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Interactive pattern ringing between Beijing and Calgary. 123! ! ! ! 213! ! ! ! 231! ! ! ! 321! ! ! ! 312! ! ! ! 132! ! ! ! 123! Part 1 - listen and settle into the beat. ! ! Begin with count: XxxXxx; stay on each change for 15-20 sec; player who began then ! ! ! interruptswith!fastnotes. Playthelastchangeonly8times,thenstop,andproceedtoPart2! ! (attacca).! ! Part 2 - pitch patterns. 2 cycles, play each change 8 times. ! ! Player 1 plays patterns of 3 pitches, Player 2 - 2 pitches, Player 1 - 1 pitch.! ! Player 1 begins with count XxxXxx, then continuous play. Play 2 accented pitches at the !! ! beginning of each cycle.! ! Part 3 - pitch patterns. 2 cycles, play each change 6 times. ! ! Player 1 plays 4 pitches, Player 2 plays 3 pitches, Player 1 plays 2 pitches.! ! Part 4 - pitch patterns, change pitches. 4 cycles, play each change 4 times.! ! Player 1 freely vary pitches.! ! Part 5 - pitch patterns, change pitches. 3 cycles, play each change 2 times.! ! Player 1 and 2 freely vary pitches.! ! Part 6 - all players freely vary pitches. 5 cycles, play each change once! ! ! Part 7 - continue, all players gradually move from many pitches to repeating patterns to just one note. ! Approx 8 cycles.! ! Part 8 - Player 1 plays on each beat, then player 2, then player 3. ! ! Each player then adds more pitches !2, 3, 4, 5. ! ! Part 9 - Player 1 then plays on every 1st beat, Player 2 on 2nd, Player 3 on 3rd. 123 ! ! Gradually reduce the !notes until just one pitch per player, ideally unison among all three ! ! players. Player 1 stops then others stop. End.!