I bought a baritone sax (Selmer SA80 II) around two weeks ago. I have been playing alto for some twenty years (and Tenor for around two years now) and believed to have found a good tone. I am still not satisfied with my eartraining, but that's another matter and I am working on that. But:
When I practiced on the baritone for some time and switch to my alto, the alto seems to be so shrill, so lacking some frequencies, so terrible sounding. But I am still playing the same alto-mouthpiece-reed-comgination. My perception seems to shift. My before so nice tone becomes something terrible. Somehow I have to refind the tonal qualities in playing the alto sax.
Can anyone else share my experience? Give some advice? Do I just have to be patient?
When I practiced on the baritone for some time and switch to my alto, the alto seems to be so shrill, so lacking some frequencies, so terrible sounding. But I am still playing the same alto-mouthpiece-reed-comgination. My perception seems to shift. My before so nice tone becomes something terrible. Somehow I have to refind the tonal qualities in playing the alto sax.
Can anyone else share my experience? Give some advice? Do I just have to be patient?