Klarinet Archive - Posting 000142.txt from 2000/02

From: "J. Hobby" <jhobby@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] How DID you learn saxophone
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 23:23:35 -0500

Like most of my nonBbClarinet playing, my sax playing was a matter of
necessity rather than invention. At university, there was no bari for the
stage band one year. I was "nominated" to play it. ("Well, the fingerings
are the same as your upper register!") I did the job, which I found much
easier when we played at the country club since they put portable bars next
to each end of the bandstand ... and the bari sax was at one end of the
bandstand. <g> Other than certain semiforced assignments on the sax, I've
always tried to stick with clarinet.

Interestingly, the one note that really bugged me was C2. I couldn't get
used
that finger flip for some reason.

Jim

>At 10:08 AM 2/1/2000 -0800, Daniel Paprocki wrote:
>Here's a new topic. Most clarinetist play saxophone. How did you learn
>sax? Look at a fingering chart and go? sax lessons? read a book? Also how
>long did it take you to feel comfortable on the sax? What was the most
>difficult area? palm keys, low register? middle C? Ready, Set, GO!

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