The original published sheet music is available online at the United States Library of Congress in a searchable database of African-American music from Brown University.
Am such a fan of the Sax and it's sound, more string like, vacummed, and inflated with vibration as opposed to the clarinet with more of an strained sharp wind reserved vibrational sound...both beautiful.
+Ian Boyter my father, Lewis, was a hony tonk pianist and I was fascinated by his version of this song as a child, calling it the "Bonnie and Clyde song" (don't know why a four year old would call it that). As an adult I learned how to play it, then did a boogie woogie version I then called the St. Daddy Blues. Nice version
Sir, Ian What a blues. I love it 😍. Got simple system clari given from my late grandfather which he used to play and you have just spark me again. Thank you so much for the motivation 🙏🙏🙏🙏
The clarinet is better. They sound alike but the clarinet just has this romantic and mellow quality that I love! I also love the non metallic sound of it. I'm going to get one soon and I really want to learn how to play it!! Beautiful!!
The clarinet has a type of sound that I really like about it that I can't hear in the saxophone but the saxophone is funky sounding and I like that idk tho I'm not an expert in this things
Man this was a perfect comparison ..I absolutely love your playing, still smiling how you just picked up the clarinet and started playing. I played tenor in high school ( mid 70's) and just picked up a clarinet today ! Can hardly wait to pick up a reed and start playing. I did not think I would like it as well as the sax but watching you play both in this comparison I think it will be very nice indeed. Thank you so much and for the information of the song. Cheers from Alberta Canada.Subbed and hit the alarm.. P.S. you are groovy ;-)
Yes, you probably play the Boehm system. I play the Albert or Simple system. A lot of the early jazz clarinet players in old New Orleans played the Albert system, and I prefer the sound I get from it.
i wanted to learn how to play one of them at least but I'm quite confused which one should i choose, i know sax is easier to learn but still i cant decide!!!!!
I started with saxophone and later learned clarinet and I love them both. Saxophone may be easier to learn, but it takes a lot of practice to master the instrument. For me personally, clarinet was hard to get started but once I got familiar with the embouchure and the break, I got really good really fast. I hope I helped some :)
I think I saw this video b4 I took up clarinet. I play flute and alto sax. I had some Bb sheet music and study aids prior, as didn’t know what I was buying. Now I’m glad I have clarinet, so I can imitate tenor sax instead of carrying two saxes. This video is very helpful in proving what I was curious about - as in whether a clarinet can stand in for a tenor sax. Is it in Bb key?
Soprano clarinet is usually pitched in Bb, but clarinets in A, C etc. are also available. You can play clarinet using the Bb tenor saxophone score, but it will sound an octave higher and you might add some embellishments to the melody. More precisely, though,, the clarinet encompasses the range of both alto and soprano saxophones. So tonally, clarinet is a good substitute for alto AND soprano saxophone, but not quite for the tenor saxophone. Tenor sax sounds an octave lower than the tenor score is actually written in. That is why clarinet and tenor sax work really well in this video above …
wow!!!! really woooww! dont think i will ever be able to play like that! thankyou for posting, where can i get the sheet music for the clarinet part?, thanxz
What's harder to play? I read somewhere that the octave key on the clarinet doesn't exactly deliver an octave up, but instead an octave and a fifth.. so the fingering has to change in the second octave? Also, the clarinet is a transposing instrument. Is the sax as well? Not sure what to play. Thanks for any advice. Beautiful music played on both instruments! Great video.
CL0WN FAC3 Yes, that makes sense. Still, I've been wondering if there's a general consensus among woodwind players on which instrument is more difficult. Perhaps there is no agreement on this, and it totally depends upon the person.
Kerkuil's Channel Yes the clarinet has a 'bridge' between the octaves which effectively means you play a different fingering for each octave. Not so on sax. Choose because you like the instrument, not because of a preference of fingering techniques is my advice.
What an outstanding tone you get from that clarinet! Bluesy as hell. What's the secret? hahahaha. I've read some comments which say that you might be using a clarinet that isn't the current Bb Boehm one. Of course, your playing skills are amazing, that's a big part of the secret, but I'm still curious about the instrument! I hope you find a little spare time to reply. Thank you in advance, Greetings from Spain
Just read that it's an Albert system clarinet in C. Alright then, what are the main differences between an Albert and a Boehm clarinet? Is the sound a little bit brighter? Do you use the same kind of reed? Is it easier to play bendings/glissando on an Albert?
