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Show 61 means of production apply to every singer. The descriptive words will change the presentation of the production types according to the "emotional code" of the performer, as instructed by Berio, and the notes and speed that are sung will change, but the production types themselves are specifically described, and are, for the most part, inflexible. We have seen how Berio introduces his materials throughout Sequenza III and how those materials are used in specific sections. The_ next portion of this analysis will look in some detail at how those materials are employed after the Introduction, and how their use supports the sectional form suggested earlier. The first Statement section (starting just before l' 50") contains the first appearances of production types E, F, and G. At the section's beginning, a long string of coherent text is introduced for the first time. "Give me a few words for a woman," like almost all presentations of discernable text, is sung on production type D. Calling this moment "production type D" and leaving it alone would not sufficiently describe the depth of nuance contained within this passage. Within type D, Berio changes how the phrase is sung with every note (see Example 13). For example, the section begins with humming, and after the two plainly sung initial words, humming begins again before scooping to "a," which is to be sung in a breathy tone, before a grace note to "few" and a scoop on "words" where a hand mute is to be used. This one fragment of text effectively uses four ornamental notes and three different colors. The rest of the line, "for a wo-man," continues this trend of varying how the notes are sung with mouth tapping and more humming. |
