Re: [Harp-L] Chromatic vs. Sax




On Nov 22, 2005, at 1:11 PM, rob.clark@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


A question to folks that play both chromatic and sax.....

After playing diatonic for a long time, guitar for about 10 years, and chromatic for a couple of years (finally playing chro in all keys), I'm thinking of getting a tenor sax.

You 'might' want to think sop. ( a Ten is Bb, so is a Sop, but a sop more closely replaces a chromo in pitch)

For blues, jazz, R&R, R&B, etc. - what are the differences in the way you do a tune on sax vs. the way that you would play on a chromatic?

You don't have to draw a sax. You have 9 fingers working instead of just one mouth. When using a chromo, the key is PARAMOUNT as the 'fingering' (so to speak) changes with each key. A sax stays the same no matter what. Blow notes don't suddenly become draw notes, slide stabs don't suddenly become NON slide stabs, etc. There's a lot more reasons.


Also, what things do you consider when deciding which axe to use on a tune?

EMOTION. (there are others). Example: when using a chromo, picking a key where a lot of draw notes appear works for moody haunting laconic tunes, picking a key where the slide does a lot of the work is also a swell thing for quick stuff. With a sax, it's all in the mouthpiece, as your fingers WILL limber up way faster than you can ever fully utilize their potential.


smokey-joe

Thanks


Rob
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