Hi Cristian, thanks for your kind comment. I use a nice old simple system (Albert system) Italian clarinet made by Borgani and a 'Vintage' mouthpiece by Morgan in America. But as you know, the sound you get comes mostly from the way you play, and the sound you aspire to. I listen to the pioneer jazz players from New Orleans and try and emulate the sounds they produce. Greetings from Scotland.
Cristian Palmer Hi again Cristian. Yes, it's an Albert system clarinet. The fingering is different from the Boehm system, and it can be more difficult to play some passages. The reed is the same. The tone can be different, but some Boehm players do get a similar tone. 'Bending' notes is the same.
The difference between Albert and Boehm clarinets is not only the keywork, but the correct intonation, tone stability and pitch. If you get a modern, narrow-bore Boehm clarinet, it will play well in tune first two and half octaves. Alberts don't; they are older instruments with a wider bore, so their tuning is not as good ... but in blues, and jazz, that is a good trait because blues playing is based on off-pitch articulation. Blues requires "sliding" around the correct pitch. Say, if you play low E, modern Boehm clarinet will nail it, and the produced sound won't sound 'bluesy' because it's been hit correctly immediately. Albert clarinet will have issues, it will be off by 15-30%, you will try to correct it with embouchure, and that attempt (articulation) actually sounds 'bluesy'. To use modern Boehm clarinets for blues, you must use a barrel or a mouthpiece that throws the tuning slightly off the mark, and then articulate as if you were using an Albert clarinet. On a tenor saxophone, though, the tuning is always off, and because of the wider tip opening of the mouthpiece, it is easier to articulate for the blues and the jazz. For blues and jazz, last thing you want is to play "well in tune".
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I prefer the clarinet. You are very good! Thank you
@Brett Watts Yee me too . I play ,the Clarinet
I love saxophone and clarinet
Denis just pick clarinet it's better.(not kidding though)
I agree
But no saxophone hate
Super souveränes und entspanntes Spiel. Einfach Klasse!
Thanks, I appreciate your comment.
You're a fantastic musician!
Ян. Как здорово восхитительно особенно короткие ноты. Вы мастер
The original published sheet music is available online at the United States Library of Congress in a searchable database of African-American music from Brown University.
My compliments very good played!! Stefano from Italy
C'est absolument génial .Avis de clarinettiste .Quelle fluidité et sens de la musique .C'est un modèle du genreBRAVO !!!!!.......
I play the saxophone and the clarinet too!! Great video, very talented
Wonderful video, I'm learning clarinet but I'll learn Saxophone later too because i love both instruments ❤ you're great
Am such a fan of the Sax and it's sound, more string like, vacummed, and inflated with vibration as opposed to the clarinet with more of an strained sharp wind reserved vibrational sound...both beautiful.
Super beau ,tres beaux sons
Grand talent ! merci Ian
Thanks Jef
un grand merci a toi ami musicien pour se pure moment de bonheur
TARA
+Ian Boyter my father, Lewis, was a hony tonk pianist and I was fascinated by his version of this song as a child, calling it the "Bonnie and Clyde song" (don't know why a four year old would call it that). As an adult I learned how to play it, then did a boogie woogie version I then called the St. Daddy Blues. Nice version
You are the best....
This was absolutely lovely!
Sir, Ian
What a blues. I love it 😍. Got simple system clari given from my late grandfather which he used to play and you have just spark me again.
Thank you so much for the motivation 🙏🙏🙏🙏
What make is it?
Ian Boyter is so old that it doesn't have any name on it but I remember my uncle told me a lot about boosy and Hawkes.
I like this!!!! Great!!!!
Thanks Juan.
Ian Boyter what kind of mouthpiece reed and instrument are you using on tenor please i need too know I want too get my sound like that
Thanks for this sir
This really helped me because I was picking which one to play and this really helped
Ellamcd 123 ans which one you'd chosen?
Unknown * both *
God bless you!!
excelente! es un CAPO DI TUTTI...
Wow beautiful Ian love ❤️ the changeover, pure class you, really love your music 💕 Irish ☘️ Fan Deirdre xx
Thanks Monica
Oh yeah I agree with you 100%
Fantastique... magnifique! Both clarinet and saxophone plays... super! I just love it.
Formidable votre interprétation !!
how nice ! you are very good musician ! i play too clarinet :D but i'm young ... 14 years from Romania :D i appreciate tour music
Thanks Ionut, you will be an excellent musician, keep practicing.
Ian Boyter I will :)
:D I'm 13.... But I already gone to 10concerts (Thats mine third year) :D And nice skills = Clarinet won totally.
