Low notes on Bari Sax

[Sexyhombre812]

I've been playing the Alto, for about 3 years and am very good at low notes. I can reach a low Bb with ease and have a pretty good tone and control over that note. But recently I started playing The Bari Sax, Because the ALto section in my Jazz band were occupied and they were looking for a Bari player. So i figured, Same key, I should be fine. Put when I played,the lowest note I could play was a G! I did have a pretty bad reed then, Because My teacher said all the Bari reeds he had were pretty bad and he just gave me the best of the worst. If it it is me, Do you have any pointers on how to belt the lower notes out?

[retread]

With strong air support, low notes on bari are much easier than on tenor.
Take a deep breath every chance you get and blow from the diaphram.
If that does't help, you may have leaks.

[JfW]

I've been playing the Alto, for about 3 years and am very good at low notes. I can reach a low Bb with ease and have a pretty good tone and control over that note. But recently I started playing The Bari Sax, Because the ALto section in my Jazz band were occupied and they were looking for a Bari player. So i figured, Same key, I should be fine. Put when I played,the lowest note I could play was a G! I did have a pretty bad reed then, Because My teacher said all the Bari reeds he had were pretty bad and he just gave me the best of the worst. If it it is me, Do you have any pointers on how to belt the lower notes out?

you used a used bari reed?

yuck!

[larry]

Are you sure that the horn's not leaking? You should be able to get below a G fairly effortlessly. See if you can get a more experienced player (your teacher?) to play the horn and try to isolate the problem between the player, the horn, and the reed. If you doubt the reed - go splurge and buy yourself a brand new one! :D

[sax_appeal]

And if you doubt the sax?

Its all about support, but the reed you're using sounds awfully awful- you need new ones.

[SaxPlayer1004]

you should have now problem getting down to low Bb or low A if your horn is tight. if its not then its going to be miserable, i had a king lemaire for freshman year in high school and one of the upper pads leaked so i couldnt use the 2nd finger C and all of the low notes to a helluva lot of air just to get out ( like hold low D for 4 bars was impossible you had to blow through it that much) then i took out the old conn and it was fine, so its gotta be the horn. bari is much easier to get low range out than tenor and alto.
just my opinion
Tom

[singlereed]

You have bad reeds and/or a leaky sax. When my spanking new Yani bari arrived about three years ago, I had never touched a bari before but found I could play low A to altissimo A with no problems, instantly, and from the quietest subtone to a full-on roar with a no 2 Vandoren reed and the mouthpiece provided. I was not even a very experienced player at the time. I have messed with mouthpieces a bit and graduated to stronger reeds but it is a breeze to play any note on this sax. It was what prompted me to have my other horns adjusted, it was the first time I had played one with no leaks. I ahve since played a few other baris and the low notes should be easy enough if there are no leaks.