Recorder and Saxophone

    
Recorder and Saxophone    11:00 on Saturday, January 15, 2005          
(Tristan)
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I play a recorder and have herd that the fingering is the same for the saxophone, is that true? I cant remeber what type of recored I have, so sorry about that.


Re: Recorder and Saxophone    09:11 on Sunday, January 16, 2005          
(jennifer)
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The fingerings are similar but they are not all the same. I noticed that when I started playing.


Re: Recorder and Saxophone    23:03 on Wednesday, February 16, 2005          
(SimpsonSaxGal)
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I noticed the same thing. I`ve been playing saxophone for eight years, and just joined our Early Music Ensemble on alto recorder. I struggled with the half-hole fingerings and the forked fingerings.

Which recorder do you play? The soprano and tenor recorder fingerings are closest to saxophone, while the alto and bass fingerings are closer to clarinet.


Re: Recorder and Saxophone    11:32 on Saturday, February 19, 2005          
(fran)
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the fingering for b a g f e d c are the same but i dont no bout sharps and flat


Re: Recorder and Saxophone    21:24 on Tuesday, March 1, 2005          
(Thomas (alto sax))
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Yes, the fingerings for the naturals are the same, but since the sax has more than twice as many key holes as a recorder, you have many more fingering options. There are about 9 different possible (but not all practical) fingerings for Bb on a sax, 6 of which I have actually used while playing pieces. There are many other alternate fingerings for the sax, and ways to produce quarter-tones that I have been experimenting with.


Re: Recorder and Saxophone    21:25 on Tuesday, March 1, 2005          
(Thomas (alto sax))
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Oh, that`s for middle Bb by the way...


Re: Recorder and Saxophone    23:02 on Friday, March 11, 2005          
(Nick (Code Orange))
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On Descant & tenor recorder the fingerings are the same as the sax. But only for the natruals, the sharps\ flats are all different. If u switched from recorder to sax good luck with the new mouth thing


   




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