Klarinet Archive - Posting 000508.txt from 1997/02

From: Michael Delceg <mdelceg@-----.NZ>
Subj: Re: OFF TOPIC-- Apologia
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 1997 18:54:02 -0500

>Is it common to have one kind of embochure for the clarinet vs.
>sax? I haven't had much of a problem switching from clarinet to
>bass clarinet despite the change in the angle of the mouthpiece,
>but sax seems to be a whole different animal.
>
>All you clarinet/sax doublers out there, any advice would be
>*highly* welcomed.
In short, yes. The corners of the mouth are more relaxed on the sax even
compared to bass clarinet. There seems to be a lot more variation available
in the mouthpieces available for sax, so you might want to start by finding
a piece that produces the sound that you want on your sax. You might want
to start on a Selmer C* to keep it something like a clarinet piece and work
your way from there, but there is no guarantee that any particular
combination will work for you.
Mike