George Frederick McKay · section 81 of 111

Project 26

In reduced scoring, invent some examples of chord contrasting with line. Use contrasting timbres in similar registers: e.g., string harmony, with cor anglais in a line cutting through it; or woodwinds in harmony, with a violin line cutting through (sounding in the same pitch locale).

The above example shows how dissonance can be absorbed and softened by contrast of timbre and contrast of chord and line. Try this out.