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Post by Matt on May 24, 2005 9:51:18 GMT
As a bassoonist, if someone where to hand me a contrabassooon or a tenoroon, I'd be able to play it. Is this the same for everyone else - for example, could an alto saxophonist play the other three aswell? Oboe/oboe d'amore/cor anglais? And could a violinist play a viola, with a bit of adjustment of where they put their fingers?
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Post by ~*~Ruth~*~ on May 24, 2005 14:25:35 GMT
on a violin the strings are G D A E and on a viola they're C G D A so it's quite different. and viola is treble clef and viola is alto clef. but i managed to pick up the viola in abouta week so it's not that difficult. (no heaviness jokes please  ) |
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Post by fluteandbassoon on May 24, 2005 15:01:21 GMT
As a bassoonist, if someone where to hand me a contrabassooon or a tenoroon, I'd be able to play it. Is this the same for everyone else - for example, could an alto saxophonist play the other three aswell? Oboe/oboe d'amore/cor anglais? And could a violinist play a viola, with a bit of adjustment of where they put their fingers? Clarinet other types of clarinet i think so, smae fingering but you'll have to transpose. Flute to pic. I think it is teh same Saxophone- smae fingerings but you would have to transpose Recorder- SAme as saxophone (but some have the same eg. bass and descant) |
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Post by izzy on May 24, 2005 17:17:23 GMT
I play clarinet and I could play other types of clarinet. I haven't tried though.
I took up flute after clarinet and once I got over being dizzy (!) I was ok.
I can play sax aswell.
It would be harder for a flautist or a sax player to pick up each others instruments, because the flute player would have to get used to a reed. Don't know what it would be like for a sax player to try a flute, probably the same for me trying a flute!
A sax or flute player wouldn't be able to play clarinet straight off coz there's a whole bunch of new fingerings to learn.
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Post by xtishx on May 24, 2005 17:50:51 GMT
oboe and cor anglais are the same fingering, it's just the music thats transposed cos the cor is a 5th lower than the oboe
dunno about oboe d'amore...haven't played one
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Post by fluteandbassoon on May 24, 2005 18:03:42 GMT
I play clarinet and I could play other types of clarinet. I haven't tried though. I took up flute after clarinet and once I got over being dizzy (!) I was ok. I can play sax aswell. It would be harder for a flautist or a sax player to pick up each others instruments, because the flute player would have to get used to a reed. Don't know what it would be like for a sax player to try a flute, probably the same for me trying a flute! A sax or flute player wouldn't be able to play clarinet straight off coz there's a whole bunch of new fingerings to learn. clarinet fingerings are nearly the same as bassooon |
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Post by Matt on May 24, 2005 18:46:54 GMT
It would be harder for a flautist or a sax player to pick up each others instruments, because the flute player would have to get used to a reed. Don't know what it would be like for a sax player to try a flute, probably the same for me trying a flute! I tried to make a sound out of a flute once...nothing. Zilch. I was quite upset...then I squeaked by b'oon reed and I felt better! |
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Post by musicfan on May 24, 2005 20:40:00 GMT
It's not quite so easy to swap between brass instruments. It's all to do with embouchure  (the shape of your lips). People with big lips are condemned to the oom-pah of the bass instruments, whilst those with thin lips get the melodious lead parts of the trumpet et al. (Bitter and twisted? Me? Never!) |
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Post by tremolo on May 25, 2005 10:36:35 GMT
interesting question...
For some instruments the size may be something you need to adjust to (and a bit of fingering)
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Post by izzy on May 25, 2005 19:51:57 GMT
People with big lips are condemned to the oom-pah of the bass instruments, whilst those with thin lips get the melodious lead parts of the trumpet et al. If I play my clarinet, my lips swell up and then I can't play the cornet v well! |
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Post by nickiflute on May 27, 2005 20:09:38 GMT
Flute players could switch between the piccolo, alto and bass quite easily, once you got used to the slightly different embouchures but they would find it harder to switch to another wind instrument. If they did that might ruin their flute embouchure.
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Post by fluteandbassoon on May 28, 2005 11:34:19 GMT
Flute players could switch between the piccolo, alto and bass quite easily, once you got used to the slightly different embouchures but they would find it harder to switch to another wind instrument. If they did that might ruin their flute embouchure. I can switch between bassoon to flute but not flute to bassoon for some reason, maybe embrouchure. I find that the bassoon embrouchure is effected more than flute... No one has mention piano/harpischord yet |
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