I started with the clarinet because it was cheaper on a student budget. Now I have saxophones. I believe the clarinet is sweeter and is more suitable for classical music and jazz. The open tone holes allow better control in expert hands. The sax is obviously louder and is brassier because of the cone shape as well as the metallic material they are usually constructed from. So I think rock and roll and pop music are a good match for sax. But the sax has less control than the clarinet because of the close tone holes. Importantly, sax gets the chicks !
@@sarastonebell9053 Yes, I agree. There are many very exceptional Jazz bands with equally exceptional Sax and clarinet performers. Sax players are more showy, prancing around the stage.😁 There are a few Jazz bands in New Orleans which I enjoy watching and listening on UA-cam. Both sax and clarinet featured prominently and expertly in them. And don't forget the rest of the woodwinds.
The clarinet takes and develops a much more disciplined embracer. The keys work develops a more precise technique and it has a more complex musical design, which takes a bit more thought and discipline (there is that D word again) to play and to improvise on. Both instruments are fun to play. First learn clarinet and the path to the saxophone will be paved for fast progression.
Lol this is what I unintentionally did. I picked clarinet when I was in middle school because they made it seem like I couldn't play sax and then 4 years later I switched to sax. Btw to me the clarinet and the saxophone are equally as difficult/easy to play on, key-wise
The only thing is typically when people choose sax they want to go for the more jazzy style whereas the clarinet is typically viewed and played as a classical instrument i think that unless they joined a jazz band that would be the one thing that could be taken away from the wonderful experience that is the world of jazz/saxophone (obviously the clarinet is a great jazz instrument and the sax is a great classical instrument) but from what I’ve seen this is what I have noticed
@trup1372 jazz is a very broad genre, and there is some that's very complex & virtuosic which you might like. Keep listening to lots of composers and you'll be pleasantly surprised :)
Hello, excellent explanation on both noble instruments! I definitely believe, given the unstable experience that local saxophonists have had trying to play clarinet after years and years of blasting their saxophones, that learning clarinet first or simultaneously is better than the other way around; because the clarinet discontinues the lower octave (chalomeau) with the upper one (Clarin); because between one and the other there is a twelfth of tonal difference, which is why you have to assimilate in your brain the throat notes that connect both twelfths. In the case of saxophones, fingering is easier, because there is a fair octaba between the low and medium tonality and the positioning of the fingers is exactly the same for the same notes. It seems to me that the clarinet is one of the most complete woodwind instruments. Of course there may be honorable exceptions, as in every rule. Hug from Silverio's Argentine Patagonia.
A wonderful, informative video of interest to Musicians and Physicists ( especially for those of us interested in both ) complete with funny, geeky humour. Well done !!
I'd heard the cylinder vs cone thing before but it was described as "square wave vs sawtooth = fewer vs more harmonics" - your "reflections come straight out isntead of being contained for ages" explanation was much clearer - thank you! (Damn, but I'm Loving Canada these days!)
wooow very interesting diagram. The whole comparison was engaging and informative. Actually, i've been learning about other woodwinds and speculating about which to try because i wasn't much interested in my alto sax -- haven't practiced in years. But hearing the little snippets he played got me interested in it.
I've been playing the Alto saxophone for 5 years now but I've just started learning the Bb clarinet for about a month now. I face more challenges with the clarinet than I did with the saxophone.
Wow, really?! I’ve been playing clarinet for around 2 years and I want to try sax someday! Clarinet was suuuper easy for me in the beginning, but the notes and things get harder, especially getting started on the the notes above b flat.
I love your silly video!! I'm a clarinetist but I've always wanted to learn sax so I FINALLY got one and I'm learning everything I can. In my search I've learned that sax uses a completely different embouchure! And multiple! Also you use your palm??? Whaaaaat? Also nice mega man tune! Lol So thank you for the very informative and amusing video!!!
embouchure - as a clarinet major (MANY years ago), I took a semester of saxophone as a secondary instrument...My sax teacher (who also happened to be my clarinet teacher) told me "it's a saxophone (shrug), stick it in your mouth and blow) :-)
The main difference between two is that on a clarinet, most of the time players spends to play the music. On the sax, most of the time the player spends to play in tune. :-) The sax in incredibly hard to play in tune, but that is part of its charm.
