Clarinet to tenor sax?

All saxes have the same fingerings, the only skill is the reed and armature, except when playing sax, your mouth should be more rounded. I'm in 10th grade and I've played clarinet for 6 years, and sax for 4. Saxophone is the easiest instrument to play, it will just take time to learn the fingerings. Your primary instrument needs to be whatever horn you learned to play first.

You're primary instrument is whatever you feel most comfortable with being your primary instrument. I did the same thing, and couldn't stand playing classical tenor saxophone music. I decided a long time ago that saxophones were for jazz only. The embouchure is exactly the same as clarinet, except on a saxophone you instead of the firm embouchure of the clarinet, the sax will be more relaxed and rounded, as if putting your mouth on a straw (your lips with stay the same as on clarinet though) The upper register fingerings on a clarinet are the same as all the fingerings on a saxophone, aside from the C's. I played clarinet, and I feel that I'm a fairly good sax player. I'm in my high school's top Jazz ensemble, which is an auditioned group. Will you be able to easily learn to play other saxophones? Weeell.. learn? Sure. The fingers are all the same. But to play well on the different saxophones will take some practice and getting used to. Just keep going the way you're going, and you'll discover the differences for yourself.

I'm currently teaching my clarinet friend to play tenor sax. Your carrying over most of the skills. You basically need to learn the fingerings and how to relax your jaw to hit the low notes. Your primary instrument should be the one you're more comfortable with. Or the one that is more needed. The friend I'm teaching has also learned tuba which our small band only has one of, so he plays that band, and during marching season, plays tenor in jazz, and plays clarinet in concert band. Once you can play tenor, you can pretty much play any kind of saxophone. I transitioned from alto to tenor in a day. It's just a matter of learning to hit the really low or really high notes and using the right amount of air.

I'm a clarinet player and from what I've heard, it's not that bad. Tenor saxophone isn't the easiest saxophone, but it's in the same key, which is nice. I play alto sax and a lot of the skills you learn on a clarinet easily transfer over. Both are great instruments and if you play both fairly frequently you should be good at both of them.

You're primary instrument is whatever you feel most comfortable with being your primary instrument. I did the same thing, and couldn't stand playing classical tenor saxophone music. I decided a long time ago that saxophones were for jazz only. The embouchure is exactly the same as clarinet, except on a saxophone you instead of the firm embouchure of the clarinet, the sax will be more relaxed and rounded, as if putting your mouth on a straw (your lips with stay the same as on clarinet though) The upper register fingerings on a clarinet are the same as all the fingerings on a saxophone, aside from the C's. I played clarinet, and I feel that I'm a fairly good sax player. I'm in my high school's top Jazz ensemble, which is an auditioned group. Will you be able to easily learn to play other saxophones? Weeell.. learn? Sure. The fingers are all the same. But to play well on the different saxophones will take some practice and getting used to. Just keep going the way you're going, and you'll discover the differences for yourself.

I'm currently teaching my clarinet friend to play tenor sax. Your carrying over most of the skills. You basically need to learn the fingerings and how to relax your jaw to hit the low notes. Your primary instrument should be the one you're more comfortable with. Or the one that is more needed. The friend I'm teaching has also learned tuba which our small band only has one of, so he plays that band, and during marching season, plays tenor in jazz, and plays clarinet in concert band. Once you can play tenor, you can pretty much play any kind of saxophone. I transitioned from alto to tenor in a day. It's just a matter of learning to hit the really low or really high notes and using the right amount of air.

I'm a clarinet player and from what I've heard, it's not that bad. Tenor saxophone isn't the easiest saxophone, but it's in the same key, which is nice. I play alto sax and a lot of the skills you learn on a clarinet easily transfer over. Both are great instruments and if you play both fairly frequently you should be good at both of them.