Author: GeorgeL ★2017
Date: 2014-04-17 02:10
One real advantage of sax over clarinet is finger placement. All sax holes are covered by pads; if any part of a finger can push down on any part of the pad, the hole is closed.
Neither alto nor tenor sax take that much more air, and both would take a more relaxed bite on the mouthpiece than on a clarinet. Saxophones are larger than a clarinet, but the diameter at the output of the mouthpiece is about the same as a clarinet. A bass clarinet has a larger mouthpiece diameter; it takes significantly more air.
You might want to scale down to an alto sax. At my height (5'9"), I can rest the horn on the chair between my legs and play it comfortably; no weight on my neck. If you need to support a sax with a strap, harnesses are available which distribute the weight over both shoulders, rather than the neck.
I have always felt that the saxophone is easier to play than the clarinet (because of simpler fingerings and no open holes), and the clarinet is easier to play well than the sax (because of more alternative fingerings). If your objective is to learn to play an instrument; I'd recommend alto sax. You already know 80% of sax fingerings.
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