Pinkscrapcat
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Hi there, just wondering - the long line coming off the top of the B - how do you play it? I have been going up two notes quickly - is that correct?!
Steph
Steph
A Lift has a gliss (wavy or straight line) going up from the note head without a final note.
A Doit has a slightly curving line going up from the note head which indicates s short upward bend of the note.
I do remember seeing those names somewhere. What I do know for sure is that I can’t play any of them. Yet.I've never seen either of those. A gliss with start and end note and a drop off, or (apparently) plop, yes, but never a lift or a doit.
The fall and the plop?
The DOIT (pronounced "doyt" is accomplished for wind instruments by articulating the notated pitch and then forcing the pitch up as much as an octave (or sometimes more). Saxophones will do this by quickly moving chromatically up by fingering pitches combined with a changing shape in the oral cavity. Trumpets accomplish this with a combination of "lipping", "flying fingers", and half-valves. Trombones will use the lip and the slide. The duration of the DOIT is determined by the length and shape of the marking in the music. No individual pitches should be heard after the initial attack.
I've never seen either of those. A gliss with start and end note and a drop off, or (apparently) plop, yes, but never a lift or a doit.
unlike the scoop up to pitch at the start of notes which is hugely overused and often done badly.
The DOIT (pronounced "doyt"
I can hear every French person and French speaker recoiling in horror!