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Author: williamainsworth
Date: 2003-05-28 14:03
An old friend gave me a 1926 Conn alto saxaphone which I am in the process of having renovated. I am a keen amateur clarinetist and not that great, so it takes a lot of practice just to be mediocre. I don't want the sax to lure me away from clarinet so I thought I would learn the scales on the sax and then use it for playing by ear and, hopefully some improvisation, just for fun. Does that seem a reasonable aim?
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2003-05-28 14:20
Fine Idea - You'll like the similarities AND differences between the sax family and the claar family!! Mu first sax was a '30s Buescher, picked it up quickly. Also look at the structure of the left little finger plateau keys, to see what great differences Selmer made in the '50-60's!!
don
Thanx, Mark, Don
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Author: Tim K
Date: 2003-05-28 17:35
Reading music while playing sax will not require much practice. I think the embouchure is a bigger change than the fingering. And it is a good idea to learn proper sax embouchure. A clarinet embouchure on sax leads to poor sound and bad intonation. All in all, it's easy for a clarinet player to learn sax, but a lot harder the other way around.
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