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Author: wjk
Date: 2002-07-11 17:58
Could anyone suggest convenient keys for guitar, clarinet, and alto sax to play together and improvise in? How is it easiest to transpose the parts for one instrument to the other?? Thanks!
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Author: David Spiegelthal
Date: 2002-07-11 18:17
Many guitarists seem to love the keys of A and E. Since woodwind players are FAR more intelligent and capable than ANY guitarist, I'd say let the string player pick the key, and the clarinet and sax player can easily learn to improvise in those keys. Just don't pick any flat keys like Bb and Eb, guitarists hate 'em. As an aside, I'm hoping to someday design and market a Clarinet Capo ("Clapo"?), get rich, and retire.
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Author: ron b
Date: 2002-07-11 18:59
What key(s) to pick has been discussed for centuries and has been the subject of a number of axe-murder mystery novels in recent years.
REAL (un-capoed) guitarists I've known prefer D, E and A and are rather unsympathetic to horn blowers. So, clarinetists (and tenor sax doublers), you need to woodshed in E, F# and B while the alto players are busy brushing up on B, C# and F#.
If the guitarist doesn't mind using a capo, and may become a friend of yours someday, if you're nice about it, your vote might be considered.
An advantage of owning an A clarinet in this situation is that it puts you in F, G and C.... and Everyone goes home happy
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Author: Kat
Date: 2002-07-11 19:08
Except for the alto players, ron...hehe
Katrina
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Author: Don Berger
Date: 2002-07-11 19:16
Vunderbahr, all of you!! I just cant think of anything to add, except, break out the A cl and practice. For alto sax, just dont try to play those dern [LF] low notes! Don
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Author: ron b
Date: 2002-07-11 20:18
You're quite correct, Kat
Good catch.
I really didn't want to bring this up at the moment, since it's not officially official yet, but, since you mention it...
I've been told 'on good authority' that there is a very strong indication afoot, among those who make it their business to scrutinize such matters -- for a high level in-depth study into alto players' exponential incidence of extreme risk-taking behavior -- all the while muttering to themselves (no, not C flat, a B nominal, I mean that's an accidental G or, if I'm not mistaken, in this instance, a dubbel A flop - equivalent to a six-sharp overcount. Or... it COU l d possibly be a substraittered D... ) . . .
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Author: Allen Cole
Date: 2002-07-13 04:17
The alto sax isn't as critical, unless players are inexperienced. Saxes are FAR easier to play in guitar keys than clarinets.
My advice is to let the guitar player pick a key that he likes and then put a capo on the first fret. That will instantly turn it into a key that the horns like...
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