WhiplashTM
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So I was looking online to maybe buy a bari sax. Back in JR high I was the 1st chair alto who got to play bari, and I loved it for 2 years. Then HS happened and I wouldn’t be eligible for one of the HS bari’s for at least 2 years. Realized I wasn’t all that fond of the teacher or Alto, so I moved on to other things. (Girls mostly.)
Had a tenor for a couple years as an adult but it just wasn’t enough. You can feel a bari, around the solar plexus, and that’s half the fun.
So I was surfing and decided I could pony up for a cheap bari and it turns out I don’t actually know what I should be buying. I don’t know the difference between and Eb or F# bari or why I should choose one over the other.
I’m hoping someone could point me in the right direction. I used to be able to site read for Alto and whichever bari I had in school, but that was decades ago so I’m not sure if any of that is retained. I didn’t love the tenor so I didn’t spend much time with it. Fingering seems to work well enough whenever I pick up any sax and see if I can blow notes or if I’ve devolved into making bird noises.
Lastly, I think my biggest inspiration (or reminder for why I’d like to play bari again) is Leo P. Caught him hoping around stage on youtube and it refreshed my ideas about sax. So, yeah, If I were to chart my course for sax, making energetic techno sax from a bari would be at the top of the list.
Any help with recommendations would be appreciated! Just realize I’m intending to be cheap. $1000-$1500 is all I can justify for what is a whim at the moment. Thanks!
-M
Had a tenor for a couple years as an adult but it just wasn’t enough. You can feel a bari, around the solar plexus, and that’s half the fun.
So I was surfing and decided I could pony up for a cheap bari and it turns out I don’t actually know what I should be buying. I don’t know the difference between and Eb or F# bari or why I should choose one over the other.
I’m hoping someone could point me in the right direction. I used to be able to site read for Alto and whichever bari I had in school, but that was decades ago so I’m not sure if any of that is retained. I didn’t love the tenor so I didn’t spend much time with it. Fingering seems to work well enough whenever I pick up any sax and see if I can blow notes or if I’ve devolved into making bird noises.
Lastly, I think my biggest inspiration (or reminder for why I’d like to play bari again) is Leo P. Caught him hoping around stage on youtube and it refreshed my ideas about sax. So, yeah, If I were to chart my course for sax, making energetic techno sax from a bari would be at the top of the list.
Any help with recommendations would be appreciated! Just realize I’m intending to be cheap. $1000-$1500 is all I can justify for what is a whim at the moment. Thanks!
-M