seems that the clarinet has a bigger range than alto sax.. can the altissimos increase the range until it`s bigger than clarinet`s range?

Hmm.

Alto Sax can most of the time play (if you`re good at altissimo) a Double C. Clarinet cannot achieve this height, the highest part I`ve ever seen goes up to a Double G.

http://music-arrangers.com/instruments/musicalinstruments.html clarinet has a larger range three and a half to four octaves

What do you all mean by altissimo? Does that mean making your embochure different to make it higher??

altissomo is the range beyond your normal fingers....three to four lines above the staff.

I personally haven`t notice much difference between the two but then again I only play tenor sax for the main reason that it goes lower then my clarinet and is easier to march with.

what is more of a jazz instrument a clarinet or a sax . what is easier to blow out of to get a good sound the saxophone or the clarinet

is an alto sax differant then a saxophone

No its not, Alto sax is simply a type of saxophone in the grand saxophone family...

( jared ) !

Both are jazzy, i would say Sax is more, but remember in the end YOU are the one who should be jazzy !! Then use the instrument to reflect your emotions ! Alto Sax is a good choice for a beginner. Just listen to different recordings and see which sound you like more !! Get the instrument !

I play Flamenco Guitar, Alto Sax and Clarinet ! i simply LOVE all of them and each Instrument has it`s own tone dimensions and Dynamics.

what is easier to blow out of a clarinet or a saxophone

what is more of a jazz instrument the clarinet or the cornet

It is initialy easier to blow a Clarinet; but to get "good" requires much more later on. Of course, your sax skill will feed off to your clarenet skill; the other way around and so on. Its all in the emcouchure. (well, most of it)

What is more jazzy, a clarinet or cornet? It simply depends on your skill at whichever instroment.

Well, keep in mind that a clarinet has an altissimo range just like a saxophone. And as you know on the saxophone, how high you can go just depends on the skill of the player; the same is true on the clarinet. So really you`re asking sort of an unfair question in that it`s not the instrument that`s going to be limiting your range; it`s the person behind it. Sax, clarinet, it doesn`t matter. Each one can squeak pretty high.