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Description of "Vocal Etude" It is a piece composed by Nicola Monopoli. Vocal Etude is an etude on the voice which is probably the best instrument of the world. The voice could be the voice of a child, the voice of a girl, the voice of the people we hear every day or also the inner voice. This etude is a "Ricercare" on the voice.

Subvocalization, or silent speech, is defined as the internal speech made when reading a word, thus allowing the reader to imagine the sound of the word as it is read. Is possible to associate subvocalization with moving one's lips, but most subvocalization is undetectable even by the person doing the subvocalizing. Subvocalization usually occurs during the stream of consciousness. According to Chomsky's theories about a `universal grammar' is possible to say that there are things that have the same meaning for every human. These things are before the word, just like subvocalization. When I showed this work in various concerts people usually received the same message, the same impression, the same meaning from this quite `abstract' multimedia piece, maybe it is connected to a universal idea, before the words. The piece is divided into two movements. Andante Sostenuto is `the road to the stream of consciousness'. Con Fuoco -- Presto Agitato is the second movement. Con Fuoco is the inner monologue during the stream of consciousness and the final part, Presto Agitato, is the Epiphany, a moment of spiritual revelation. This piece deals with a very primitive, pre-speech, level.