Re: The buzz

From: Philip Gelb (phil@philipgelb.com)
Date: Mon Mar 25 2002 - 23:11:10 PST

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>Is there a Japanese name (and translation) for the little high-pitched
>buzzing sounds that heckle my Ro, especially while I'm warming up?
>
> Has anyone cultivated these squeaks into music?

various extended techniques such as whistel tones, split tones,
multiphonics, etc are a large part of the vocabulary of much post WW2
composition and improvisation.

phil

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