I played the sax and now changed to Clarinet. The hardest part is to get used to the different grip when you (for example) read a C that's a completly different grip on the Clarinet (is like the G-grip on sax). I hope i can get used to it…..
I play clarinet and have dabbled in saxophone and in my opinion clarinet is a lot more difficult to master but there is almost more to go. Ive played for 4 years and there are unique struggles such as the break and fingering to remember, saxophone is much more straightforward. If you want to learn quickly I suggest saxophone, if you’re on a budget maybe clarinet.
I’m a bit late, but as someone who plays both saxophone and clarinet, I’d choose saxophone. Saxophone overall in my opinion is easier but it really depends what you’re looking at.
Hi there from Switzerland 😄 Good to be here. Thanks for all this great music Informations. I'm a singer and want to find out what Instrument I want to learn next. Thought about Oboe and Klarinette. Still in progress. 🎉
If I had to choose one I prefer the saxophone overall. Love its variety of tone, from the classical to the jazzy and rock tone. Unfortunately its harder to get the intonation spot on.
I know almost nothing of music (reading it and playing it, I mean). It is the one language above all others I wish my brain could understand. And yet, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Everything about it.
4:05 Actually, you've got a ton of pitch control that can be achieved using your hand. By creating a cone with your hand and putting that at the end of the neck, you can open and close it in various shapes to get much lower notes and even jump to much higher harmonics.
Despite my criticism of the info below this guy makes the science of musical instruments kinda fun. Everybody's gotta have a gimmick. More power to him. But .... Reeds are made of cane not bamboo. Specifically its species name is Arundo donax and it's a type cane or reed found in marshy or wetlands areas. Most reed cane is grown in France but it grows pretty much anywhere there's a wet marshy area. The state of California even has an eradication program for arundo donax because it grows in our sloughs and marshes and pushes out native species. It's considered an invasive species. There are 1000 species of bamboo but Arundo donax isn't one of them .....and.... a sax has a neck or crook but a clarinet has a barrel.
Greate greate greate.... U helped alot to learn new stuff but still cant chose between them cuz i waant to play more of a turkish gypsy muzick like kuchek and jazz as well....still cant chose
9:44 as a player of both, yes? Big hit or miss. You got sax players who are the coolest and most talented people ever, then some annoying people. Clarinet is more middle ground.
@@isaiahd9947 no what he/she means is that a clarinet can play higher than a saxophone (depending on what type of saxophone) an alto sax which is in the key of Eb has the range from low A# to high F I’m not sure on a clarinet to put it simply clarinet can go higher than a sax depending on the saxophone. Does this answer your question?
@@aerogames3300 Whats the point of saying that though? Like nearly every saxophonist who has been playing for a couple years can play altissimo. Same with clarinet
Clarinets have basically the same fingering as the recorder. ALMOST (I just started the clarinet) The clarinet needs a lot and I MEAN ALOT of air. Like ALOT. So yeah
One thing that is very important, the saxophone overblows an octave, the clarinet overblows a twelth above the fundamental making it much more difficult to play, I know saxophone players who decided to play clarinet as well, some gave up others found it difficult.
Honestly I love the sound of the Saxophone. I hated the sound that the clarinet made! You have to love the sound of the instrument to play it, Bottom Line! Honestly the Saxophone is definitely better. I love the sounds it makes!
As a sax player the clarinet always looked like it had a million keys..and the when I counted one day the sax had more lol. And I just somehow never noticed
Well depending on the type of sax you play you might have to change your embouchure drastically like if you played bari sax and then moved to the sort of tiny mouthpiece that a clarinet I think that might be the biggest problem the only other problem I see is that the fingerings for clarinet seem much more complex and you would also need to learn to read Bb (that wouldn’t be too hard tho) so personally I would stick with my saxophone but it would probably be similar to learning sax so idk hope that helps a little
@@aineangeles2648 I can't necessarily answer your question, but I've played clarinet for 7 years, and I just started learning tenor sax this year. The sax actually has less keys than the clarinet, but the general layout of both are very similar. The instruments are fundamentally very similar. The two challenging learning curves when switching are learning how to switch between the clarinet's 12 note key system and the sax's 8 note key system and switching between the embouchures (mouth posture) of the two instruments. While many concepts are the same, learning both instruments can be rather challenging due to muscle memory. TLDR; It's a relatively easy switch, but there are some challenges.