I agree very good musician i too play clarinet but also saxaphone :)
Ionut Tut I'm 15 and I am playing sax and clarinet
Muito bom ouvi esse maestro tocando, cheguei o dormi nesse som maravilhoso, do clarinete então, perfeito!👏👏👏👏
Thank you!
AMAZING!!!!!!!! best ive ever seen
beautiful music
Thanks AIZ
THIS IS LOVELY. I want to learn both
Sally Reed, hehe
Thank you for performing for us :)
very good teacher
Great video! I loved it. I play clarinet and I most likely will never play like that!
You can do it, keep practising Adam.
Muy muy bueno. Muchas gracias jefe,
Really nice!
I'm loving it!
very very nice
Outstanding!
Wow! Sounds so good!
Congratulations!
And thanks for sharing!
In your opinion, what is your favorite instrument between the two? Sounds great, btw! I personally like the clarinet. Not in a higher octave, however.
The clarinet is better. They sound alike but the clarinet just has this romantic and mellow quality that I love! I also love the non metallic sound of it. I'm going to get one soon and I really want to learn how to play it!! Beautiful!!
The clarinet has a type of sound that I really like about it that I can't hear in the saxophone but the saxophone is funky sounding and I like that idk tho I'm not an expert in this things
Can’t really compare the two, especially in jazz.
Right on, Ian!
thanxz ian, for replying to ma comment, cheers, really enjoy yer playin'
Wow thank you
well done, nice tone and a great feel for the music.
Thanks Aga
Super music
ian. muy bueno. sehr gut. Very good. felicito tu entonacion y ritmo.
Cheers from new Orleans
Nice, as always...
Thanks Guy
cooooooooooooooool dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
talent😍
les deux instruments sont tres beaux
Nice Ian - nice tone on both instruments.
Thanks, Denis!
awesome ian!
Cool super
BRAVOOOOO
Man this was a perfect comparison ..I absolutely love your playing, still smiling how you just picked up the clarinet and started playing. I played tenor in high school ( mid 70's) and just picked up a clarinet today ! Can hardly wait to pick up a reed and start playing. I did not think I would like it as well as the sax but watching you play both in this comparison I think it will be very nice indeed. Thank you so much and for the information of the song. Cheers from Alberta Canada.Subbed and hit the alarm.. P.S. you are groovy ;-)
Сколько лет вы играете. Где работаете
Nice!!
Amazing, new sub👍
You sound too great!!!!
nice!
I played this last year in jazz band
Yes, you probably play the Boehm system. I play the Albert or Simple system. A lot of the early jazz clarinet players in old New Orleans played the Albert system, and I prefer the sound I get from it.
Acredito que minhas almas anteriores foram todas profissionais da música de instrumentos de sopro.
I’m really wanting to get into playing an instrument and I’m trying to decide between clarinet and saxophone!
`i had the same dilemma when I was 16 and I was advised to take up sax. I have never regretted it. I added clarinet later in life.
Take both.
Thanks ela. I hope you continue to watch my channel. I'm thinking about my next video now.
This is Great Great! Now I know that i must focus on instrument that i have
I've put a website in the description above where you can get the sheet music free.
Both sound pretty good😍 similar, its just saxo sounds a little more sharp
that looks like a 40's era tenor, may I ask what it is?
1949 selmer SBA
I like clarinet better because it sounds more rich
I play clarinet
this is fun to play back with a recorder
cool
i wanted to learn how to play one of them at least but I'm quite confused which one should i choose, i know sax is easier to learn but still i cant decide!!!!!
I started with saxophone and later learned clarinet and I love them both. Saxophone may be easier to learn, but it takes a lot of practice to master the instrument. For me personally, clarinet was hard to get started but once I got familiar with the embouchure and the break, I got really good really fast. I hope I helped some :)
you did help me, if you say that sax it's easier i'm going to choose that one
From France...Very nice. I'd like to get the playalong of St Louis Blues. Can you tell me where I can find it. Thanks in advance.
Tijou Philippe to add. Spotify has a lot of playalongs in there!
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I think I saw this video b4 I took up clarinet. I play flute and alto sax. I had some Bb sheet music and study aids prior, as didn’t know what I was buying. Now I’m glad I have clarinet, so I can imitate tenor sax instead of carrying two saxes. This video is very helpful in proving what I was curious about - as in whether a clarinet can stand in for a tenor sax. Is it in Bb key?
