(Resources/Texture continued)
- Mute on and off (violin)
- Rapid contrasts of articulation and dynamics (all instruments)
- Spread chords in both directions (piano)
- Webern frequently uses isolated notes or points of sound, hence the term 'pointillism'
- He uses Klangfarbenmelodie (sound-colour-melody) with the melody line split between instruments. For example, compare the original statement of the prime order in bars 6-10, which is entirely on tenor saxophone, with its restatement starting at bar 28:
- 28: clarinet C#-E
- 29-30: violin F-D; clarinet D#-B
- 30-31: tenor sax Bb-A-G#
- 32: violin F#-C-G
- The texture can also be described as contrapuntal with mirror canons
- The texture intensifies at the climax in the development with more overlapping of parts
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