@@josephcassady450 thank you for the information you've shared. I would want to learn either, I just don't know which one. Thank you. Oh, have you considered the oboe, the flute or the bassoon? Thanks again
@@aineangeles2648 I really want to learn oboe, and I'm starting to learn some flute at the moment, but I intend to practice it a lot over the summer when I have more time. I have never been that passionate about bassoon, but if I ever learn oboe, I'll probably try to learn bassoon too. And if you're going to pick between clarinet and sax, it really depends on what kind of music you like to play. If you want to play pop and jazz, sax is definitely for you. If you're more geared toward orchestral music, clarinet might be a better option. At the end of the day, both instruments can play any genre, and I'd recommend learning both; however if you are going to pick just one to start consider the type of music you like playing/listening to.
I’m a clarinetist and playing sad, slow songs and fast, angry songs rock! I love playing and listening to angry music more though lol. I realllllly want to play a really high angry song.
This was a good video! If you ever want to rap about the science of Guitars or the amplifiers and stuff that comes with it is be willing to be a part of a project like that!
Can you use a clarinet ligature in alto saxophone ? I’m trying to buy the Vandoren optimal ligature , the clarinet is silver looking the saxophone is gold looking “I want silver one but they don’t make it for alto :(“ U think the alto clarinet ligature will fit on the alto saxophone?
Without a doubt, saxophonists have always been cooler than clarinetists. But listen to the great blend with the Glenn Miller sax section, clarinet lead plus two alto and two tenor saxophones. The clarinet really adds a nice sparkle on top.
Thanks for watching! I compose/arrange/perform all the music for the series, so the piece from the end doesn't really have a name...but I'm glad you enjoyed it.
I think it would be cool to do this whole process but with a tenor or soprano (or an Eb clarinet) and see how alike they really sound in the same register
Sax embrouchure will absolutely kill your clarinet playing💀💀. I am actually kind of taken by storm on how disciplined the clarinet embrouchure is now that I play the flute
Hi. I play tenor sax, and can blow out quite exeptable notes on it from bottom to top....however!!!..... i got a clarinet, with various strength reeds, an can i eck get a descent note from it exept for squeakin and the odd very quiet note, so it goes back in its case for a few months till i try again. I need to suss it before i give up on it! Can you help please? Any advice would be awsome. Cheers
I recently purchased a used tenor sax with a "like new" vintage A Gigliotti 7G* tenor mouth piece. What would it be worth and as an intermediate player, should I be using it?
Is it harder to produce a sound on a clarinet than an alto sax? I played sax in middle and high school. Years later my youngest bro picks up a clarinet for the first time and they're having trouble trying to play it. They eventually call me in, and I'm just as stumped. Im thinking it's a bad rental or something. I can't have forgotten how to blow on a woodwind lol. Anyway they go to the rental place to change it and I'm told the owner played a scale. Any thoughts?
Two things are at play First you are out of practice, so you are going to have trouble..and at the some time you are use to the sax. So you forgot some things and yet the things you do remember are hurting you now.
There's a completely different embouchure with the two instruments, so that might have something to do with it. I've heard that saxophones' embouchures are much looser than a clarinet's, but I'm not sure if that's true. I have a clarinet that is way harder to produce a clean sound on than my other, so it may be a bad rental.
@@tysoflowin - I personally do not play them regularly, although I do own both. Usually I play trumpet. Anyways, I learned alto sax before I learned clarinet. Clarinet definitely is harder because the embouchure feels way different, it’s a little confusing. I would say it has more tightness and pressure, which sort of makes squeaking an easy mistake. It is a little easier to control the tone of the clarinet, or the harmonic series (being able to control pitch by the amount of air). whereas, a saxophone just feels pretty easy and straight forward with almost no pressure at all.
