Klarinet Archive - Posting 000410.txt from 1997/02

From: Sherri <sheba@-----.NET>
Subj: Re: OFF TOPIC-- Apologia
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 21:19:34 -0500

On 12 Feb 97 , Lisa Clayton wrote :

> On the clarinet front, I do have a clarinet-related question--
> actually it also involves saxes. After about two-three years
> of relearning the clarinet, re-establishing an embochure, etc.
> I've been noodling around with a tenor saxophone, with mixed
> results. I've noticed that my clarinet embouchure doesn't work
> very well for the sax-- tends to make some notes very sharp and
> makes it difficult to pump out the lower notes.

The first Saxophone I learned on was a Tenor, and I had a hard time
getting out the lower register. I was told that I had to have a much
looser embouchure than Clarinet.

But in general comparing Clarinet and Sax embouchures, the Sax embouchure
has to be looser.

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