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How to Get a Good Tone on a Baritone Saxophone

Many saxophone players want to play the fourth voice in the saxophone family, the baritone or E-flat sax. However, due to its size and air requirements, music students will need strength and lots of air to play this large instrument. You need to adjust your mouth position and have patience as you try to achieve a good tone.

Instructions

    • 1

      Wait until you are in your early teens to begin the baritone saxophone. Start on the other saxophone family members first, as these don't require as much air and are less hefty to lift. You must have the physical capability to achieve a good sound, and that will come with mature lungs and muscles.

    • 2

      Take more of the mouthpiece into your mouth than with the other saxophones. Place your top teeth where the mouthpiece reed meets the rails.

    • 3

      Loosen up your lips. A good tone on the baritone requires looser lips than with the tenor or alto saxophones.

    • 4

      Lower your jaw. The baritone sax requires a more open mouth cavity than the alto saxophone.

    • 5

      Increase the amount of air you blow. You will achieve a stronger, heavier sound than if you use the same amount of air as other saxophones require.

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