Re: Tune at the beginning of "Territory"

On Wed, 13 Mar 2024 15:09:04 -0500, Michael F. Stemper wrote:

"Territory"[1] is a short story or novellette by Poul Anderson.
 
I have it in the collection _Trader to the Stars_. At the beginning,
there is written a short musical passage: two dotted whole notes, four
slurred 32-nd notes, followed by two more dotted whole notes.
 
Does anybody here know what this tune is? I think that it is actually
relevant to the story, since the 32-nd notes are marked "gliss." and the
word "glissandos" is used on the same page (fifth paragraph).
 
I realize that my description isn't enough to identify the tune,
but if somebody musically inclined has a copy of "Territory", they could
look at it and play it on a piano or violin or something. If they wanted
to do so.
 
[1] <https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?55406>

Those are not "dotted" whole notes in the common meaning of the term,
i.e. extending the duration by a half. That's when the dot is to
the right of the note. I can't recall what a dot in a semicircle
means.