From: "Samuel J. Gravina" Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 09:29:28 -0400 Subject: A long one note sustain
Beth Kohnen wrote: >I saw Annie Raines do a long one note sustain
I saw her do it and asked her how. It's all one breath at a very low flow rate. She didn't mention circular breathing so I don't think she was doing it. She turns the volumn up to make it sound as loud as it does. Her quote, "Let the technology work for you."
At the time I wote this about it to harp-l:
> She did something twice that surprised me in how well it worked. The >fist time she played a three note trill for 24 bars. She didn't changed it >a bit the entire time yet is sounded fantastic. Rishel must have been >doing something to make it move but I couldn't tell what. The crowd ate it >up. Then latter in another song she did the same thing but this time it >was a single note! One note with no variation at all for 24 bars. Again >the crowd went wild.
