Re: Long notes for Piccolo?

Thanks again for the advice, everyone. Perhaps some context would help. This is the effect I'm going for, realized with samples. This is Piccolo, Flute, Clarinet, and Oboe + percussion, harp, and strings. It's the piccolo and flute parts I'm most concerned about.

http://tinyurl.com/bqnkb - Streaming
http://tinyurl.com/7rdln - download mp3

If this is not possible, what can I do to approximate it? A violin harmonic isn't the sound I'm looking for. Maybe if I double the flutes and have them stagger breathing as seamlessly as possible? Any thoughts?

thanks,
chris.


Alabaster wrote:
Is it realistic to ask a piccolo player to hold a D (written 3 spaces above the staff, sounding 8va) for 16 seconds (on one breath)?

Is it possible to start this note at pp, and slowly crescendo to mf or f? I'm looking to create a "fade-in" effect, with the piccolo slowly emerging over a sustained string ensemble. I'd like the attack to be inaudible, or at least hidden behind the sustained strings.

Same questions for a flute, playing high B (5 lines above the staff).

Thanks,
chris.

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