Klarinet Archive - Posting 001068.txt from 1999/03

From: "Marty Marks" <RxReed@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Orch bass cl/sax double
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 16:22:24 -0500

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From: Neil Leupold <nleupold@-----.edu>
Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 8:24 AM
Subject: Re: [kl] Re: Orch bass cl/sax double

>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
>> particularly sax and flute, are a piece of cake.
>
>> 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.
>
>

>
>> 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 >
>> 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

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I don't really believe this is a serious post as I did originally. And I am
embarrased to have taken it seriously and let it upset me.
Marty

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