D-F gliss:

G-A gliss:

A-Aup gliss:

Pitch graphic:

Vibrato Animation:

‘Touching the Ether’ audio excerpt:

‘Touching the Ether’ Video Tutorials:

N.B. These are initial trial pages and are under development

Finger Vibrato

This is a diagram of the flute illustrating the slight opening & closing of the G key used to give the pitch based vibrato used at certain points during the piece.  It is a different effect from timbral trills which are sometimes referred to as finger vibrato or bisbigliando technique; these are often used in both baroque style and contemporary works.  However this technique is without obvious precedent in a piece of western published flute repertoire; obscure examples may exist.