
Pcsn.
U

J
a tempo
@ @
3
@ @
@
@..
dim.
Dr.
>
toms

@
P
P
e28
158
Pcsn.
68
27"
Dr.
Pcsn.
Dr.
fill
@
f
+
+
J J
hh
-24-
fill
@ n @
# #
Vibraphone
j
Null
68 . . 44
niente
161
44
fill
w
p
e29
(vibe, mallets)
niente
"He's gotta
gun you know"
.
@ .
P
a tempo
+
J
+
J
3
163
Pcsn.
# #
( )
(time)
164
Pcsn.
b b
#
4

b
@
3
45
165
Pcsn.
44
Dr.
44
# #
Dr.
5
# 4
Dr.
5
4
n #
n
n
44
# n
@
@
#
# #
3
3
44
>

# # #
# # @
>
@
# j # .
@
.
-25-
b b
167
Pcsn.
T 3
3
3
>
>
>
n . @ # # n # # n b
n
dim.
3
3
Dr.
(time)
# n # n @
b
170
@ b @ @
b
3
Pcsn.
b ww@
b ww@
@
w
cymb. only
Dr.
time (cymbals)

p
hhat
e30
174
Pcsn.
Dr.
@
w
^ .
R
hhat
(tone)
j
o + o + o +

J
v
hhat
-26-
+
+
e31
178
Pcsn.
e32
ad lib.
>
@ j # # n # # #
f
unison
3
QQ Q
1'54"
6
5

sub.
v
3
Dr.
180
Pcsn.
cymb.

(time)
Dr.

octapad
.
..
J
(time)
3

+ +
.
e33
184
Pcsn.
>
(octa) ad lib.
Q Q Q
Q
Dr.
-27-
186
Pcsn.
+
+
Dr.
189
Pcsn.

>f
j
>
> >
>
time
U
>
>
@ @ . @
@
@
3
3
5
p
snare
Dr.
(time)
Uo
e34
191
Pcsn.
(sn)
>

@
j j
f
unison
Q Q Q
Q
Dr.
-28-
192
Pcsn.
tam tam l.v.
. r
Q Q Q
Q
Dr.
(time)
3
5
196
Pcsn.
b b ..
5
Dr.
&
(time)
leger.
#
#
p
()
199
Pcsn.
Dr.
#
#
& # #
( )
o + .
-29-
# # #
# # #
cresc.
time (sim)
()
201
Pcsn.
#
#
j
j
&
#
#
()
Dr.
gradually increase density/complexity (sim.)
()
204
loco
#

Pcsn. &
Dr.
206
Pcsn.
Dr.
j
#
b
J b
j
b
j
b
j
#
b b
b b
b b
n b b
b
3
# #
#
b b b
b
#
&
3
b
( )
6
time
-30-
208
&
Pcsn.

#
@J @
n #
#loco
#
@
Dr.
b
b
b b
f
fill
> .
>
>
>
# # #
> .
(rapid)
210
&
Pcsn.
212
Dr.
n .
fill
fill
>
b b
n b
&
# #
6
f
6
Pcsn.
Dr.
fill
-31-
e35
213
&
Pcsn.
Null
Dr.
11
11
e36
e37
lunga
cym.
214
U
U
Pcsn. & @J
e39
e38
out of tempo
octapads ad lib.
26"
QQ Q
lunga
U
3
>
>
Dr.
r
14 U
44
^ .
R
e40
a tempo
cresc.
r
1 U
44
4
out of tempo / w system
e41
218
Pcsn.
& 44
e42
(ad lib.)
11
11
14 R .
unison
Q Q Q
Q
5
5
Dr.
44
11
-32-
41 .

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b b b b b b b b b b b n b b b b b b b b > > . >

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* See Performance Notes

ad lib with track

sim add instruments

cresc poco a poco

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sim ad lib (vib solo)

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ad lib (very lightly)

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poco rit (ad lib)

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increase swells gradually

(press - open - press)

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> > # >

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out of tempo solo,

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free, ad lib. (cymbals only)

ad lib. freely, vigorously

Pennycook-Zappa/Black Page Tropes/Score

Pennycook-Zappa/Black Page Tropes/Score

Pennycook-Zappa/Black Page Tropes/Score

Pennycook-Zappa/Black Page Tropes/Score

Pennycook-Zappa/Black Page Tropes/Score

Pennycook-Zappa/Black Page Tropes/Score

tam tam l.v.

Pennycook-Zappa/Black Page Tropes/Score

gradually increase density/complexity (sim.)

Pennycook-Zappa/Black Page Tropes/Score

Pennycook-Zappa/Black Page Tropes/Score

out of tempo / w system

Pennycook-Zappa/Black Page Tropes/Score

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