From: "Samuel J. Gravina" Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 09:50:57 -0400 Subject: Bending the piano
Douglas Tate wrote: >Pity the poor pianist who can only gnash teeth and play straight notes.
Pianist do bend notes. They do it by hitting two note simultaneously and releasing one of them quicker than the other (grace notes sort of). Blues players do this frequently and it has a very similar effect that bending does in harp.