baritone saxophone

    
baritone saxophone    09:47 on Friday, November 9, 2007          

oboegirl
(352 points)
Posted by oboegirl

I am currently an oboe player but i'm thinking about learing the baritone saxophone to play for pep-band at our school. Does anyone have any suggestions or know of a fair-priced instrument that i could buy? Any help is greatly appreciated!


Re: baritone saxophone    19:21 on Sunday, November 11, 2007          

Triforce
(407 points)
Posted by Triforce

oh, well rent one before you buy.
those arent cheep.
lets see... they take a lot of air. i dont know much about oboe...
but baris... ah ha. i know them.
so yeah lots of air... ahem...
thats just about it. i mean thats probally the biggest thing.
i think the fingerings are simmilar. well i know that saxophones are pretty
striaght forward. watch your pinky keys. your pinkys will be able to lift your weight after you learn bari. did i help? ah ha. good luck.


Re: baritone saxophone    22:04 on Monday, November 12, 2007          

saxman13
(49 points)
Posted by saxman13

Yeah, rent one and hope you have a good time with the bari... if you are positive you want to play bari. I mean its an awesome saxophone but it is quite different from the oboe I would have to say. So if you really want to- rent a bari.


Re: baritone saxophone    20:54 on Thursday, November 15, 2007          

oboegirl
(352 points)
Posted by oboegirl

oboes take A LOT of air and my oboe teacher said that the embouchure of a saxophone is very similar to that of the oboe. i did play flute for pep band, but that was starting wreck my embouchure because it is way different, so i decided to try a baritone saxophone because our school only has two bari sax players.


Re: baritone saxophone    12:29 on Monday, November 19, 2007          

PADAlt
(200 points)
Posted by PADAlt

Yea you will also have a strong embouchure on bari sax b/c of you playing oboe. But warning, from personal experience,when playing bari sax for a while, you get used to the large sized mouthpiece, and your embouchure tends to loosen a bit. Try playing oboe at least an hour or to each day to keep a tight oboe embouchure.


Re: baritone saxophone    17:16 on Friday, November 23, 2007          

ClarinetClaire
(43 points)
Posted by ClarinetClaire

I love bari sax and I am thinking about playing it as well.


Re: baritone saxophone    17:10 on Sunday, November 25, 2007          

Triforce
(407 points)
Posted by Triforce

muh ah ah. baris are AMAZING.


   




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