Lawrence Dinh

LUNGS
for accordions, horns and tuba

score in c
Lawrence Dinh

LUNGS

instrumentation
2 piano accordions (with Stradella bass system)
2 horns in F
1 tuba

duration
c. 5 minutes 40 seconds

Breathe. Take a deep breath.

Lungs explores the sounds of air making its way through vents, bellows, and tubes. Each
accordion alongside the brass section largely act as three separate forces throughout the work,
contrasting the timbre of air vibrating reeds within the accordions with air resonating through
the horns and tuba. This slow-moving piece navigates through sustained cluster chords that
fade into and out of each other from different areas of the stage, growing and building towards
a climax of sudden clarity with exposed diatonic triads.
stage plan
Stage plan for performance at the Cosmo Rodewald Concert Hall.
Stage to be set up as below, with all starting positions. Positions 1, 2 and 3 for Accordions I &
II are outlined.

Tba.
Hn. I Hn. II

3 stage 3
2 2
Conductor

audience

1 Accord. I Accord. II 1
performance notes
The conductor, horn and tuba players are to all sync stopwatches at the start of the piece, with
players then following the stopwatch alongside the timecodes written in the parts. The
accordion players are to follow the conductor.
The accordion players are to follow the directions where required, moving from positions as
stated in the parts and score and as shown in the stage plan. If playing from music, place each
page of the accordion part on stands in their respective positions around the stage.

notation
Bars are equal to 10 seconds, with timecodes above the
staff. Key entries are further indicated with specific
timecodes. The duration of long gestures is indicated
with the number of seconds and a horizontal bracket.

accordion parts

symbols indicating RH reed register switches to be used

indication of bellow movement (out / in)

cross noteheads indicate pitchless notes with the use of the air button

vibrato

bellow shakes
(number of tremolo lines indicate speed)

indication of LH fixed-chord buttons

(M = major / m = minor / d = diminished 7th / 7 = dominant 7th)

horns and tuba parts

triangular noteheads indicate pitchless inhales / exhales through the

instrument (up = inhale / down = exhale)

cross noteheads indicate pitchless percussive sounds made by tonguing

while exhaling

slow pitch bending

 LUNGS
Lawrence Dinh

Extremely slow q = 60 ( barlines = 10" )

0:00 0:10 0:20
starting at position 1
¸™ 10" 10" 8" 10"
(0:28)
10
& 4 bbW Ú b˙˙˙
WW #W
WW
Accordion I o ppp o o pp o o
? 10 ∑ ∑ ∑
{ 4

starting at position 1
¸™ 10" 9" 10" 7"
(0:19)
10
& 4 bW Ú Œ Œ
WW # œœœ W
WW œœœ
Accordion II o ppp o o pp o
? 10 ∑ ∑ ∑
{ 4

° 10
Horn I &4 ∑ ∑ ∑

Horn II
10
&4 ∑ ∑ ∑

? 10 ∑ ∑ ∑
Tuba ¢ 4

0:30 0:40

4 6" 10"
(0:44)
Ó ∑
Accord. I { & <b>W
WW bbw
ww
w w ™™™
w™
p o
o mp

10" 5"
(0:36)
∑™ ∑
Accord. II {& bw
bbn ww
ww ww ™™™™
w
ww
o p o

0:50 1:00 1:10

6 4" 10" 2" 10"

(0:58)
W W
bWW W
& <b><b>ww ∑ n#˙˙œ˙˙ WW
W Ó W
ww
ww W
o o f o o fff
Accord. I

?
{ ∑ ∑
nb ˙˙ WW
Ó
WW
W

10" 3" 10" 2"

(0:51) (1:04) (1:16)
ww b˙ w
& Œ bbœœœ W
WW œœœœ Ó™ #n w
ww ™™™ ww
ww Ó
œœ WW œ ww
## w
ww
o mf o o ff o f fff
Accord. II

?
{ Œ œœ WW œœ Ó™ ww ™™™
##w w
ww
Ó
#w
w
2

1:20 1:30 1:40

Accord. I
? ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó
{ ˙- W
p o

Accord. II
? ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó
{ ˙- W
p o

° invert mouthpiece
Hn. I & #w- n˙ ˙ ∑
#˙ #W
-
mp p mp p

invert mouthpiece
Hn. II & ∑
# w- ˙ #˙ n˙ #W
-
mp p mp p

16"

Tba.
? w- ∑ Ó Ó Œ
(1:33)
Ó
(1:42)
! _ !
¢ w- ™™
mp p mp mf mf

1:50 2:00 2:10

20"
like deep breaths, each time decreasing in length & increasingly
frequent, stagger with Accord. II, slowly move to position 2 M
12 ¸™™ at position 2 M
b˙>˙ œœ
vib.

