Klarinet Archive - Posting 000384.txt from 1998/08

From: "Matt C. Palasik" <mattp169@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Articulated G#
Date: Thu, 13 Aug 1998 20:28:22 -0400

partof the reason the sax has not evolved the same as the clarinet is
the lack of open rings. I was practicing my sax and thinking about what
you wrote and i realized that the lack of alternates and the placment of
the alternates themselves make some more difficult to use then just
using the regular fingerings. But for example think of switching the rh
first and secong finger to go from f to f#. Now on the clarinet You
have to realy coordinate your movements to keep the pad above the first
ring closed and the ring and the pad all move together. BUt on the sax
they do not each move independently from each other and any one of the
three will close the pad above the first finger on the RH and because
they way the mechanism works the pad is easy to keep close because the
keys work independently from one another but in coexistence when keeping
the pad closed. SO the clarinet may have more alternates but the sax is
not in need as many. Becaus ethe things that require the alternates on
clarinet do not exist on the sax. And those that do the mechanisms
involved work differntlt from the clarinet and allow you to pull of the
fingerings on the sax that are almost impossible on clarinet

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