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Figure 1a: m. 5—timbral trill with pitch bend

Figure 1b: m. 31–33—pitch gliss. with timbral trill

Figure 1c: mm. 35–37—flutter tonguing

Figure 1d: mm. 70–71—multiphonics

Figure 2: Annotated score of Icicle (1977) showing versions 1 and 2 of the icicle motive with its coloured trill technique, audible in Audio Example 2.

Figure 3: Icicle mm. 31­–37 with annotations, visualizing Audio Example 3.

Figure 4: Annotated spectrogram of Audio Example 4 (Icicle motive 1)

Figure 5: Annotated spectrogram of Audio Example 5 (Icicle motive 2)

Figure 6: Annotated spectrogram of icicle motive 1 played with normal flute technique (closed thumb key, Audio Example 6). Compare with Figure 4.

Figure 7: Annotated spectrogram of icicle motive 2 played with standard flute technique (closed thumb key, Audio example 7). Compare with Figure 5.

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