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Re: Doubling Tenor Sax Mpc?

Author: Chris P
Date: 2015-05-18 20:05

Try a Selmer C** or D to start with.

Just be sure on tenor sax you don't play it like a (bass) clarinet - on saxes you blow down to pitch as opposed to clarinets where you blow up to pitch. If you tighten your embouchure as you go up, you'll go sharp - so keep a fairly relaxed embouchure over the range but with plenty of breath support, especially from low E downwards to prevent it going up an 8ve on the lower notes which will happen with poor or no real breath support.

Out of all the saxes I find tenor the most demanding as it's not as easy to control the lower notes at low volume levels compared to soprano, alto and bari if you're used to playing these. I know a lot of alto/bari players who really don't enjoy playing tenor (myself included) but if hyou start out on tenor, you should enjoy it better compared to someone coming from alto or bari to tenor.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010

Independent Woodwind Repairer
Single and Double Reed Specialist
Oboes, Clarinets and Saxes

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