“Clipping” is based on the phenomenon of the same name where if a parameter is taken to an extreme that a device was not built to facilitate, information is lost. In audio, this is commonly heard when too much gain is added to a signal, resulting in a distorted sound. Throughout “Clipping” the performer is asked to play at the extreme ends of their instrument whether that be through pitch, dynamics, tempo, etc. The decoupling techniques played by the performer also create the effect of losing information. Harmonic glisses obscure pitch information; detached rhythms in the mouth obscure rhythmic information in the fingers; singing into the instrument while blowing create interference between the sung and blown pitches. The performer is invited to accentuate the contradictions in the gestures they are asked to play and embrace the complexities of the resulting sounds.