Klarinet Archive - Posting 001060.txt from 1999/03

From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Orch bass cl/sax double
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 08:24:43 -0500

I would like to applaud this person
for her sense of modesty and discretion.

Neil

On Fri, 19 Mar 1999 Elise Curran wrote:

> btw, it is well-known that clarinetists make the best doublers. The
> clarinet's fingering system is more complex than the other woodwinds.
> Once you can handle the clar fingerings, the other woodwinds,
> particularly sax and flute, are a piece of cake.

> Not only does the clar have a more complex fingering system, but the
> management of the airstream is more complex as well. It takes several years
> to get the fast, focused airstream of the clar in shape enough to actually
> sound like a clarinet should! The sax, on the other hand, uses basically the
> same embouchure, and a relaxed airstream. The relaxation of the embouchure
> is easy by comparison.

> the training you get on a band clarinet part is much more strenuous
> than on a band sax part, and makes you a better musician

> And how come almost every sax player I talk to envys me my doubling
> ability? Is it because I have a rare talent?(Maybe--who wouldn't want
> to think so?<g>) No, they know why it is--because I started on clarinet,
> and not just started, but was well-established as a clarinet player
> before I added sax.

> I can pick up a sopranino and sound like a pro. Ok, you say,
> it's small like a clarinet. Fine--I can play bari like a son-
> of-a-gun, too!!

> As for a clarinetist not being able to play the sax after only 6 months,
> I was able to do it in 6 MINUTES! I was already an advanced clarinetist
> at the time, but it also helped that the person who showed me explained
> the air speed difference, as well as the embouchure/amount of mpc change.

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