Klarinet Archive - Posting 000160.txt from 2000/08

From: Daniel Paprocki <danbascl@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] Is playing sax detrimental to clarinet playing?
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 12:49:08 -0400

Here's a topic that will fire up the list:

Is sax playing detrimental to clarinet playing? What are people's views
considering fingering, embouchure, vibrato, etc.

Fingering wise I have found that the articulated G# is great on sax but
can affect the C#/G# key coordination on clarinet. Also I tend to not us
the sax bis Bb since there is no equivalent keywork on clarinet. Little
finger placement can also be affected. Clarinetists use the tip of the
little fingers for key activation and saxophonists hit the low keys with the
little fingers flattened.

Ready, set, light them flamethrowers!

Dan
--
Dr. Daniel A. Paprocki
Professor of Clarinet and Saxophone
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, Kentucky

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