Ben Johnston: String Quartet No. 8, 3rd movement: Relation of the 2nd violin to the drone

The second violin constantly circles around the f-ʹ, the major third of the drone. Accordingly, the harmonic references to the drone are more frequent than in the first violin.第二小提琴始终围绕f-ʹ——这一持续音的大三度音程——持续循环演奏。据此，相较于第一小提琴声部，指向该持续音的和声引用频次更高。