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• Melvin Llord (Admin)

  

  • 538 posts
   

  October 16, 2011 8:31:22 PM EDT

  Hello mysaxtalk!
  
  I know that many of you play multiple instruments. I created this forum called "Doubling". Please feel free to share any information or ask questions. 
  
  I would like for all of you to share which other instruments other than saxophone you play??
  
  My Main instrument is alto sax, but i also play tenor and soprano. I studied flute in college but have not practiced it in a while. I also play some keyboards and do pretty well with MIDI programming.
  
  So your turn now! What other instruments do you play?
  
   

• Cory Barnfield

  

  • 76 posts
   

  October 16, 2011 10:58:56 PM EDT

  HELLO MYSAXTALK!!!
  
  I play all the saxophones, soprano, alto, tenor, and bari, but alto and soprano are my favorite! I also play all the woodwinds due to my educational experience. Clarinet is a close second to my saxophone playing. I play a lot of clarinet and used to play shows for pit orchestras until I decided to focus more on saxophones. I still love playing the clarinet and sit in with several groups playing clarinet when needed.
  
  
• Jeff Kirschenbaum

  

  • 12 posts
   

  October 17, 2011 10:12:05 AM EDT

  I am an alto player that plays tenor in a big band. I also play clarinet in a local community concert band and also in a klezmer group. I also play piano (when I have a spare moment!)
• Daniele E. Lucchetta

  

  • 6 posts
   

  October 17, 2011 11:27:38 AM EDT

  I play any sax from soprillo to Tenor I also play clarinet. I like all of them but usually I practice with alto.
  
  Dan
• Markus Zaja

  

  • 5 posts
   

  October 17, 2011 10:17:17 PM EDT

  hi,

   

  i am playing saxophones from sopranino to baritone, but in a few different styles. sopranino as well as soprano in a renaissance music ensemble, sometimes the bari ( pierret 1920ies) as lowest voice in some monteverdi pieces( double choir, the bass trombone friend ist the other bassman ... )

   

  alto and tenors in the alldays work( 1920ies to mid 1960ies horns from pierret and grassi), but for soloing in performances with literature readings and any similar projects i like the soprano: straight, curved and modded saxello...

   

  clarinet and bassclarinet only when the payment is good !

   

  :-D

   

  plase let me know if you want to know which combination of instruments, mouthpieces and the other gear works good - would that be a new thread ?

  
  This post was edited by Markus Zaja at October 17, 2011 10:25:06 PM EDT
• Joyce Spencer

  

  • 22 posts
   

  February 13, 2013 3:37:12 AM EST

  I currently play soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, flute and sing.  My first instrument was the clarinet.  And, I play "moderate" piano, which means I'm not that great lol.  The only time I play piano is in church for my praise team, or once with a band where I was just playig the strings.

• mr mastoffa

  

  • 4 posts
   

  February 13, 2013 5:06:39 PM EST

  I'm aguitar player with the tenor as my other axe. The difficalty i have is playing the sax with a different feel than i do with the guitar or the keyboard.
• johnny brock

  

  • 24 posts
   

  March 3, 2013 3:06:36 PM EST

  I'm playing Alto and Soprano at the moment but will be playing Tenor soon (I'm saving up for one now). I don't consider one sax as being "double" to another. I play them all equally. I play an open-hole Flute if and when the show calls for it. I don't "play" Piano but I know how to use it. It comes in handy for all things music.

   

  I've played Tenor and Bari on and off over the course of my life. However, I do double on electric Bass. 4 and 5 strings and fretless. It's an entirely seperate world but having a working knowledge of it does help with horn playing.

   

  The Saxophone(s) are number 1 of course but the Bass comes in a close 2nd.