A!Multiphonic!Reappraisal!and!the!Alto!Saxophone!Concerto!Radial – Free Saxophone E-books Download

This! dissertation! analyzes! the! original! composition! Radial,! which! is! scored! for! alto!
saxophone!solo,!small!orchestra!and!live!electronics. Multiphonics!are!a!common!feature!on
the aural!surface!of!Radial.!This!analysis!will!show!that!alto!saxophone!multiphonics!are!also!
a!primary!structural!element!in! the!work,!hierarchically!organizing! the! timbres,!harmonies,!
instrumental!interactions and!largeTscale!form!of!the!score.!Interestingly, no!source!suggests!
how! multiphonics! can! be! an! independent! organizational! force.! Numerous! book! length!
multiphonic!catalogues!for!diverse!instruments!give!fingerings!for!these!sounds!and!describe!
them! as! harmonies! so! that! they! can! be! fitted! into! harmonic! contexts,! and! a! small! but!
significant! scientific! literature! on!multiphonics! discusses! the! acoustic! principles! underlying!
these! sounds,! but! no! document! considers! their! independent! structural! potential.! After!
providing!a!general!account!of!multiphonics!and!their!relation!to!harmonic!and!inharmonic!
sounds,! this! dissertation will! propose! an! answer! to! that! problem! by! drawing! together!
concepts! from!American!experimental!music,!spectralism!and!cognitive!music! theory,!with
Radial reviewed as!an!example!of!this!method!in!action.!Historical!issues!and!a!broad!range!
of!implications!for!this!research!will!also!be!discussed.