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Author: Cowgurl86
Date: 2001-08-26 23:55
Hi. I'm a self taught alto saxaphonist of 3 years. I need help... I'm learning baritone saxaphone right now. I just need different info.. i can play basic notes on it.. but i have probs doing low and high notes. If you can help, please email me!!
Thanks!!!
Cowgurl86
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Author: John
Date: 2002-01-25 03:36
First, get a good mouthpiece, preferably a Selmer C* mouthpiece. It is extremely hard to play low notes on a "student" model Baritone sax mouthpiece.
Second, don't be afraid to puff your cheeks, pull the sax backwards on the neckstrap, or drop your jaw. Play around with it. It is not an alto and not as easily suseptible to being out-of-tune. With bass instruments, it's harder for your director to notice your being out of tune.
Third, use a smaller reed strength than what you use on alto. Like you, I played alto for three years before adding bari. I march on alto in marching band and play jazz and symphonic band on bari. I play on a size 3.5 Van Doren reed on alto, but a 3 Rico Royal in symphonic on bari and a 3 1/3 Rico Jazz Select in Jazz.
Fourth, practice, practice, practice!
Fifth, buy some bari. sax recordings. If you are not in a jazz ensemble, consider joining one. My first year on bari. was really, really hard; I only played symphonic on bari. that year. The next year, I added jazz, and was able to improve my range greatly.
Sixth, it is a very hard transition, even degrading at times, as your director may regard you as a mere reeded-tuba. You will overcome,though, with my advice.
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Author: gig saxy
Date: 2002-02-15 23:59
i've been palying bari for some time now and if you really want to get the rangge ou tof it. try some methods from sax tutor. its a nifty little programm and it really works. E-mail me if you have any major problems.
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Author: Mitchell
Date: 2002-03-18 15:33
well first of all John you have no clue what it is like to play a "student" barry sax because I do and all you really have to do to get the low notes out is do not have your lips as firm as you would playing say G or B the lowest note on my barry sax is a low A and you have to have good air support and dont have a tight "grip" on the mouthpiece. the reed might have something.
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Author: Big B.
Date: 2002-04-15 23:13
To get really low notes all you have to do is loosen up/drop your jaw. I've only been playing Bari Sax for a year, but I used to play Tenor Sax. I am able to get lower than the lowest C note. You don't need a tutor, just work on it my yourself and they will come out just right.
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Author: saxlover
Date: 2002-06-25 12:20
Wow mm, you're really nice. Anyway, I would start up lesson's with a privite tutor. But most of all PRACTICE!
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Author: Sooper Monkey
Date: 2003-01-08 23:30
Hey, I play bari sax too. For doing low notes such as C, D, B, and other difficult notes to get out. I've found that "dropping your jaw" helps. To do this put your mouth on the mouthpiece and sorta raise your neck a lil. you can also play a solid note and try to do this. For high notes, try tightening you lips around the mouthpiece! Good luck!
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Author: jessica
Date: 2004-09-11 21:07
hey yeah ive been playing the sax now for 4 1/2 yehs and 2 of them on the bari, its fingurings are exactly the same. just remember, alot af air and keep your throat open, like your yawning.
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Author: ddravn
Date: 2004-12-04 22:42
hey i've been play the sax for 4 and a half years and the bari for 3 of them and i know that playing a student bari with a really crappy mouth piece is really hard but like every1 else is saying drop ur jaw and have lots of air support im in a Jr. jazz band and in a couple of months or something like that i am going to the linoal hampton jazz festia. but i am setting my visions on somthing called the "subcontra bass sax" and it will cost a lot of money but thet sound it creates is the best i have ever heard on a sax, so go to www.Jay C. Easton The Contrabass Saxophone.com its really cool cyaz
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Author: Penguin
Date: 2005-01-22 22:08
Hey look, Ive been playing bari for about six years now and befoe that played alto, tenor, and soprano. I still do. So in overall ive been playing for eight years. My suggestion to you is to do as everyone else has said and drop your jaw, push faster air, and a stronger strength reed might help. I play on Vandoran 4. A private tutor will help and being involved in school ensembles is great. Get method books and work on long tones to help your transitions for whole range.
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