Re: [Harp-L] Chromatic vs. Sax

[Joe and Cass Leone <leone@xxxxxxxx>]

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
> _______________________________________________
> Harp-L is sponsored by SPAH, http://www.spah.org
> Harp-L@xxxxxxxxxx
> http://harp-l.org/mailman/listinfo/harp-l
> ---
> [This E-mail scanned for viruses by EWOL using Declude Virus]

---
[This E-mail scanned for viruses by EWOL using Declude Virus]