Author: RKing
Date: 2021-10-01 00:04
Jen,
When I first started playing music, the tenor sax was a vital part of most rock bands. But after the Beatles hit the market, the sax was mostly used (with other brass and woodwind instruments) in the R&B world. I paid my way through college playing in rock and R&B bands in the Washington D.C. night clubs.
The Bb clarinet can play the same pieces as a tenor sax, the tone will be different, but you can still enjoy the music. Heck, I still use some sax charts as warm up exercises for my clarinet.
I remember the Moody Blues featured a flute solo in "Knights in White Satin" and it's low enough you can play it on the clarinet. Ian Anderson (also a flute player) is the front man for Jethro Tull.
In Other News - I tried a 2.5 Plasticover reed today. It played in tune, but wimped out after about 20 minutes. I will move it to a more open mouthpiece (B45 Lyre) and see if it works better there.
Also, I started playing a Yamaha CSVR. It needs breaking in, but it sounds very good and I can easily see it blending with the R-13s in the band. It also played a heck of a lot better than my last R-13 - which needed a full overhaul before I could play it for more than a couple of days. Ugh!
Ron
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