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(605) 721-1183
4909 Butte Cir
Rapid City SD 57703 Email:
Craig@CraigAlberty.com |
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Craig Alberty plays reed instruments –
saxophones and clarinets. He brings extensive experience to all
musical styles from jazz to classical. He is an adept reader and
skilled improviser. His broad background includes work in all
jazz settings and styles, musical theater, symphony orchestra, and rock
bands. The clips below will give you a sampling of his diverse
musicianship and technical skill.
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Saxophones
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Clarinet
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Wind-controlled
Synthesizer
Electronic
wind instruments have been in use for about 40 years. They
combine the playing characteristics of wind instruments (fingering
patterns, response to breath, sensitivity to tongue and lip
adjustments) while triggering electronic or synthesized sounds.
They have the capability to be more expressive than digital
keyboards. Here's a sample:
 Minuet in G by
J.S. Bach This
flute-like sound responds well to changes in breath pressure; it
changes timbre (tone color) as it gets louder or softer just as
acoustic instruments do. These
instruments are generally used in one of two ways: to provide
imitations of acoustic instruments or to add wind instrument
expressiveness to obviously synthesized sounds. To me, imitation
of acoustic instruments is the least interesting of the options but it
is the way I am most often hired to use the
instrument in
recording and
live performance. I have used
it to "replace" harmonica, violin, flute, oboe,
bassoon, trumpet, horn, tuba, and electric bass. Here are a few
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