On 3/12/2010 10:55 AM, Aaron Rabushka wrote:
IIRC Ligeti calls on his brass players in Atmosphères to blow air
through the instruments without any definite pitch or characteristic
brass instrument sound. Does anyone here know of others who have done
this, and what the limits are? (You'd think having been a brass player
I'd know this, but nothing comes to mind at the moment.)

Aaron J. Rabushka
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heck - half of the brass players I know do this. The hard part is getting them to play *on* pitch!

Seriously, though, the limits depend on the player. I can recall seeing Bill Watrous speak through his trombone.

cd
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