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Well, I bought an alto for my school's jazz band, but I've been thinking about switching to Bari for a couple of reasons:
As someone who just picked up saxophone, I don't think 16th and 32nd note runs will help me learn all too well. I assume most bari music is a little easier.
We have 9 alto sax's in jazz band, and 1 bari. So it would be more balanced.
It seems that switching my embouchure from bass clarinet to bari sax everyday after concert band would be a lot easier than switching from bass clarinet to alto sax.
My Conn 6M alto still needs repairs done to it.
Now, the only problems with that is that I already own the alto, which I most likely won't sell. So getting my own Bari would be tough. My school already owns 2, and they're both being used. My only two options then would be to shell out some money to get a cheaper bari or to see if the other girl who plays tenor would let me use her Buescher Big Bell. What do you think I should do?
As someone who just picked up saxophone, I don't think 16th and 32nd note runs will help me learn all too well. I assume most bari music is a little easier.
We have 9 alto sax's in jazz band, and 1 bari. So it would be more balanced.
It seems that switching my embouchure from bass clarinet to bari sax everyday after concert band would be a lot easier than switching from bass clarinet to alto sax.
My Conn 6M alto still needs repairs done to it.
Now, the only problems with that is that I already own the alto, which I most likely won't sell. So getting my own Bari would be tough. My school already owns 2, and they're both being used. My only two options then would be to shell out some money to get a cheaper bari or to see if the other girl who plays tenor would let me use her Buescher Big Bell. What do you think I should do?