bobbydazler
12-03-2003, 02:32 AM
I posted a new thread the other day, and it’s the old ‘beginner wants to know what instrument to choose’ kind of thing, but after taking in all your the good advice…I’ve a problem.
Been thinking about playing the saxophone for some time and am now getting ready to start learning. But I’ve found that the music that I (rather stupidly) assumed was a sax, was in fact a clarinet (thanks johnsax). The particular piece in question was Stardust by Brubeck and Bill Smith on the Time Signatures collection (Columbia records).
My question – as a complete novice/idiot is this. Can I get a jazzy feel and mood on a standard clarinet? i.e are the musicians I’ve been listening too extra good at making it sound that way, or is it just the music their playing?
I’ve been baffled by all the information thrown at me on the web and after reading on the subject – but what struck me most has been that, now I listen to the music I’ve listened too for years I’ve become more confused as to what I want. I know that the sax and the clarinet are similar in layout and so on, often the latter is used for progression toward a sax. The thing is, I don’t want to get caught up buying/renting a saxophone just because it has a ‘better image’ than a clarinet. It’s the sound I’m after, something soft, but that can get raspy when it needs to.
I want to play quite mellow jazz and blues – is the alto sax the best for the job (bearing in mind my position). I appreciate this is highly subjective, its just that I really want to pick the right tool for the job, and this site seems to be the place to come for advice…. thanks a lot for your time.
Been thinking about playing the saxophone for some time and am now getting ready to start learning. But I’ve found that the music that I (rather stupidly) assumed was a sax, was in fact a clarinet (thanks johnsax). The particular piece in question was Stardust by Brubeck and Bill Smith on the Time Signatures collection (Columbia records).
My question – as a complete novice/idiot is this. Can I get a jazzy feel and mood on a standard clarinet? i.e are the musicians I’ve been listening too extra good at making it sound that way, or is it just the music their playing?
I’ve been baffled by all the information thrown at me on the web and after reading on the subject – but what struck me most has been that, now I listen to the music I’ve listened too for years I’ve become more confused as to what I want. I know that the sax and the clarinet are similar in layout and so on, often the latter is used for progression toward a sax. The thing is, I don’t want to get caught up buying/renting a saxophone just because it has a ‘better image’ than a clarinet. It’s the sound I’m after, something soft, but that can get raspy when it needs to.
I want to play quite mellow jazz and blues – is the alto sax the best for the job (bearing in mind my position). I appreciate this is highly subjective, its just that I really want to pick the right tool for the job, and this site seems to be the place to come for advice…. thanks a lot for your time.