Actually, there is a piece of music where clarinetists play just the barrel and mouthpiece and adjust the pitch by sticking a pinky up the barrel and moving it to create different notes. If you're curious, check out the end of Maslanka's Symphony no 4. It's supposed to sound like babies crying over the sweet tunes of flutes and harp. (I wish I was kidding)
"I thought the conflict would generate more views" this guy knows how people work
Agreed!!
😂👊
He knows how people work? Errrr NO
@@espr7564r/woosh
The "neck" on the clarinet is called the barrel.
I know lol
ty 😂
Yup, it's funny they call it that.
Thanks. 👍🏼
God bless you
This is the "Bill Nye" of music!
He even looks like him
Thats exactly what i thought!
I wouldn’t give him that credit.
Period
Bill Nye the music guy!🎶
I started with the clarinet because it was cheaper on a student budget. Now I have saxophones. I believe the clarinet is sweeter and is more suitable for classical music and jazz. The open tone holes allow better control in expert hands. The sax is obviously louder and is brassier because of the cone shape as well as the metallic material they are usually constructed from. So I think rock and roll and pop music are a good match for sax. But the sax has less control than the clarinet because of the close tone holes. Importantly, sax gets the chicks !
But the sax is THE jazz melodic instrument...
Guitar get the chicks. Remember that
Both clarinet and saxophone fit into the jazz category. When I think of an instrument for jazz I immediately think of a sax.
@@immunetowesternlies8697 But it didn't work for me!
@@sarastonebell9053 Yes, I agree. There are many very exceptional Jazz bands with equally exceptional Sax and clarinet performers. Sax players are more showy, prancing around the stage.😁
There are a few Jazz bands in New Orleans which I enjoy watching and listening on UA-cam. Both sax and clarinet featured prominently and expertly in them. And don't forget the rest of the woodwinds.
The clarinet takes and develops a much more disciplined embracer. The keys work develops a more precise technique and it has a more complex musical design, which takes a bit more thought and discipline (there is that D word again) to play and to improvise on. Both instruments are fun to play. First learn clarinet and the path to the saxophone will be paved for fast progression.
Lol this is what I unintentionally did. I picked clarinet when I was in middle school because they made it seem like I couldn't play sax and then 4 years later I switched to sax.
Btw to me the clarinet and the saxophone are equally as difficult/easy to play on, key-wise
The only thing is typically when people choose sax they want to go for the more jazzy style whereas the clarinet is typically viewed and played as a classical instrument i think that unless they joined a jazz band that would be the one thing that could be taken away from the wonderful experience that is the world of jazz/saxophone (obviously the clarinet is a great jazz instrument and the sax is a great classical instrument) but from what I’ve seen this is what I have noticed
I play sax but I’m just now learning clarinet
Are you good? Clarinet for jazz oh hell nooo
@@narutoespina3605 my dad wanted me to play clarinet in 5th grade because he thinks clarinet should be used more in jazz lol.
as a music teacher for 50 years i loved this video a great teacher!
clarinet played by a seasoned player and assuming one likes what is being played, can make an absolutely dreamy sound
Classical saxophone is right in there with the dreamy sound. Jazz to me just sounds lazy
@trup1372 jazz is a very broad genre, and there is some that's very complex & virtuosic which you might like. Keep listening to lots of composers and you'll be pleasantly surprised :)
Hello, excellent explanation on both noble instruments! I definitely believe, given the unstable experience that local saxophonists have had trying to play clarinet after years and years of blasting their saxophones, that learning clarinet first or simultaneously is better than the other way around; because the clarinet discontinues the lower octave (chalomeau) with the upper one (Clarin); because between one and the other there is a twelfth of tonal difference, which is why you have to assimilate in your brain the throat notes that connect both twelfths. In the case of saxophones, fingering is easier, because there is a fair octaba between the low and medium tonality and the positioning of the fingers is exactly the same for the same notes. It seems to me that the clarinet is one of the most complete woodwind instruments. Of course there may be honorable exceptions, as in every rule. Hug from Silverio's Argentine Patagonia.
came to figure out the difference so I could know which one was playing when I listen to jazz while working. stayed for the THE RAW ENERGY
The part attached below the mouthpiece of a clarinet is called the barrel, not the neck. On a sax that part is called the neck or gooseneck.
