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Patricia Gray
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Abstract
This module contains video, scores, and text related to extended techniques for ute in contemporary
literature.
John McMurtery Website 1
1 Microtones Ex. 1
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2 Microtones Ex. 2
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composer will use these timbral dierences to underscore musical ideas. For example, Brian Ferneyhough's
eective use of quarter tones and other microtones creates this haunting passage from his Carceri d'Invenzione
IIb (The Dungeons of Invention).
3 Hollow Tones
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Figure 1
Hollow tones are notes of decreased resonance, produced by special ngerings. They work best in soft
dynamics, in the rst octave of the ute, and yield a tone color akin to that of primitive instruments. Because
hollow-tone ngerings are quite complex, producing a very special sonority, the eect works beautifully in
soft, sustained passages. The following excerpt from Taylor's Voices in the Night illustrates a successful use
of hollow tones (notated H.T.).
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