Accord. I {
? >≥¿ Y≤ ∑ Œ Ó
fp o
p f p

20"
like deep breaths, each time decreasing in length & increasingly
frequent, stagger with Accord. II, slowly move to position 2
¸™™ at position 2
Accord. II
? >≥¿ Y≤ ∑
{
p f p

(1:55) (2:05) (2:17)

° ∑ Œ _ ¿¿¿¿¿Ó _ ¿¿¿¿¿Ó - ¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿Œ - _ ¿ ¿¿¿¿Œ Ó Œ - ¿¿¿¿¿ Œ
Hn. I &
pp mf

(1:55) (2:05) (2:17)

Hn. II & ∑ Œ ‰ _ ¿¿¿¿¿ ‰ Œ ‰ _ ¿¿¿¿¿‰ Œ ‰ - ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿‰ Œ _™ ¿¿¿¿¿Ó Œ -™ ¿¿¿¿¿‰
pp mf

14"

Tba.
? _ ¿ ¿ ¿¿ ¿ ¿¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿¿¿ ¿ ¿ Ó ∑™
¢
f mp W
pp bend pitch slowly
 3

2:20 M 2:30 m 2:40 M

15
M
b˙>˙ vib. M
> vib. m vib.
? ∑ Ó
œœ
Œ ∑ b œœ ˙˙ ™™ Ó ∑
b>œ ˙ ™
œ ˙™ Ó
Accord. I {
fp o fp o fp o

M M m
M
M vib. M vib. > vib.
Accord. II
? bn˙>˙ œœ Œ Ó ∑ #˙>˙ œœ Œ Ó ∑ bœœ ˙˙™™ ∑ Ó
{
fp o fp o fp o

(2:22) revert mouthpiece (2:37) (2:47)

°
Hn. I & Ó - ¿¿¿¿¿Ó ∑ ∑ Ó Œ ∑ Ó Œ ˙™
˙™
- -
p p mp

(2:22) revert mouthpiece (2:37) (2:47)

Hn. II & Ó -™ ¿¿¿¿¿‰ Œ ∑ ∑ Ó Œ ∑ Ó Œ
p b ˙- ™ b ˙- ™
p mp

(2:24)
Tba.
? ∑ ¿ ¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿Ó ∑
¢
˙ W
mp f p sub. bend pitch slowly

2:50 3:00

m
M m
M vib. M
nœ>œœ
18
˙˙˙™™™ M vib.
? ™ bœ>œœ ˙˙˙ ™™™
Accord. I { Ó Œ Ó Ó Œ Œ Ó
fp mp fp mf

m m m
M M M
M vib. M vib. M vib.
? œ>œœ bœ>œœ ˙˙˙ ™™™ b >œ ˙˙˙™™™
Accord. II {
˙˙˙™™™ Ó ∑ Œ b œœ Œ
fp p fp mp fp mf

° ∑ ∑ Œ ∑ Œ
Hn. I & bœ œ n˙ ™ bœ
> >
mp fp

Hn. II & ∑ ∑ Œ ∑ Œ
bœ
bœ œ n˙ ™
> >
mp fp

(2:58) (3:02)
?
¢ ∑
Tba. ∑ ˙ ˙ ∑
bw
mp
 3:10 3:20
4 vib. (B.S)
20
æ
& ∑ Œ ˙˙ ™™ ##˙˙˙˙˙ ˙˙˙˙˙ Œ œœ ##˙˙˙˙˙ ™™™ Œ Ó

Accord. I mp m f mf f
d
d
? ∑ #˙˙˙ ˙˙˙ #˙˙˙ ™™™
{ ∑ Ó æ Œ Ó

vib. (B.S)
æ æ
& ∑ bb˙˙ œœœœ
œ
˙˙˙˙ ™™
˙ ™
Œ bbœœ ww
w
ww œœœœœ Œ Ó
M
Accord. II mp d f mf f
d
œ ˙™ w œ
? ∑ œœ ˙˙ ™™ ww œœ
{ Ó Ó
æ æ
Œ Ó

(3:27)
° ∑ ∑ Ó Œ b˙
Hn. I & <b>œ nœ bw #>œ
mf fp

(3:27)
Hn. II & <b>œ ∑ ∑ Ó Œ b˙
nœ bw nœ
mf >
fp

(3:14) (3:26)
Tba.
? ∑ Ó
¢ bw w™ w
mf f

3:30 3:40 3:50

™™™ 20"
22
æ ¸ æ åå.
æ æ
& Œ œœ b˙˙˙˙ ‰ œœj ˙˙˙˙ ‰ œœj œœæœœ Œ åœæ
M increasingly frequent fast bellow shake
Accord. I f M ff gestures, with rising clusters in RH,
m slowly move to position 3
d åå
{ ? Ó bb˙˙˙˙ Œ ˙˙˙˙ Œ œœœœ Œ œ
æ æ æ æ
fff

