How Are The Clarinet And Saxaphone Similar And Different?
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The primary difference acoustically is that the saxophone is conical bore, which causes the upper notes to speak exactly one octave above the lower.  The clarinet has a cylindrical bore, which causes the upper notes to speak 1 1/2 otaves above the lower.
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If you're into the simply written songs with a big heavy tone on the sax, you'll probably like these great albums...\n\nLester Young-http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:mtfibk09hakx\n\nDexter Gordon-http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:9rapqjmyojsa\n\nBen Webster-http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&token=&sql=10:ynh1z82a8yv3\n\nHere's a great modern album, just in case you get curious. Persaonally, I think it's a true classic.-http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:uya9keftdq7b\n\nI hope you try these, cause I think you'll like them. If I can help with more suggestions, please conact me. It waasn't that long ago that I was asking around for good stuff, I'm happy to be able to help keep it going.
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The reeds are tuned in a different harmony to british accordians, if you listen to FRENCH accordion music you will hear what musette tuning sounds like
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I am not a harpist, but I am a musician.  My primary instrument is the alto sax, but I have played the bari for a jazz band I was in for three years.  I also play clarinet, French horn, flute, percussion (snare drum mostly, some African drums such as boba and djembe), oboe, violin, cello, piano, and dulcimer.  However, I have not continued my studies into college, and certainly not now as a medical student.  I would like to join a small jazz group when I get settled with a job and such...that won't be for a couple of years though.
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Hi, well first, it is BASS flute.  Doing a search on that might help you find one.  I believe it is also in the key of C and the fingerings are the same.  The music will be written like your flute music (like piccolo) but will sound lower (like piccolo sounds higher).  I think either emerson or yamaha (or both) make bass flutes.  They are not often used in band music, but are helpful if you play in a flute choir.
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sounds like a recorder or an irish flute
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I can play all clarinets, all saxophones, oboe, mellophone, english horn, trumpet, piano, bass guitar, electric guitar, some flute/piccolo, and am currently learning bassoon... I'm crazy, I know.
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its brass because its made of brass.  it's not a woodwind because it doesn't have a reed....its just a plain wind instrument because you blow into it
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There is another interesting notion.  Dr. Robert Moog, inventor of the musical synthesizer bearing his name, pointed out in a discussion of it that it attempts to duplicate the characteristics of the various musical instruments.  For example, he pointed out that if a trombone player (like me) wants to hit a high note, a sharp attack on the note will lend more of the available energy to the upper harmonics.  If all the harmonics are present, it may then be very important which harmonics are most energetic.  The difference between the distinctive sounds of a clarinet and a sax is in part due to the emphasis or de-emphasis of certain harmonics (odd or even), etc. because the instruments are respectively cylinders and cones.
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I play trombone, and I don't see much a difference between intermediate mouthpiece sizes. Between my largest and smallest ones I can feel it, but otherwise, I don't. I'd suggest buying a mouthpiece with a radically different size than what you have. Marching Band usually works better with a smaller mouth piece, while solo and concert work well with a larger one.
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If you are looking to find the date of manufacture, try the following - \n\ngoogle: clarinet serial number\n\nYou'll get several sites that will show you serial number ranges and dates of manufacture.  Selmer was lettered or numbered by series or model and within each of those,  the numbers were continuous regardless of the type of clarinet.  Therefore, I doubt you'll find "alto clarinet" vs. "soprano clarinet" records, but just go by the serial number ranges listed and you should be ok.  Check more than one of the sites to be accurate.\n\nContact me directly if you need more help or that doesn't work.\n\nIf you mean something else by "secure record" - as in possibly locate a specific instrument by tracking the serial number, I'd have to think about that one.  Not sure there is a way unless it was stolen and recovered and you knew the police station involved.
