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saxophone to clarinet

Author: natalie1011
Date: 2017-09-30 04:45

I normally play alto, tenor, or baritone saxophone. I recently decided to learn clarinet, and I'm finding it hard to find a good position for me to use on the mouthpiece. I think my hardness on my alto saxophone reed is 2.5, and I have both 2.5 and 3.0 hardness reeds for my clarinet. I have been toying around with it for about a half hour and found that one reason for the squeaks was the fact I wasn't completely covering the holes, but now I'm finding it depends on how I have my mouth positioned on the mouthpiece.
I'm not having any trouble playing higher notes on the clarinet (after looking up a fingering chart), but the trouble comes from attempting lower notes.

Is there any saxophone and clarinet players out there?

Also, if it helps any, I first played flute for 3 years, then I taught myself alto saxophone, then I played baritone saxophone for 2 years, now I am currently playing alto saxophone (it has been 1 year) and I'm trying to teach myself Bb clarinet.

Thank you!

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