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Re: As and Cs

Author: karlbonner82
Date: 2010-05-20 16:39

I'm gravitating toward this answer now:

Get the Eb first. For now the high soprano voice is more important than easy fingering for (concert) keys such as D and A. If intermediate flutes and oboes in school concert bands can handle four flats on a regular basis and five flats for the occasional Db or Bb-minor composition, I ought to have no problem playing equally ornate passages with four or five nominal ("written") sharps. I'm also pretty sure that there are a lot of popular tunes where alto saxes have to wade through a swamp of sharps.

After I have at least the eefer - and maybe my advanced wood beefer - then I'll be able to address the C vs A dilemma. Thankfully that still looks to be a couple years away at the minimum.

In the long run I'll probably end up with a collection like this:

Bb concert clarinet - something at the top end of the intermediate market or MAYBE one of the cheapo pro models. Complete with rubber mouthpiece and a box of Vandoren V12 reeds, likely 3.5 but just maybe a 4.

Eb high soprano - a top-end plastic/resonite/rubber/etc. horn - or perhaps an economical wood one if good and affordable. Will not aim nearly as high on the food chain as I will for the Bb concert though.

Keep the plastic student clarinet I have now, UNLESS I find it worthwhile to either get some tune ups on it for go for a better plastic specimen.

Either C or A, but not both.

Perhaps bass clarinet? If so aim quite cheap. Find out if the low C and D are really that important....

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