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RE: clarinet/sax/oboe

Author: Terry Horlick
Date: 2001-09-29 18:49

Hey Kyle, I find that switching to the FB Bb clarinet (with all those extra fingerings for everything) from a standard is a bit like coming home to the sax. The articulated g# and the forked fingerings are a page taken right out of the sax manual!

My mother learned to play sax in the late 30's and could never make the switch to clarinet. So when I was a wee tyke and wanted to play sax she demanded I do clarinet first. I don't know if she was right or not, but the switch to sax at age about 10 years was a piece of cake! I now don't notice any difference when I swap back and forth, but the flute still feels a bit clunky (might be because I have good saxes and clarinets and aso-so flute!).

Terry

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