Klarinet Archive - Posting 000946.txt from 2004/10

From: "Nicholas Yip" <clarinets21@-----.com>
Subj: RE: [kl] Doubling
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 00:43:22 -0400

Some articles can be so negative. Unlike judges the author, have time to
write the articles carefully. Everything in this article is pretty much
negative.

Other than the basics, such as on sax, you do not have to worry about
covering tone holes, and there are different breaks both on sax and
clarinet, the saxophone I find has a looser embouchure then the clarinet.
You also have to push more air through the sax to get a better sound out of
it.

Nicholas Yip
Clarinetist and Music Teacher

>From: Adam Michlin <amichlin@-----.com>
>Reply-To: klarinet@-----.org
>To: klarinet@-----.org
>Subject: [kl] Doubling
>Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 23:55:47 -0400
>
>I have been thinking a lot about the constant debate as to whether the
>saxophone embouchure is different than the clarinet embouchure. Of all the
>very fine doublers I've met, some say the embouchure is different and some
>say it is the same. It seems there are two schools of successful doublers
>and it is hard for me to argue with either schools' results.
>
>I have also met many not so fine doublers. Not fine meaning they were
>strong at one instrument (be it clarinet or saxophone) and poor at the
>other. What recently occurred to me is that I have never met a "bad"
>doubler who also felt the instruments should be played the same.
>Invariably, they blamed all their problems on the "differences" of the
>instruments or a lack of time to practice their "saxophone embouchure" or
>"clarinet embouchure". If such a person exists on the list, I'd be curious
>to hear their thoughts.
>
>The only logical conclusion I can draw is that neither philosophy of
>doubling is the one true way. The philosophy which uses the same embouchure
>just seems to be a whole lot easier.
>
>I guess I tire of articles like:
>
>http://www.yamaha.com/yamahavgn/Documents/BandOrchestra/Wind_Tips_Bender.pdf
>
>The Lazy Doubler,
>
> -Adam
>
>
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