™™™ 20"
¸ æ åå
.
& Ó æ
bœœ ˙˙
‰ œj ˙æ
œ˙
‰ œj œæ
œœ åœæ
M increasingly frequent fast bellow shake
f M ff gestures, with rising clusters in RH,
Accord. II
m slowly move to position 3
d åå
˙ ˙ œ
? Ó Œ ˙˙æ˙ Œ ˙˙æ˙ Œ œœæœ œ
{ ææ
fff

(3:55)
° ∑ Ó >˙ Œ
Hn. I & w #>˙ œ
> b>˙
f >œ n>˙ >œ >œ #>œ' #>œ n>œ œ # œ ˙
> > >
f ff
(3:55)
Hn. II & w ∑ Ó ‰˙ j j Œ
> >˙ b>œ >œ b>˙ œ™
>
œ
> b >œ >œ >˙ b >œ œ n œ b ˙
f > > >
f ff
(3:32) (3:43) (3:55)
Tba.
? ∑ Ó Œ Œ
¢ ˙ bw
b w ™™ bw >œ >œ b >œ >˙
mf bend pitch slowly f ff
 4:00 4:10 4:20 4:30
™ vib.
5
¸-˙at™ position 3 ˙
25 vib.
œœœ ##-˙˙˙
>™
bbw
w™™™
™
œœ nn#œœœ # ˙˙˙ w ™™
w #œœœ # ˙˙˙ œœœ w
w w
Accord. I { &
˙˙™™ ##œœœ ˙˙ Œ œ
w w ™™ nnœœœnbn˙˙˙ bb>œœœ
pp sub. mp o mf f p f mf f

™
¸ at position 3 vib. vib.
™
vib.
#˙˙ ™™™ œœœ nbb˙˙˙ œœ Œ # n-˙˙ œœ bnœœœ #n#˙˙˙ w
w œœœ nœœœ ˙˙˙ bw
w ™™
w b>˙ ˙˙ b b>˙˙ ™™ n nœœn#˙˙ >œ
Accord. II { & ## ˙ œ n˙ œ w b ˙˙ ˙ b ˙™ # œ ˙ nœœ Œ
-
pp sub. mp o mf f p f

(4:26)
°
Hn. I & j‰ Ó j‰ Œ j‰ Œ Ó j ‰ Œ œj ‰ Ó #w- Ó ∑ Ó bw w ∑ Ó
œ #œ œ # œ >' pp p pp
>' >' >' >'
fff mf ff f fff mp p

(4:26)
Hn. II & j‰ Ó j‰ Œ j‰ Œ Ó j‰ Œ j‰ Ó Ó ∑ Ó ∑ Ó
#œ œ w- w w
œ œ œ >' pp p pp
>' '> >' >'
fff mf ff f fff mp p

>Æ > > (4:27)

Tba.
? #œj ‰ Ó œ ‰ Œ bœÆ ‰ Œ Ó j j
œ ‰ Œ bœ ‰ Ó nœÆ ‰ Œ ∑ ∑ Ó Œ b˙ ™ w™ Ó Ó
¢ J J J
>' >' >' pp p pp
fff mf ff f fff f

=
4:40 4:50 5:00 5:10

29 2" 3" 2" 5" 2" 7" 2" 9"

-˙ ™™ (4:47) (4:54) (5:03)
& Ó ˙ Ó #-˙˙ ™™ #˙˙ Ó w- ™™
bw œœ Ó œœ #w ™ ˙˙˙ ∑ ∑
o o - ww ™™ o
mp sub. p pp
Accord. I

?
≥ ≤ ≥ ≤ >≥
{ ∑ ∑ ∑ Ó Œ ¿ Y
p
¿ Y ¿

2" 2" 4" 2" 6" 2" 8" 2" 10"

-˙ (4:44) (4:58) (5:08)
& #˙ Ó w-
##w Ó
w- ™™
#w Ó #˙˙- w ™™
w Ó Ó
˙˙- bW
WW
mp sub. o p o p o pp o
Accord. II

? ≥
{ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ ∑ Œ ¿
p

°?
Tba. ∑ 1 _ 1 _ 1 _ 1 _ ! _ ! _
¢
p f

=
5:20 5:30

33
≤ ≥ ≤ ≥ ≤
U
Accord. I
? ¿ Y™ Y Y Y Y
{
mf ppp

≤
? Y≤
≥ ≤ >≥Y ≤ ≥ U
Accord. II ¿ Y Y™ Y Y
{
mf ppp

°? _ U
Tba. ! _™ ! _
¢
ppp