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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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In the following bars the conflict is even greater, as the note relationships are closer - tones and semitones.
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The first two-bar phrase uses all twelve semitones except A.
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The last bar is full of counter-movement, both in semitones and thirds.
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The pitch shifter is particularly impressive, offering a full octave above or below in semitone steps.
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The remainder is a retrograde of the same series a semitone lower.
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You've got that constant semitone - that distended quality which is lovely.