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Noun is my late-born ode to guitar, to the partly lost love of my youth, (I was to become guitarist, but after I had drifted onto the path of a composer, I have shared my affection within a wider territory.) The subtitle of this composition, which in fact is more essential than the title itself, links the work to the tradition of handiwork and thereby to the hands themselves, the traditional roles of which Noun calls into question from time to time. On the other hand I refer in the work to the instrumental idiom, to the guitar with its frets and, as far as the expression and the difficulties of expression are concerned, to the maximization of the efficiency of their relation. Noun speaks the language of a concert guitar linking occasional reflections of rock and flamenco to its vocabulary. In its faintest parts the composition explores dynamically shady areas of the quitar and in its noisiest parts the possibilities of the guitar as a percussion instrument. The closing phrase links itself to the beginning of the work creating a compact and concise circle.© Harri Suilamo, 1991Noun on myöhään sepitetty oodi kitaralle, soittain menetetylle nuoruudenrakkaudelleni. (Minusta piti tulla kitaristi, mutta ajauduttuani säveltäjän tielle olen luonnollisesti jakanut kiintymystäni laajemmalla reviirillä.) Sävellyksen alaotsikko, niemä oleellisempi, liittää teoksen käsityön traditioon ja sitä kautta käsiin, joiden totunnaiset roolit Noun aika ajoin kyseenalaistaa. Toisaalta viittaan soitinidiomatiaan, kitaraan nauhoineen, sen hyötysuhteen maksimointiin, mitä tulee sanomiseen ja sanomisen vaikeuteen. Noun puhuu konserttikitaristin kieltä, mutta liittää sanastoonsa välähdyksenomaisina heijastumina myös rockin ja flamencon eleitä. Vaimeimmillaan teos kartoittaa kitaran dynaamisia katvelaueita, meluisimmillaan sen perkussionistisia mahdollisuuksia. Loppurepliikki kytkee itsensä alkuun - syntyy suppea, tiivis kehä.© Harri Suilamo, 1991

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Abbreviation	Instrument
Woodwind
acl	alto clarinet
afl	alto flute
arec	alto recorder
asax	alto saxophone
barsax	baritone saxophone
barhn	baritone horn
bcl	bass clarinet
bfl	bass flute
bob	bass oboe
bsax	bass saxophone
bsn	bassoon
cbsn	contrabassoon
cl	clarinet
ehn	English horn
fl	flute
hn	French horn
ob	oboe
pic	piccolo
rec	recorder
sax	saxophone
srec	soprano recorder
ssax	soprano saxophone
trec	tenor recorder
tsax	tenor saxophone
Brass
ahn	alto horn
atrb	altotrombone
barhn	baritone horn
btrb	bass trombone
cornet	cornet
euph	euphonium
fhn	flugelhorn
hn	French horn
tba	tuuba
thn	tenor horn
trb	trombone
trp	trumpet
Percussion
dr	drums
glock	glockenspiel
mar	marimba
perc	percussion
timp	timpani
vibr	vibraphone
xyl	xylophone
Strings
db	double bass
gamba	viola da gamba
str	strings
vla	viola
vlc	cello
vln	violin
Other
acc	accordion
cel	celesta
cemb	harpsichord
chords	chords
elbas	electric bass
elg	electric guitar
elorg	electric organ
elpno	electric piano
guit	guitar
harm	harmonium
hca	harmonica
hp	harp
instr	instrument
kantele	kantele
keyb	keyboard
live electr	live electronics
mand	mandolin
mel	melody
org	organ
pno	piano
synth	synthesizer
tape	tape
Vocal
alto	alto
baryt	baritone
basso	bass voice
ch	choir
chc	childrens choir
chf	female choir
chm	male choir
chx	mixed choir
cten	countertenor
mezzo	mezzo-soprano
sopr	soprano
speaker	speaker
ten	tenor
voc	vocal

Symphony orchestra
2222 4331 11 1, str = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons, 4 French horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, tuba, timpani, one other percussionist, harp and strings
Wind band
2252 3 423 21212 3 = 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 5 clarinets, 2 bassoons - 3 saxophones - 4 French horns, 2 trumpets, 3 trombones - 2 cornets, alto horn, 2 tenor horns, baritone horn, 2 tubas - 3 percussionists
Big band
221 4 4, pno, guit, db, dr = 2 alto saxophones, 2 tenor saxophones, baritone saxophone, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, piano, guitar, double bass, drums
Additional codes
+	fl+pic = flutist doubles on piccolo
/	pno/org = can be played on either piano or organ
lib	ad libitum
obl	obligato
str	str: 65432 = specified number of string players
str min	str min: 65432 = at least 65432
str max	str max: 65432 = not more than 65432
solo	vln solo = violin is the solo instrument in a work not obviously for solo violin

Noun - a fretwork circle