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Re: Sax to Clarinet

Author: Matt74
Date: 2017-02-26 21:59

Work hard on your scales and arpeggios, where possible practice alternating left and right pinky keys (left B with right C, left C with right B). Also work on thinking in the first register by transposing something you've memorized down an octave, or doing sight reading. Learn all the trill keys and alternate fingerings. Work on the third register, especially scales up to F (don't worry if it sounds bad at first, the more you do it the better it will sound.)

The hardest part for me was mental. Even though I started clarinet shortly after saxophone as a kid, and always approached them differently, in my mind I was always a saxophonist. When I would think about playing, I thought of playing the saxophone. In the end I had to stop saxophone completely to make the full transition. I'm not suggesting you do that, but try to think about the clarinet as a clarinet player. Play clarinet in band.

- Matthew Simington

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