Chapters
Pitch control
Positions changes
Vibrato
Senza vibrato - 0:01:33 - 0:01:47
Poco vibrato - 0:01:46 - 0:02:00
Vibrato normal - 0:02:00 - 0:02:14
Vibrato molto - 0:02:14 - 0:02:28
Double stops and chords
Ligeti Sonate pour alto seul III Facsar - 0:03:35 - 0:04:48
Pitch space
Xenakis Embellie bar 5-6 - 0:05:24 - 0:05:38
No frets: ideal for microtones
Grisey Prologue - 0:05:44 - 0:06:44
Microtonal systems
Beating and combination tones
Two notes at the same time : steady beating
Same with fifths and octaves
Tartini tone : when the beating speeds up
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Jean Sébastien BACH, Sonates et Partitas pour violon, 1720.

Niccolò PAGANINI, Caprices, 1817.

György LIGETI, Sonate pour alto solo, III Fascar, Ed. Schott, Mayence, 1994.
Luciano BERIO, Sequenza VI, Universal Edition, 1967. 
Iannis XENAKIS, Embellie, Ed. Salabert, 1981.
Gérard GRISEY, Prologue pour alto solo, Ed. Ricordi, Milan, 1976.
Horatiu RADULESCU, Das Andere, Lucerio Print, 1984.