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Woodwind Instruments
Woodwind instruments are any instruments which produce sound by moving air through or across an opening of the instrument. Questions about these instruments belong here.
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Are tenor saxophones in the same key as clarinet?
Yes, essentially. There can be slight variations.
All saxophones have the same fingering system.
For example, the baritone saxophone might have a low 'A' key.
And a 'high F#' is something that is added to some saxophones too.
Does the clarinet play piano music written in the key of C?
The question is worded vaguely, but: A good clarinet player can READ and PLAY piano music (of course excluding chords & notes outside of the clarinets range). If the music is WRITTEN in the key of c, played directly on the clarinet, it will SOUND in the key of Bb (B flat). Therefore, the clarinet is considered a "Bb instrument," along with bass clarinet, contrabass clarinet; soprano, tenor and bass saxophones, trumpet and a few other odd instruments. Music for these "transposing" instruments must be rewritten or transposed in the key of D in order to sound in the key of C. Hope that helps, ZoeyStLeopard
How do you play an easy song on recorder?
Maybe someone really creative can figure out how to answer this in a Q/A Wiki, but I don't see how. Your best bet is to visit a local music shop and pick up a basic, crash course in recorder. It isn't super difficult. You have to be able to see illustrations, and ideally, to hear a recording of basic playing. We wish you the best!
Snare drum, bass drum, and toms. There can be different variations, like piccolo snare, double bass, and multiple high and low toms.
There is Snare drum, bass drum, high and low toms, floor tom, hi hat (close and openable) ride cymbal and a crash cymbal (Same as the handheld cymbals).
Snare drum, base drum, left tom, right tom, floor drum, crash cymbal, ride cymbal and a hi-hat
ok im a different person upgrading this.....!!!!! there are the hi hat, ride, crash, splash, china, cow bell, double kick pedal and more which ii forgot
Some variations of the names :
Snare drum : Military drum / Side drum / Field drum
Toms : Tom-tom / Mounted tom / Racked Tom / Floor tom
Bass drum : Kick drum / Big drum
How do you play McDonald's theme on saxophone?
well i cant write music notes but here it is in letters CDEC CDEC EFG EFG GAGFEC GAGFEC CGC CGC JUST and repeat it
Where does the panpipe originate from?
They appear to have no single origin and instead appear to have been used by many cultures throughout the world.
Mesopotamian and Gupta Empire Indian art often shows people playing a similarly shaped instrument. The god Pan first appears in literature in the 6th century BC, and is virtually always depicted with his flute. Ovid describes shepherds using pan flutes, and Roman digs in France have discovered them. There are even Viking pan flutes dated to the 10th century.
Why was the saxophone invented?
The saxophone was invented by a man named Adolphe Sax whose father also made instruments.
He wanted to have the crisp sound of a brass instrument (trumpet, trombone, tuba) and also wanted to have the mellow sound of a wood wind instrument (clarinet, oboe, bassoon)
Sax also wanted all of the saxophones (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone etc.) to have the same fingerings.
The saxophone was adopted by French military bands early on since the saxophone has more power than other woodwinds.
A number of changes have been made to the saxophone.
Most saxophonists believe that the Selmer Mark VI was the best saxophone manufactured.
Modern saxophones are continually being designed with the help of saxophone players.
Selmer, Keilwerth, Yamaha, and Yanagisawa are the top four saxophone companies.
What sort of price range are oboes?
anywhere from 2,000 to 20,000 dollars used oboes can be as cheap as $400 or less
What was the purpose of the alto saxophone?
Originally, the soprano was one of seven instruments in the saxophone family patented by Adolphe Sax in 1846. At that time the soprano might have taken the lead voice in a saxophone choir or served as the top woodwind voice in a military band. It has come to be used primarily as a solo instrument in jazz or popular music combos.