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The differences between a violin and viola are:\n- The clefs they read in. (Violin reads treble, viola generally alto.. occasionally some treble)\n- Their strings and sound. (Violins strings from lowest to highest are GDAE. Viola is CGDA. The viola has a more mellow sound, while the violin is a bit more bright)\n- Their size. (Violas are slightly to considerably bigger than violas. Violins come in smaller sizes up to 4/4. Violas are measured in inches. I play on a 15 1/2" viola, which is a smaller viola, but still larger than my violin)\n- Usually (in orchestral settings) often the violin plays the melody and the viola plays some kind of harmony accompaniment.\n\nWhich ones easier to learn? They're probably around the same. Violin may be easier if you have smaller hands, viola if you're a bit larger because of the size of the fingerboard and the spacing for your fingers. The technique is pretty similar. \n\nWhich one sounds better? It depends on the person. I like both a lot, I play both (started on violin, eventually started viola) but I kind of like the viola sound. It's very underrated and quite beautiful in its own.\n\nAbout flute.. I had to learn it this past semester at college and I certainly had a time with it. Flute comes easily to a lot of people, but some people like myself have problems with it. I have the unfortunate tear drop in my lip which made flute all the more difficult for me to play. The fingering isn't that difficult for flute, it's just the embouchure setup... and if your lips aren't ideal, it can be difficult.\n\nGood luck with whatever you decide to do :)
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On the one I play, it's trumpet fingerings. I think it differs from instrument to instrument, but chances are, you'll end up with a trumpet-pitched fingering system. To help, here's a link to a fingering chart. \n\nhttp://www.seidata.com/~wroberts/horn/chart2.html\n\nMost are similar to the F horn fingerings. One way that helped me (especially for my first mellophone pep band gig, I was sight reading), if you think of playing everything on the F side with fingerings one octave lower than what's written, you might be safer. But as I said, it's not too bad a switch.\n\nIf you're a serious horn player, make sure to use a horn mouthpiece (with an adapter for it to fit, if necessary). Because our ratios between the upper and lower lips are different than a trumpet's, I wouldn't suggest playing heavily on a mellophone, aka, trumpet-like mouthpiece. \n\nGood luck,\n\nDaniel Whisler\nWSU Hornist/Music Ed. major
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i play the oboe and its a very easy instrument if you can remember the keys and the notes. then comes the hard part, the reed. the reed is a very hard part because you need to have your lips tight and then the muscle in the mouth has to support it. blowing into the reed is hard too. you only have like a little space to blow air into. and sometimes you can get air headed. if your nervous will you are playing then the sound of your notes ore going to be wrong and they are going to be going like a car trying to start up. playing eight notes on the reed is hard i can barely do that and I've been playing for like a year.  so there are a few tips on how to play the oboe.
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Yes, but nothing that size. There computers to which you can hook up microphones and find the key then, but otherwise no. What DOES exist is a chromatic tuner, which will identify a pitch that someone is playing. It has a microphone and also tells whether the instrument is out of tune and which way. I would recommend the Sabine Metrotune, a combination metronome tuner, that allows you to identify a pitch. That might help, but you have to be able to identify which note is the tonic note in the key. It's around 35 bucks, it's battery operated and I use it to work with my sax. You can also input a guitar chord to tune it, or hook up a mic to an instrument to tune it, or find out what pitches its playing.
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it is a wind instrument without reeds.the holes control the length of the vibrating column and hence the frequency of the note.it corresponds to the western flute
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This is a very odd comparison.  The two instruments are so different in everything about them - why these two I have to wonder?  Both have advantages & disadvantages - almost too many to list.\n\nPiano - Pianists & accompainists are always needed!  Whether playing solo work, playing for churches & other religious institutes or accompainying the many, many instruments (including flute) that need accompanists for festivals & exams, pianists (if good enough) can always find work.  Piano is versatile, anyone can learn, and has skills that transfer over to many, many other disciplines (in and out of the music world).  Many universities & exams make their non-piano students learn a bit of piano.\n\nFlute - As I am a flute player & teacher, I am a bit biased.  I love the flute!  It is an instrument that is easy to get to a beginner level, but hard to master.  It is unlike the other woodwinds, as modern flutes aren't made of wood, nor does it have a reed.  It isn't like brass where you buzz into a mouthpiece.  It has a beautiful sound that has so many colour options.  Flutists generally have amazing technique and can play faster (and are required to) than the other winds.  It is portable (unlike piano), compact.  Flutes are gorgeous when played at snazzy functions like weddings - they add a touch of class.\n\nThere's my 2 cents.  Hope it helps!