"Winterbranch," from 1964, is built around the theme of falling; in "Scramble," Cunningham experimented with open structure, allowing for a different sequence of phrases in each performance.
Song Types: a unique sequence of phrases that does not include consecutive trills and buzzes i.e. one or more buzzes are considered a single buzz and one or more trills are considered a single trill.
Obviously, a program written for this machine would consist of a sequence of these numerical phrases, and a long or even not so long program of this sort would be all but impossible for anyone except, perhaps, a trained mathematician to follow.
She does a sequence of immensely exciting phrases, then turns her head away and changes the rhythm: you hardly know whether this is a shy way of avoiding applause or her brisk need to address the next item on her agenda.
Obviously, a program written for this machine would consist of a sequence of these numerical phrases, and a long — or even not so long — program of this sort would be all but impossible for anyone except, perhaps, a trained mathematician to follow.
We have selected the syntax of double-object clauses like Hand the guard your pass (also called ditransitive clauses), in which the verb is immediately followed by a sequence of two noun phrases, the first typically denoting a recipient and the second something transferred.
The melodic line may have its points of special emphasis and it may be shaped with a rise and fall of volume, but essentially the notes must be "bound" and the line must preserve a certain integrity: it is a unit in the sequence of phrases which constitute the melody.
Song variants and song types are defined by the sequence of phrases that compose a song either with (song variants) or without the inclusion of consecutive trill and buzz repeats (song types, see Terminology in Materials and Methods).
Finally for each song recorded we assigned a song variant and song type based on its sequence of phrases.
In this case a "phrase" is a sequence of 4, 16, or 32 bars.