Because the soprano sax can sound shrill and is very difficult to play in tune, some people might say there is no good reason for Adolphe to have invented it.
by "grease" that person probably meant cork grease. if you don't have any you need to get some now because your oboe has a chance of getting stuck togethor. you just put it on the corks once or twice a month and it keeps them lubricated. it looks alot like chapstick
* Please see the information below that I gathered online. * "These are all different types of names of oboes: English horn - also known as cor anglais, is pitched to the key of F.
* Oboe d'amore - is pitched in A, mainly used in Bach compositions and other pieces written in the 20th century.
* Baritone oboe - also known as hautbois barytonlooks like a bigger, lower-pitched English horn.
* Heckelphone - its' bore and reed are larger than the baritone oboe. There are other types of oboes which are rarely used. First Known Oboes: The name oboe is a German word, it is hautbois in French. The oboe originated from the shawm, an instrument used for outdoor ceremonies. Michel Philidor and Jacques Hotteterre are credited for inventing the orchestral oboe whch was used to play indoors along with string instruments. During the 17th century, the oboe became one of the leading solo instruments used in the military and orchestras. Oboes used to have only 2 keys."
Hope this helps somewhat! If you are still wanting more information go to: http://musiced.about.com/od/windinstruments/p/oboe.htm
How do you play a D note on clarinet?
Second two fingers on left hand first finger on right octave key and second top key of the four at the bottom of the clarinet
Where can one purchase a toy saxophone?
only a few companies make REAL contrabass saxophones like orsi or eppelsheim they are made to order and usually made in itally so they are extremely expensive 20 to30 thousand dollars they are extremely rare and they are almost never on the market. you d have better luck obtaining the base sax. good luck to you!
Yes. The Oboe is known for a clear and rich tone. It is considered having one of the most clear tones out of all instruments. It is also a very "dramatic" sounding instrument.
It is not dramatic like the sound of a whole band of Low Brass, (very terrifying if you're not used to it), but dramatic as if it is the King or Queen of the Orchestra, which it usually is.
Otherwise, every instrument is made differently for a different purpose, thus doing something better than the other. All instruments are equal, regardless of popularity, price, style, or sound.
Is the clarinet a good instrument?
The clarinet is a million times easier than the saxophone in every aspect. First because clarinet is just like piano where the notes are very easy. But on saxophone there are extra flats and sharps, you have to study things that you don't have to on clarinet, you need more air for saxophone, and the saxophone is very heavy!
On clarinet you learn how to play all the notes in less than a month. If you play saxophone you learn the notes in more than 5 months! The saxophone is a lot harder! If you play saxophone, you need to layer your fingering more precisely too. Also they are tuned differently too. So if you play in a concert, the notes you play will be very confusing on the saxophone. Also the clarinet is very light. So it will be very easy to play clarinet than saxophone. So for my opinion clarinet is easier.
People out there who think sax is easier, you are wrong. Clarinet is a million times easier than the saxophone in every aspect.
Also for saxophone you need more air for blowing. You get tired more easily too. I admit clarinet squeaks a lot. But once you get used to it, you will stop squeaking. People out there who think sax is easier, you are wrong. Clarinet is much easier than the saxophone.
Also for saxophone you need more air for blowing. You get tired more easily too. I admit clarinet squeaks a lot. But once you get used to it, you will stop squeaking. I play clarinet and saxophone and I can't keep up with saxophone. So please when you consider on choosing your instrument between clarinet and saxophone, choose clarinet.
The previous answer has a point, with the fact that it's a very heavy instrument, depending on which one you play, and the tuning is very confusing as well. But in essence, the clarinet and the saxophone are very similar instruments. Both use a single reed mouthpiece, the same grip on the mouthpiece can be used, and the fingerings are actually very similar. The clarinet is much easier to start off with, but it is very hard to become a master of the clarinet. Especially when the vast majority of the classical music out there has the clarinet playing in it's highest register. The Saxophone however, is quite hard to start off with, but to become very good at the instrument, is very easy when compared to the clarinet.