He also called the clarinet bell a cone.
9:44 as a clarinet player, I agree with this fully
As a clarinet beginner, I also agree.
Honestly yeah 😔
As a player of both, agree? It’s hit or miss. One of my good friends is also a player of both😂
Same
Ive never noticed how cool and jazzy these instruments sounded outside of concerts lol
This guy is a genius. I wanna watch all of his videos.
A wonderful, informative video of interest to Musicians and Physicists ( especially for those of us interested in both ) complete with funny, geeky humour. Well done !!
He's crazy and I love it lol
This is like the tiktok challange 'how to say you aren't mentaly stable without saying i am not mentaly stable' 😂😂😂 he is hilarious
I'd heard the cylinder vs cone thing before but it was described as "square wave vs sawtooth = fewer vs more harmonics" - your "reflections come straight out isntead of being contained for ages" explanation was much clearer - thank you! (Damn, but I'm Loving Canada these days!)
Is it true that all Canadian musicians prefer to play in the key of “eh”?
wooow very interesting diagram. The whole comparison was engaging and informative. Actually, i've been learning about other woodwinds and speculating about which to try because i wasn't much interested in my alto sax -- haven't practiced in years. But hearing the little snippets he played got me interested in it.
Reeds are a plant named reed. The pipe attached to the mouthpiece of a clarinet is called a barrel.
I've been playing the Alto saxophone for 5 years now but I've just started learning the Bb clarinet for about a month now. I face more challenges with the clarinet than I did with the saxophone.
Wow, really?! I’ve been playing clarinet for around 2 years and I want to try sax someday! Clarinet was suuuper easy for me in the beginning, but the notes and things get harder, especially getting started on the the notes above b flat.
@@chloeartistic I have friends who learned to play sax after learning clarinet and they say they're much the same
@@nostalgia6669 good to know 😁👍
I love your silly video!!
I'm a clarinetist but I've always wanted to learn sax so I FINALLY got one and I'm learning everything I can. In my search I've learned that sax uses a completely different embouchure! And multiple! Also you use your palm??? Whaaaaat?
Also nice mega man tune! Lol
So thank you for the very informative and amusing video!!!
embouchure - as a clarinet major (MANY years ago), I took a semester of saxophone as a secondary instrument...My sax teacher (who also happened to be my clarinet teacher) told me "it's a saxophone (shrug), stick it in your mouth and blow) :-)
If you say alto sax istg
This man is my Spirit Animal
Fun learning!
I love the energy of your presentation. Thank you
The main difference between two is that on a clarinet, most of the time players spends to play the music. On the sax, most of the time the player spends to play in tune. :-) The sax in incredibly hard to play in tune, but that is part of its charm.
Strange.
I never had this problem.
I played the sax and now changed to Clarinet. The hardest part is to get used to the different grip when you (for example) read a C that's a completly different grip on the Clarinet (is like the G-grip on sax). I hope i can get used to it…..
Love it! Fun, accessible and full of usefull facts and tips.
This is a great video for seeing their differences! As a 75-year-old debating which, if either, to play, which one is easier to learn to play?
I play clarinet and have dabbled in saxophone and in my opinion clarinet is a lot more difficult to master but there is almost more to go. Ive played for 4 years and there are unique struggles such as the break and fingering to remember, saxophone is much more straightforward. If you want to learn quickly I suggest saxophone, if you’re on a budget maybe clarinet.
I’m a bit late, but as someone who plays both saxophone and clarinet, I’d choose saxophone. Saxophone overall in my opinion is easier but it really depends what you’re looking at.
Saxophone is MUCH easier than clarinet!!! And ALTO is the easiest in the sax range!
