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How is multifonico played?
Use the instrument-specific fingering, embouchure, air pressure, reed position or other method defined by the score to make more than one pitch component speak simultaneously. Woodwind multiphonics often depend on special fingerings and are not equally stable on every instrument or setup; brass split tones and voice-plus-instrument multiphonics use different physical processes. Sustain the effect for the notated duration or bracket rather than assuming an indefinite state. When exact pitches matter, the score should provide sounding notes, fingering or a chart instead of relying on the word alone.
How does multifonico sound?
Multiphonic sound with several simultaneous notes.
In context
Technical sources define a multiphonic as multiple apparent fundamentals or pitches sounding together on a normally monophonic instrument, with Yamaha demonstrating the role of special oboe fingerings and UC San Diego research distinguishing woodwind multiphonics from brass split tones. Score notation is not standardized: George Lewis’s Hexis locally defines M, multi and multiph, while other works use pitches, fingering diagrams or symbols. None of those legend-bound forms establishes a general abbreviation for the Italian headword multifonico.