"Spectral immersions is a groundbreaking, multi-component, comprehensive research into the area of bass clarinet multiphoncs. This resource addresses all of the past problems that have arisen with multiphonic usage in composition and, by means of a complete investigation and reanalysis, has take a step towards correcting these problems and thus encouraged composers to regain lost confidence in this technique. This is a project that looks at and reanalyses past charts and their probles, analyses previously uncharted fingering combinations using up-to-date technology and commissions and records new works. The intention of this project is to have a final outcome which will mean that composer can successfully explore the use of multiphoncs in a variety of different ways in their music and also that both composers and performers will have an accurate publication to refer to and use in the future."--Back cover.

Includes accompanying computer disc with fingering diagrams and MP3 files of multiphonics; also includes audio disc with performances of 8 complete works for solo bass clarient employing multiphonics, plus excerpts from 4 additional works for bass clarinet and piano.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-233).