Klarinet Archive - Posting 000866.txt from 1999/10

From: "bhunter" <bhunter@-----.com>
Subj: Re: [kl] Sax Advice
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 01:54:23 -0400

Chris,

In re:
> I want to get into jazz, so I'll be in the
> market for a sax. I keep getting conflicting advice as far as if I sho=
uld
> get a soprano, alto or tenor. I'm only buying one sax, since it is my =

> second instrument. The advice I've gotten so far that made the most =
sense
> to me was to get a tenor, since it plays in the same key as my clarinet=
and
> is just as common in the jazz band as alto, and I could play out of the
> same jazz books and jazz charts without transposing on clarinet and sax=
.
> Anyone else have any thoughts on this subject?

What *sound* do you hear when you think about playing sax? Chose the inst=
rument that will match _your_ concept of what _your_ sound wants to be. =
IMHO, _that_ should be the determining criterium.

Regards,
Bruce
bhunter@-----.com

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