It's the Talk of the Town

[Colin the Bear]

Sat in with my old band Thursday night and this old standard turned up.

Took me ages to find some dots and lyrics. I missed the "It's the" off the search. Technology eh?

https://soundcloud.com/colin-the-bear/its-the-talk-of-the-town

It seems clarinet is taking over my playing at the mo. I've just discovered that my B&H78 is a Bundy 1400 stencil. No wonder the Selmer goldentone mouthpiece suits it. And here's me trying to be all French on it.

 

[Fraser Jarvis]

Nice bit of Claranettin there Bear, are they pretty easy to play when you can play a sax? or are they a complete different animal?

 

[Colin the Bear]

Clarinet to sax is easy. The other way round is harder but not impossible. There's a lot of extra finger positions and keys on the clarinet to accomodate the break. The the register key takes you up a 12th not an octave like the sax. Bottom register is the same as alto, upper register is same as soprano. It makes my brain hurt if I think about what I'm doing. Embouchure has to be a little tighter and less flexible. You can pick one up 2nd hand on ebay £30ish if you facy a bash. It will swing and jazz but it won't rock lol

 

[gladsaxisme]

Clarinet to sax is easy. The other way round is harder but not impossible. There's a lot of extra finger positions and keys on the clarinet to accomodate the break. The the register key takes you up a 12th not an octave like the sax. Bottom register is the same as alto, upper register is same as soprano. It makes my brain hurt if I think about what I'm doing. Embouchure has to be a little tighter and less flexible. You can pick one up 2nd hand on ebay £30ish if you facy a bash. It will swing and jazz but it won't rock lol

You've never mentioned you play the clarinet as well, very nice ....John