Re: Long notes for Piccolo?

In article <HuqdnRSZZuBHSkbeRVn-qw@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Alabaster <noemail@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>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?

Get a player to play a violin harmonic for you--- you may find that
it's so close in sound to a piccolo that it does the job.


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