Hi New member here

[musicbrain333]

Hi, everybody, not sure if I posted this in the right place

well I am new here, I am in fact very interested in music and am fascinated about how it relates to the human brain. I play the clarinet in school bands, but considering changing to saxophone - because it's such a good instrument in terms of volume, quality, expression, and verstaility. Furthermore, I play piano a little personally.

Looking forward to knowing everyone here. Glad to be a part of this community.

Music Rules! :D

[HC]

Welcome to the forum, pretty new myself. Unlike you, I started on alto sax on myself, taught myself Bb clarinet (still very bad at it), but surprisingly fairly decent on Contra Alto Clarinet and Bass Clarinet. Now marching on a Bari. :cry: I've found this place to be very helpful.
As far as fingerings goes, if you haven't known already, the fingerings on the upper register on the clarinet is the same fingings as 90% of the keys on the saxophone.
The saxophone, instead of having a register key, has an octive key. Pressing it will make it sound an octive higher than when you let it go. For example, E (4 lines and a space)on the clarinet is the thumb hole, register key, left ring, middle, and index finger and right index and middle finger. On the saxophone, it is is the octive key, left ring, middle, and index finger and right index and middle finger. (pretty similiar eh?) Same goes with D,F,F#,G,G#,A, B, C, and C#. The Bb is arguably pretty simliar. The E on the first line (octive below the E described on top) when played on the clarinet is the thumb hole and the left index finger. On the saxophone, however, it is the same exact fingering as described for the one an octive up, but without the octive key. (thumb key, sorta like clarinet's register key). Same goes with the other notes.

[musicbrain333]

hey HC,
wow you play a lot of instruments

yeah sax is better than the clarinet - it's too darn quiet for me :D