Hi there from Switzerland 😄 Good to be here. Thanks for all this great music Informations. I'm a singer and want to find out what Instrument I want to learn next. Thought about Oboe and Klarinette. Still in progress. 🎉
If I had to choose one I prefer the saxophone overall. Love its variety of tone, from the classical to the jazzy and rock tone. Unfortunately its harder to get the intonation spot on.
this was excellent .. and fun!! well done ! I cannot say which is better ,, alternate between both depending on which tunes!!
Very weirdly this Entire video was Entertaining as well as Educational. Thank you ❤️
VERY JOLLY YOU ARE AND A AMUSING MAN--YOUR VIDEO IS A LEARNING ONE AND YOUR EXPLANATION IS CLEAR---FROM BANGLADESH ON 21/10/2022
You're right! I misnamed the "barrel" of the clarinet. Sorry about that.
I know almost nothing of music (reading it and playing it, I mean). It is the one language above all others I wish my brain could understand. And yet, I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Everything about it.
Thanks so much! You've done a terrific job! 🎉
Fun video really enjoy watching this !
Cheers
Very nice. But take a look on Martin Schmidt-Hahn clarinet !!
I'm really into steampunk music and I had trouble telling these two apart for a long time, so thanks
Thank you very much for your demonstration and explanation!
Nice video. This man has a quirky Marty Feldman vibe that I enjoyed while I was following his teaching process. Again, nice video.
This guy is great! Brilliant video.
4:05 Actually, you've got a ton of pitch control that can be achieved using your hand. By creating a cone with your hand and putting that at the end of the neck, you can open and close it in various shapes to get much lower notes and even jump to much higher harmonics.
Despite my criticism of the info below this guy makes the science of musical instruments kinda fun. Everybody's gotta have a gimmick. More power to him.
But .... Reeds are made of cane not bamboo. Specifically its species name is Arundo donax and it's a type cane or reed found in marshy or wetlands areas. Most reed cane is grown in France but it grows pretty much anywhere there's a wet marshy area. The state of California even has an eradication program for arundo donax because it grows in our sloughs and marshes and pushes out native species. It's considered an invasive species. There are 1000 species of bamboo but Arundo donax isn't one of them .....and.... a sax has a neck or crook but a clarinet has a barrel.
Greate greate greate.... U helped alot to learn new stuff but still cant chose between them cuz i waant to play more of a turkish gypsy muzick like kuchek and jazz as well....still cant chose
You don't have to choose. Play both, and use whichever one sounds best on the particular piece of music you're performing.
Outstanding video, thank you!
Much love from Cairo, Egypt
I LOVE this video, and how you made it :D
Fun presentation. Extra points for the Dolphy reference :)
You can definitely play rhapsody in blue on a bowed string instrument. I've seen someone do it on a viola. Sounded really good!
9:44 as a player of both, yes? Big hit or miss. You got sax players who are the coolest and most talented people ever, then some annoying people. Clarinet is more middle ground.
You are GREAT!! Lovely to see this
Awesome video, thank you.
Saludos de Guatemala :)
Clarinet has more octaves. Worth two saxophones. Coltrane's first woodwind was clarinet.
I never understood what people meant when they say this. Both saxophone and clarinet have an infinite range upwards?
@@isaiahd9947 no what he/she means is that a clarinet can play higher than a saxophone (depending on what type of saxophone) an alto sax which is in the key of Eb has the range from low A# to high F I’m not sure on a clarinet to put it simply clarinet can go higher than a sax depending on the saxophone. Does this answer your question?
@@aerogames3300 not exactly. Cause both saxophone and clarinet have an infinite range upwards if you use altissimo?
@@isaiahd9947 yes. But what they meant is that without using altissimo the clarinets have more octaves than the sax.
@@aerogames3300 Whats the point of saying that though? Like nearly every saxophonist who has been playing for a couple years can play altissimo. Same with clarinet
This guy is a good educator!
Clarinets have basically the same fingering as the recorder. ALMOST (I just started the clarinet)
The clarinet needs a lot and I MEAN ALOT of air. Like ALOT. So yeah
One thing that is very important, the saxophone overblows an octave, the clarinet overblows a twelth above the fundamental making it much more difficult to play, I know saxophone players who decided to play clarinet as well, some gave up others found it difficult.
