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Author: crab face
Date: 2005-10-12 06:00
Can a clarinet bend like a saxophone? And how come a sax is able to do so many other special effects? warrgh.. no fair...
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Author: guest
Date: 2005-10-12 16:36
It is possible to bend notes on a clarinet. I can do it. In fact, many players bend the opening glissando in Rhapsody in Blue as they play it.
As for special effects on a sax....I guess I don't know what you mean.
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Author: MIchael
Date: 2005-10-13 00:31
I agree it's not fair. You see, the clarinet was made for concertos while the sax was made for jazz. So, the sax will do effects such as what's called the hangover (that jazz sound) and you can do what's called a migziando (like a glissando)
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Author: crab face
Date: 2005-10-13 07:24
Special effects on the sax meaning flutter tounging, rasping, growling, etc etc.. But MIchael, clarinets Do play in jazz bands as well as symphonic bands and orchestras.. So.... how do you bend? Is it possible to decribe it to me?
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Author: MIchael
Date: 2005-10-13 12:03
you're right. but I was saying what the instrument was intended for when it was made. That would make a whole lot of difference on the kind of things it's able to do compared to the sax.
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Author: Björn
Date: 2005-10-13 13:13
I don't know why you would want to play those "special effects" on the clarinet... It's such a beautiful instrument just like it is! You don't have to compare saxophone and clarinet, there where made at different times for different purposes.
The clarinet has his own beautiful sound, don't compare it with sax! it's like a trombone can do glissando's but f.ex. a french horn can't... Does that make a french horn sound bad?
And besides... when do you need those special effects in an orchestra? Almost never... It's just an other instrument! On Sax you normally have to play vibrato (to play in tune) on clarinet it's just not done, it's just the own character of the instrument.
Greetz,
Björn
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Author: Sax-o-maniac
Date: 2005-10-13 15:12
Just a correction. The saxophone was invented by Adolf Sax around 1841 and patented in 1846. Adolf Sax was from Belgium and lived most of his life in France. It was envisioned as a bridge instrument between the brass and woodwind instruments of the time, having properties of both. Jazz had yet to make any appearance in Europe. Even in the US what we know as Jazz now didn't exist back then.
The reason that sax can do different effects than the clarinet has to do with the properties of how each produces sound. Sax has a conical bore and Clarinet has a cylindrical bore. I won't go into technicalities, but there is a wealth of reference pages on the internet that deal with the tonal properties of instruments. If you're truly curious, check them out, you'll gain a lot of insight and learn so much that can help you in playing your instrument(s) of choice.
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Author: Theboy_2
Date: 2005-10-14 19:50
do people know that clarinet was THE jazz instrument? you can do any effect on the clarinet the same as the sax. the saxophone came into effect in the 30's and 40's, they started off with bad reveiws but eventually pushed the clarinet back into symphonies. the licorice stick does sound very good in jazz, and all you have to do is work at it to get any sound you want. being both a clarinet and a sax player, i haven't found a technique that i can do on one and can't do on another. hope this helps.
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Author: Iesha
Date: 2005-12-12 16:28
The clarinet and the sax are like the same thing.They both harmonize with each other and thers nothing special about the instrument its about who plays it.
crab face wrote:
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Can a clarinet bend like a saxophone? And how come a sax is able to do so many other special effects? warrgh.. no fair...
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