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Author: Donna
Date: 2003-04-29 19:00
I have been playing clarinet, saxes, & bassoon since the mid 70's. Just purchased a Soprano sax and have a stupid problem. It is sounding 1 full step different than the Bb clarinet, but the music store swears it is a Bb. Has anyone heard of this problem? Any suggestions? I can, but hate to, sight transpose the clarinet music.
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Author: Theboy_2
Date: 2003-04-29 22:30
my sop sax sounds different to, but get a tenor player to play a C, and you play a low C, if they sound the same, it's B-flat. i can't see it being a mezzo, that would be in F. you could also get a clarinet player to play the same note, they should sound the same. one reason maybe that your playing clarinet music, instead on sop or tenor music. the clarinet music is written for that sound to work in the band, and sop sax is written differently, sorry i can't explain it better.
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Author: Scott
Date: 2003-04-30 00:52
Hi Donna,
I just started looking in to soprano saxes this week and I too play the clarinet and Tenor Sax both B-flat. What got me interested is my clarinet brought in a soprano sax last week (college band) and it is a "C" soprano sax. Since they are really in existance, you just may have the same type. If you play a B-flat on the soprano sax and a C on the clarinet, the matching pitch will verify that it is a C instrument.
Good Luck,
Scott
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Author: Gnomon
Date: 2003-04-30 07:04
It certainly sounds as if you have got a C soprano sax instead of the more normal Bb soprano.
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Author: Donna
Date: 2003-05-30 20:24
Nick,
I found out that if the mouthpiece was pushed onto either neck just a little bit too far it choked it and was forcing up a stuffy 4th.
Backed off the mouthpiece and little bit and it sings like a beatiful Bb horn that it should be.
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