GAMUT – the total fixed collection of single notes, intervals, chords and aggregates which constitute the MATERIAL of a composition. Selection from the elements of the gamut to create melodies, harmonies, or passagework can be made by the composer or the performer. Six Melodies is a “re-cycling” of fragments left over from the composer’s String Quartet in Four Parts, which employs a fairly extensive gamut (distributed here between the piano and violin).  In Two⁶, Cage offers a stack of eight pitches to the violinist, inviting the player to select and sustain any two to occupy any of several TIME BRACKETS, and offers long ASCENDING sequences of pitches for the pianist to excerpt.  The smaller, MODAL gamut of Eight Whiskus insures the music's folk song-like character.  The gamut for One^lO consists of all possible natural harmonics on the violin, giving the piece both a modal and a MICROTONAL flavor.