Klarinet Archive - Posting 000173.txt from 2000/08

From: "Ed & Carol Maurey" <edsshop@-----.ca>
Subj: Re: [kl] Is playing sax detrimental to clarinet playing?
Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2000 17:48:51 -0400

Long ago when I was a teenager I had the great privilage of having a few
alto sax lessons with Fred Hemke. Before my lesson he taught another kid
carinet. I used to go to my lesson half an hour early just so I could hear
Fred Hemke play clarinet from outside his studio. God, he sounded great!
I believe he told me clarinet was his first instrument. All that sax
playing certainly didn't mess his clarinet chops.

Ed Maurey
----- Original Message -----
From: Daniel Paprocki <danbascl@-----.com>
Subject: [kl] Is playing sax detrimental to clarinet playing?

> 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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