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Events 1 and 2, durations
These initial events (labeled above in Figure 3.10) clearly relate to one another. In
durations, they both present subdivisions which proceed short-short-long. Event 1 begins
at 34.0", peaks with an attack at 34.4", and has a final element at 34.9-36.1", yielding
durations of .4, .5, and 1.2". Event 2 begins at 36.4", has its highest attack at 36.8", and
has its final glissing element from 37.4-38.4", yielding subdivisions of .4, .6, and
1.0"–durations closely parallel to the first event’s.
Events 1 and 2, Register and Sonic Material (level/oblique)
This parallel is made stronger by the use of register. These events have identical
registral contours, their subdivisions being ordered middle, high, low in each case. The
long, low, final element of each contour also displays oblique motion–slight motion in the
first event echoed by a more distinct upwards gliss in the second–an observation which
aids their perception as parallel. Furthermore, this contour (in register) matches the
paradigm of the first two events within A, which rise but are then punctuated with low
impulses, although this happens in a greatly diminished time frame. The contour in
duration, however, ends with the longest element and is thus a reversal of Region A.
These initial two events then contrast with the continuation of the region, in which no such
trends are found.
Continuation of Region D
At the point when Region C has ends, a change occurs in Region D. It is at this
point that the register becomes more scattered. The continuation of D abruptly increases
the region’s attack density, as well, since it lacks the longer durations of the opening two
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