Klarinet Archive - Posting 000623.txt from 1997/10

From: Bill Hausmann <bhausman@-----.com>
Subj: Re: Clarinets players becoming sax players
Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 05:22:32 -0400

At 12:23 PM 10/14/97 CST6CDT, Kimberly Reick wrote:
>
>I agree. It is not too hard for a clarinetist to pick up the
>saxophone. I recently picked it up this semester and I have really
>enjoyed it. Besides having my fingers confused on which instrument
>that I am playing on at the moment, it has been really easy for me to
>pick it up. But with practice, I know that I will overcome it.
>
I find that the confusion problem is not too bad on alto, tenor, or bari,
but soprano drives me nuts! Because of the way it is held, my body keeps
trying to tell my brain I'm playing a clarinet!

Bill Hausmann bhausman@-----.com
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Essexville, MI 48732 http://members.wbs.net/homepages/z/o/o/zoot14.html

If you have to mic a saxophone, the rest of the band is too loud.

   
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