It is critical that students
pitch bend slowly enough that they can experience this.
French company Enhancia unveiled a midi-ring which allows a user to trigger musical effects like
pitch bends or vibrato by making specific movements while playing a keyboard.
The keyboard
pitch bends in the evil, pulsing number 'Dedication Not Medication'.
And like Stearns, Rich was heavily into stretching vast sonic canvases upon which he unfurled neverending
pitch bends and tape-delayed guitar shrapnel.
The MIDI tracks, with nice details including
pitch bends, shakes and falls, are fun to play with.
In particular the instrument's wide range was heard fully in the improvised solo Nesting Cranes, with feathery flutter-tonguing,
pitch bends, widely spaced grace notes, controlled slow glissandos plus pure flute to breathy pan-pipe tones.
Successfully integrating modem Western and traditional Japanese elements, it employs an array of special effects, including varying degrees of breathy sound contrasted with focused flute tone,
pitch bends, quarter tones, and extreme contrasts in dynamics.
