Re: Long notes for Piccolo?

Matthew Fields wrote: 
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.



But does a solo violin harmonic have the dynamic versatility to crescendo through the ensemble and balance out with a clarinet and/or oboe in unison?
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