dooce
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What is the reason that baris have been developed play low A, and other saxes haven't? I read Stephen Howards tongue-in-cheek article on how to convert a Bb with a rolled-up magazine, and having played a Bb bari, which is not much heavier than some tenors, and an A which of course has an extra foot of plumbing in it and requires the neck muscles of Sly Stallone, I wondered why that extra semi-tone was considered so important that so far as I can see, you just cannot buy a Bb bari new?
Also interesting when it is argued that the reason that saxes are in Eb and Bb, and not C, is that the length and diameter of the instrument to achieve the desired sound dictates the pitch. And yet an extra lump of metal can be happily added to a bari without anyone complaining that it affects the sound.
I await a tsunami of learned and informed responses.
Also interesting when it is argued that the reason that saxes are in Eb and Bb, and not C, is that the length and diameter of the instrument to achieve the desired sound dictates the pitch. And yet an extra lump of metal can be happily added to a bari without anyone complaining that it affects the sound.
I await a tsunami of learned and informed responses.