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Author: reeder
Date: 2013-10-17 02:13
I am a newbie here in the forum and thought I should "say hello". I have played my r13 on and off for the past 40+ years. More off than on, but now I am retired I have come back to playing it. More background, I play in a music jam 2 - 4 times a week and was playing guitar but there are so many of those I decided to get the clarinet out again and have found a new life form in enjoying the reed side of things again. In the jam we play a variety of stuff from folk to rock to blues to even blue grass (fit a clarinet into that!). Anyway I get lots of positive feedback for my efforts.
Back to the subject of this post, I am also interested in acquiring and playing a sax. Anyone here gone this route? My thought is to stay with another Bb instrument - Tenor Sax as the transposing is the same ... Most of the pieces we play are in G, D, or E (concert) so not too bad for a Bb instrument. The other choice would be an alto sax but not sure about the Eb transposition.
Just to be clear .... I rented both a tenor and alto sax for the summer and my thought when I got my R13 in my mouth again was "wow does this ever sound wonderful" after the sax ... so no worries about moving to the dark side on a permanent basis ... haha
I am enjoying reading the posts in the Clarinet board and am getting lots of good information.
Just a guy trying to make some music!
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Author: Lelia Loban ★2017
Date: 2013-10-17 14:57
A lot of us who use this forum play both clarinet and saxophone. I'm an amateur, but fwiw, I think they're an excellent combination. They're similar enough to make learning sax convenient but they feel different enough so that I don't get confused about which instrument I'm playing. I haven't had a problem with using the wrong fingerings, for instance.
I play clarinets and saxes in Bb, Eb and C. Since the sheet music does the transposing, I don't find it confusing to switch around between instruments built to the different pitches. The fingerings stay the same, regardless. But I have relative pitch, not absolute pitch. Someone with absolute pitch (so-called "perfect pitch") might not like doubling on instruments in different keys.
Lelia
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Author: Gordon (NZ)
Date: 2013-10-18 12:10
I went from flute to adding clarinet to adding sax - alto then tenor then sop then bari.
"Just to be clear .... I rented both a tenor and alto sax for the summer"
Then there is nobody more qualified than you to know which to focus on first.
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Author: reeder
Date: 2013-10-18 17:32
The transposing part about letting the sheet music do it for you ... I play in jams and as such there is no music it is all improvisation so staying on key and on tune is a bit more of an issue ... so staying within the Bb family tends to make sense to me more than most? OR..... I could just learn more scales ... haha.
Thanks for your thoughts!
Just a guy trying to make some music!
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