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RE: Eb Alto Clarinet Help

Author: Lelia
Date: 2000-01-05 19:43

The Rubank series includes a book especially for alto and bass clarinet. It's worth getting. The exercises are different than the ones for Bb clarinet. Some of the best fingerings on alto clarinet are different than the best fingerings on other clarinets. The fingering chart in that book helped me a lot. I first started alto in seventh grade, after only three years on Bb clarinet. IMHO, it's easier to start doubling *early* than it is to try to switch instruments when you're so used to one that you're "on automatic pilot" with the fingerings and so forth. Learning alto never hurt my Bb playing and made it easier for me to start picking up other instruments later on. I think alto is a beautiful-sounding instrument, too!

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