Soprano clarinet is usually pitched in Bb, but clarinets in A, C etc. are also available. You can play clarinet using the Bb tenor saxophone score, but it will sound an octave higher and you might add some embellishments to the melody. More precisely, though,, the clarinet encompasses the range of both alto and soprano saxophones. So tonally, clarinet is a good substitute for alto AND soprano saxophone, but not quite for the tenor saxophone. Tenor sax sounds an octave lower than the tenor score is actually written in. That is why clarinet and tenor sax work really well in this video above …
wow!!!! really woooww! dont think i will ever be able to play like that! thankyou for posting, where can i get the sheet music for the clarinet part?, thanxz
qusl e a palheta e a boquilha de clarinet que voce usar
You sound AMAZING ! Can you link me to the sheet music for this?
I'd like to find this play alive. I don't know where. Do you have an idea?
Ahhh is that an Albert system clarinet?!
Yes it is.
Clarinet vs sax which best???
dam mm clarinet rocks I'm already advanced at my school
okSuperSax&clarinet
wow the clarinet sounds a lot like Pete Fountain
wow! how long have you been playing? Perfect!
They both win
Get Down!!
What's harder to play? I read somewhere that the octave key on the clarinet doesn't exactly deliver an octave up, but instead an octave and a fifth.. so the fingering has to change in the second octave? Also, the clarinet is a transposing instrument. Is the sax as well? Not sure what to play. Thanks for any advice. Beautiful music played on both instruments! Great video.
Kerkuil's Channel I think it depends on the person.
CL0WN FAC3 Yes, that makes sense. Still, I've been wondering if there's a general consensus among woodwind players on which instrument is more difficult. Perhaps there is no agreement on this, and it totally depends upon the person.
Kerkuil's Channel Yes the clarinet has a 'bridge' between the octaves which effectively means you play a different fingering for each octave. Not so on sax. Choose because you like the instrument, not because of a preference of fingering techniques is my advice.
Different fingerings for each octave.. yikes! I don't want to deal with that. For the most part, I like the sax better anyway. Thanks for your info!
Kerkuil's Channel I played clarinet but switched to sax and the sax is way more fun.
can u give the sheet music
Sorry I don't have it.
What an outstanding tone you get from that clarinet! Bluesy as hell. What's the secret? hahahaha. I've read some comments which say that you might be using a clarinet that isn't the current Bb Boehm one. Of course, your playing skills are amazing, that's a big part of the secret, but I'm still curious about the instrument!
I hope you find a little spare time to reply.
Thank you in advance,
Greetings from Spain
Just read that it's an Albert system clarinet in C. Alright then, what are the main differences between an Albert and a Boehm clarinet? Is the sound a little bit brighter? Do you use the same kind of reed? Is it easier to play bendings/glissando on an Albert?
Hi Cristian, thanks for your kind comment. I use a nice old simple system (Albert system) Italian clarinet made by Borgani and a 'Vintage' mouthpiece by Morgan in America. But as you know, the sound you get comes mostly from the way you play, and the sound you aspire to. I listen to the pioneer jazz players from New Orleans and try and emulate the sounds they produce. Greetings from Scotland.
Cristian Palmer
Hi again Cristian. Yes, it's an Albert system clarinet. The fingering is different from the Boehm system, and it can be more difficult to play some passages. The reed is the same. The tone can be different, but some Boehm players do get a similar tone. 'Bending' notes is the same.
The difference between Albert and Boehm clarinets is not only the keywork, but the correct intonation, tone stability and pitch. If you get a modern, narrow-bore Boehm clarinet, it will play well in tune first two and half octaves. Alberts don't; they are older instruments with a wider bore, so their tuning is not as good ... but in blues, and jazz, that is a good trait because blues playing is based on off-pitch articulation. Blues requires "sliding" around the correct pitch. Say, if you play low E, modern Boehm clarinet will nail it, and the produced sound won't sound 'bluesy' because it's been hit correctly immediately. Albert clarinet will have issues, it will be off by 15-30%, you will try to correct it with embouchure, and that attempt (articulation) actually sounds 'bluesy'. To use modern Boehm clarinets for blues, you must use a barrel or a mouthpiece that throws the tuning slightly off the mark, and then articulate as if you were using an Albert clarinet.
On a tenor saxophone, though, the tuning is always off, and because of the wider tip opening of the mouthpiece, it is easier to articulate for the blues and the jazz. For blues and jazz, last thing you want is to play "well in tune".
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Лепо.+++++
is that an albert system clarinet?
Yes it's an Italian Bb clarinet. Borgani. A family firm that only makes saxes now.
Blues....where you can feel so good and not get involved!
Clarinet is like
Is it an alto sax??
No it's a tenor sax
very nice very good ..you play good.. congratulations ?? A cd of Henghel Gualdi for you when you get tiuscany Italy ...