Multiple Voice Glissando

It is possible to glissando, within certain parameters, each voice of a chord.

• If performed in the lower position on adjacent strings then the glissando may take place within the range of a fifth. This can be incrementally expanded to a tenth in the highest register.
  
  
• If the thumb is used in the lower position then the lowest interval can be expanded to a 6th. 
  
  

See double stops for a list of possible intervals as they relate to hand position.

It is also possible to glissando multiple voices if hammer-on's are used in both hands.

Dynamic Range:
Difficulty: 1-5

Iannis Xenakis ​Theraps​ (1976)

Related Techniques

Repertoire
Barry Guy Statements II
Stefano Scodanibbio Sei Studi
Iannis Xenakis Theraps (1976)

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