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Multiple
Sonorities
MULTIPHONIC SEQUENCES
Multiphonic sequences can work well as long as sufficient time is provided to al-
low the sonorities to sound. Extremely fast changes should be considered as essen-
tially nonidiomatic. The Plain example (3.10) mixes types 1, 2, and 4 from the
above categories.
MULTIPHONIC TRILLS
AND TREMOLOS
There are literally hundreds of possibilities for trills, tremolos, and key vibratos
with multiphonic sonorities. The Heininen example (3.11) illustrates a quarter
tone trill which begins with the fundamental alone, moves to the full sonority,
drops out the fundamental, and ends as it began. The last event is a normally fin-
Example 3.10: Gerald Plain, Showers of Blessings for Clarinet,
and Tape (1370).
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