The hardest thing with the saxophone are the harmonics. The harmonics of the instrument is the vibration of the reed creating the sound, and depending on the vibration of the reed, created a different tone. With the saxophone's harmonics, it is very hard to play lower than a G when first starting, because the harmonics of the instrument make it very hard to control the pitch. You tighten your grip on the mouthpiece, the note jumps an octave. To play a low C, for example, you must drop your jaw and blow very hard to sound the note. It is also very hard to tongue in this register; I find it easier to use the lower jaw to articulate in this register.
I play both Clarinet and Tenor Saxophone, which are both tuned in the of Bb, and Clarinet was my first instrument. Yes, it is very easy to squeak on the Clarinet, but it is not very easy to squeak on the Sax, even if you try. I started the Sax after two and a half years of Clarinet, and I got the hang of the clarinet within a month, playing all the way up the register and down. I got better on saxophone in about 5 months so man468 has a point about that.
My point is; it depends on the playing style. If you play alot of concert band material, switching from clarinet to sax is fairly easy. Playing Classical repertoire,
with the higher notes, sax will turn out to be very hard and frustrating at first. Plus, the weight isn't really a factor, the whole instrument's weight is held on the neck strap, and if you get a really good padded one, it's great playing the sax. Your lungs quickly get used to the amount of air needed for the sax. It's mostly the amount of pressure you force the air into the instrument, not how much air is needed. Hope this helped alot, and kudos to Man468 for a great answer as well. Cheers :) -KevinV97
They're similar and it's hard to say which is harder, because everyone has a hard time with certain areas where both the instruments demand. For example, the clarinet requires precise tone hole covering while the sax doesn't and the sax requires more air while the clarinet doesn't really need as much air. It's different for everyone, but the norm is that the sax is easier.
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I play clarinet, soprano, alto, and tenor sax. Sax is much easier. The fingerings are the same or similar, but the clarinet has the dreaded bridge between the low and middle register. The sax is designed with a couple of extra keys to make the 'bridge' simple. The upper register of the clarinet uses different fingering: something that you don't need to memorize when playing sax. A beginner should start with the clarinet . . . moving on to sax is dead simple in comparison!
Is the bassoon easier to learn after you've learned to play the flute?
Saxophone is considered to be one of the easier wind instruments to learn. That doesn't mean it's easy, but with decent instruction and reasonable effort, you can learn to play simple melodies in a few weeks and play throughout the primary range of the sax in a year or so. There's always more you can learn, though, and that makes it fun. I've been playing for over twenty years, and I'm still betting better.
How is music produced in the soprano saxophone?
The way that the saxophone makes a noise is when the player puts their mouth on the mouthpiece, and the reed vibrates, sending waves of air through the saxophone, making a sound. The different pitches of the saxophone, or the different notes are determined when the saxophone player presses down fingering, therefor making the instrument shorter or longer.
Where can you find clarinet sheet music to Kingdom Hearts?
- search square music on google.com.
- click the first one
- look for "game coverage"
- look for "kingdom hearts" or "kingdom hearts II"
- click on one of them
- scroll down to look for "Fan-Arranged Sheet Music and Midis" and click "click here."
- mac:press command+F and type in your instrument.
- windows: press control+F and type in your instrument.
- then you'll find sheet musics
How do you clean a clarinet mouth piece?
You can go to a instrument shop hopefully with accessories and they sell a spray bottle with a special alcohol in it. it may be green that is what color it is suppose to be. if you spray one side turn it spray the opposite side then spray the inside and it may taste weird just use it the way it is. it will wear off and do that every time you need to. Or place the mouth piece in boiling water for about 5 minutes. It will be very hot so be careful! You should do this if you got sick. They both kill the germs on the mouth piece.
I would say Marigaux is the best brand oboe though their prices are costly. But of course, quality comes with price. For a first buyer, oboeists should look for a student second-hand oboe. Then when they require the extra keys and a better sound, they should buy an intermediate oboe or a professional oboe. Resources: I own one.