Really loved this video! Thank you! 😁
The part of the clarinet next to the mouthpiece is called the barrel.
I've had both at one time or another. I love saxophones!!!!
Haha!! So funny. Also helpful for me choosing my band instrument!
Hi! Which one did you choose?
This makes me want to play my clarinets.
Honestly I love the sound of the Saxophone. I hated the sound that the clarinet made! You have to love the sound of the instrument to play it, Bottom Line!
Honestly the Saxophone is definitely better. I love the sounds it makes!
Nice video! Which one is easier to learn?
Brilliant as ever!!
That was awesome! Nice one mate :-)
As a sax player the clarinet always looked like it had a million keys..and the when I counted one day the sax had more lol. And I just somehow never noticed
Will it be easy for someone like you who as a saxophone player to learn clarinet??
Well depending on the type of sax you play you might have to change your embouchure drastically like if you played bari sax and then moved to the sort of tiny mouthpiece that a clarinet I think that might be the biggest problem the only other problem I see is that the fingerings for clarinet seem much more complex and you would also need to learn to read Bb (that wouldn’t be too hard tho) so personally I would stick with my saxophone but it would probably be similar to learning sax so idk hope that helps a little
@@aineangeles2648 I can't necessarily answer your question, but I've played clarinet for 7 years, and I just started learning tenor sax this year. The sax actually has less keys than the clarinet, but the general layout of both are very similar. The instruments are fundamentally very similar. The two challenging learning curves when switching are learning how to switch between the clarinet's 12 note key system and the sax's 8 note key system and switching between the embouchures (mouth posture) of the two instruments. While many concepts are the same, learning both instruments can be rather challenging due to muscle memory.
TLDR; It's a relatively easy switch, but there are some challenges.
@@josephcassady450 thank you for the information you've shared. I would want to learn either, I just don't know which one.
Thank you.
Oh, have you considered the oboe, the flute or the bassoon?
Thanks again
@@aineangeles2648 I really want to learn oboe, and I'm starting to learn some flute at the moment, but I intend to practice it a lot over the summer when I have more time. I have never been that passionate about bassoon, but if I ever learn oboe, I'll probably try to learn bassoon too. And if you're going to pick between clarinet and sax, it really depends on what kind of music you like to play. If you want to play pop and jazz, sax is definitely for you. If you're more geared toward orchestral music, clarinet might be a better option. At the end of the day, both instruments can play any genre, and I'd recommend learning both; however if you are going to pick just one to start consider the type of music you like playing/listening to.
Very useful video.
This. Is. A. Great. Video ☘️
I love the sax
In Texas we call the “the neck” of the clarinet “the barrel.”
Same thing in Utah
Same in Iowa lmbo
Clarinet "neck". *barrel*.
This a great video though, I love it!
He is the Bill Nye of music
This makes me want to study clarinet. I love clarinet more, bcuz it sound more melancholic to me.
The oboe is even more otherworldly and sad. But you have to make your own reeds.
I’m a clarinetist and playing sad, slow songs and fast, angry songs rock! I love playing and listening to angry music more though lol. I realllllly want to play a really high angry song.
@@brendareed8412 true?
@@chloeartistic Angry? You might want to look up a better synonym.
@@krane15 why
This was a good video! If you ever want to rap about the science of Guitars or the amplifiers and stuff that comes with it is be willing to be a part of a project like that!
Can you use a clarinet ligature in alto saxophone ?
I’m trying to buy the Vandoren optimal ligature , the clarinet is silver looking the saxophone is gold looking “I want silver one but they don’t make it for alto :(“
U think the alto clarinet ligature will fit on the alto saxophone?
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Very entertaining and informative!
Love this guy!!! He's like an insane scientist.
Without a doubt, saxophonists have always been cooler than clarinetists. But listen to the great blend with the Glenn Miller sax section, clarinet lead plus two alto and two tenor saxophones. The clarinet really adds a nice sparkle on top.
A genious! Thank you!
P. S. What was that background beautiful music at the end?
Thanks for watching! I compose/arrange/perform all the music for the series, so the piece from the end doesn't really have a name...but I'm glad you enjoyed it.
why did you not use a soprano sax for the comparison?
