In places where "gestopft" (stopped) is indicated for longer stretches, a small metal mute which produces the same timbre may be used (see bars 471 - 596).

TRUMPETS

In the trumpet section, Tp. 1 should be the best, Tp. 3 the second best.

Notation for the wawa mutes by means of circles over the notes:

vowel timbre

tube openclosed with fingers.

If the closed position        is too soft in , the fingers should be spread open slightly.

   and gradual transition,
open quickly with an accent and close again.

TROMBONES

The 3rd trombonist should actually change between tenor trombone with F attachment and bass trombone. However, until now musicians have been unwilling to do this, and the entire part of the 3rd trombone has been played on a bass trombone. Then, of course, sections which have high G become heavy and too loud. Thus, it would be better to find a trombonist who can change instruments.

The trombones should play as "dolce ", i. e. not brassy; the conductor will indicate any exceptions.

For the wawa mutes, the same notation is used as for the trumpets.

TUBA

The sousaphone attachment ( called a recording bell or also front bell ) which is screwed onto the bore of a normal tuba is not found everywhere and is not willingly used everywhere. The symphony orchestra of the Südwestfunk, Baden- Baden, has one. This sousaphone bell should, especially at bar 157 and bars 820-830, aid in producing a shattered, brassy sound similar to that of a loud bass trombone. In loud sections it should project the sound directly into the hall.

With an E-flat tuba without a sousaphone bell, the tuba player of the BBC Symphony Orchestra was able to arrive at almost the same brassy effect.

A tuba player at NOS-Radio Hilversum played a C tuba (Kaiser tuba).
He could produce a brassy sound during these sections, without a sousaphone attachment, but bars 820-823 sounded too muffled, and, especially in the high range, this tuba was too loud.
Thus, if possible, this large tuba should not be used, and the desired sousaphone bell should be obtained.
A sousaphone should not be used.

Tubas with recording bell can be ordered from the manufacturers Alexander in Mainz.
(4 F tubas with recording bell exist in the Staatskapelle Bühl.)

Sousaphone bells inserted into the normal tuba bell change the intonation of the instrument, and this is difficult to rectify; those which are screwed on should therefore be used.

Small Instrumentation

INORI can also be performed by a small orchestra of 33 musicians, when the instruments are amplified using microphones.

As previously explained, the same score is used for the Small Instrumentation as for the large. Instrument numbers and instructions in [     ] apply to the Small Instrumentation (see Vln. I and II in the score). However, the individual performance parts are different, and they must be studied by the conductor.

The corresponding instruments from the Large Instrumentation are given beside the following list of instruments for the Small Instrumentation.

The Instructions Concerning the Instruments in the chapter Large Instrumentation also apply to the Small Instrumentation.