Because it was the height of the pandemic and I only had an alto and a clarinet in my basement.
I play oboe but I’ve always wanted to try clarinet
Idk just something about the clarinets smooth sound
Love the energy! Would like more stuff like this 🤟
Amazing video!!
saxophone players are objectively cooler than clarinetists HAHAHAHHA LOVED IT AND CAN CONFIRM ! Though clarinetists are really cool as well :)
It's really impressive that clarinetists can produce such pretty sounds with a piece of firewood
@@jeannebouwman1970 lol mine is plastic, but I get it swapped out for wood soon
what if i’m both
@@cj_hastings then you’re even cooler
@@chloeartistic yo
I think it would be cool to do this whole process but with a tenor or soprano (or an Eb clarinet) and see how alike they really sound in the same register
Wouldn’t be fair with a soprano, the highly unique tone and clarinet-like embouchure
I play the saxophone but I’ve seen a lot of saxophone players also play clarinet.
It really makes me want to play the clarinet!
Do it. Just don’t use sax embouchure
Sax embrouchure will absolutely kill your clarinet playing💀💀. I am actually kind of taken by storm on how disciplined the clarinet embrouchure is now that I play the flute
@@valkyrie_592 depends on what sax you play
I just like this guy. This kind live longer, because they take life easy and careless
I still liked it, but I thought you were going to cover which one is generally easier to learn at home
Saxophone is generally easier
Hi.
I play tenor sax, and can blow out quite exeptable notes on it from bottom to top....however!!!..... i got a clarinet, with various strength reeds, an can i eck get a descent note from it exept for squeakin and the odd very quiet note, so it goes back in its case for a few months till i try again.
I need to suss it before i give up on it!
Can you help please? Any advice would be awsome.
Cheers
Doesn't the clarinet get a point for also being used in rock and jazz???
And don't forget orchestra.
I recently purchased a used tenor sax with a "like new" vintage A Gigliotti 7G* tenor mouth piece. What would it be worth and as an intermediate player, should I be using it?
The “neck” on the clarinet is called a barrel.
Thank you. That was driving me crazy. (I play both instruments.)
For someone with asthma/COPD, which one is easier to blow?
Probably the clarinet... In general: bigger instrument = more air (with exceptions).
Is it harder to produce a sound on a clarinet than an alto sax? I played sax in middle and high school. Years later my youngest bro picks up a clarinet for the first time and they're having trouble trying to play it. They eventually call me in, and I'm just as stumped. Im thinking it's a bad rental or something. I can't have forgotten how to blow on a woodwind lol. Anyway they go to the rental place to change it and I'm told the owner played a scale. Any thoughts?
Two things are at play First you are out of practice, so you are going to have trouble..and at the some time you are use to the sax. So you forgot some things and yet the things you do remember are hurting you now.
There's a completely different embouchure with the two instruments, so that might have something to do with it. I've heard that saxophones' embouchures are much looser than a clarinet's, but I'm not sure if that's true. I have a clarinet that is way harder to produce a clean sound on than my other, so it may be a bad rental.
@@tysoflowin - I personally do not play them regularly, although I do own both. Usually I play trumpet.
Anyways, I learned alto sax before I learned clarinet.
Clarinet definitely is harder because the embouchure feels way different, it’s a little confusing.
I would say it has more tightness and pressure, which sort of makes squeaking an easy mistake. It is a little easier to control the tone of the clarinet, or the harmonic series (being able to control pitch by the amount of air).
whereas, a saxophone just feels pretty easy and straight forward with almost no pressure at all.
Ive gotten rentals before that i couldn't get a sound out of. It could be a problem with the clarinet, the embocher, or the reed.
reeds are not bamboo, it is cane
That’s bamboo
Actually, there is a piece of music where clarinetists play just the barrel and mouthpiece and adjust the pitch by sticking a pinky up the barrel and moving it to create different notes. If you're curious, check out the end of Maslanka's Symphony no 4. It's supposed to sound like babies crying over the sweet tunes of flutes and harp. (I wish I was kidding)
i love this please don’t stop 😂😂😂😂
I play both