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 Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:34 pm
So im thinking that for marching band im gonna use a Baritone instead of Trombone because its easier to march with i just want to know tips i dont think it will be to hard at least i hope not ill just have to learn the fingerings for after middle c (bass clef speak btw not treble XD) which i think arent to to hard
plus my tone on Baritone is so much better than my tone on Trombone (my friend tells me it has to do with it being valves or something but im not sure thats true)
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Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 11:22 am
yea i would because its easy to remember the keys when u have slide the notes and sometimes u might do the wrong note
ps im the only girl in my school who plays this so yea there was a guy in my grade who did but he quit 2 years ago and moved this summer
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Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 1:03 pm
Thanks and i know how it feels to abandoned lol in 6th grade there were 3 trombones in my grade with in a month there was me lol the other 2 switched to trumpet than quit band a with in the next 2 years so i know how it feels lol
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Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2010 7:08 pm
Do NOT break even if it hurts dont it only makes you weaker if you break
i may be a girl but hey i can stand and hold a beritone up longer than a few of our freshmen.
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 9:49 am
Starwolfbabe1994 Do NOT break even if it hurts dont it only makes you weaker if you break i may be a girl but hey i can stand and hold a beritone up longer than a few of our freshmen. haha ok i'll keep that in mind
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 10:54 am
I marched with a Trombone for four years as well as baritone at times. the baritone may be easier to play because of the valve system, but they have the same issues as any of the large brass have. the baritone is a weighty instrument that is rough to carry around while you march all over the place, also the jostling you get if you don't roll step correctly makes any sound coming out the bell sound like a dying platypus.
I very much like the valve system on the baritone, but for marching? I'd have to stick with the trombone. not only is it much lighter, but it is the only instrument in the band that is always guaranteed to be in tune if you know what your doing with the slide. also it takes less air to play the trombone at volume, thus making it easier to play and march at the same time.
Then again, this could just be the constant battle between brass that has existed since the beginning of music... so idk.
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Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 11:29 am
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2010 7:49 pm
BenRath I marched with a Trombone for four years as well as baritone at times. the baritone may be easier to play because of the valve system, but they have the same issues as any of the large brass have. the baritone is a weighty instrument that is rough to carry around while you march all over the place, also the jostling you get if you don't roll step correctly makes any sound coming out the bell sound like a dying platypus. I very much like the valve system on the baritone, but for marching? I'd have to stick with the trombone. not only is it much lighter, but it is the only instrument in the band that is always guaranteed to be in tune if you know what your doing with the slide. also it takes less air to play the trombone at volume, thus making it easier to play and march at the same time. Then again, this could just be the constant battle between brass that has existed since the beginning of music... so idk. see but the problem with Trombone is that I have trouble marching shows because i Band Director makes the intervals to close and gets angry when i hit people saying im doing something wrong (he has never marched a trombone so he wouldnt know the complications) so i was thinking that i would go with Baritone or Mellophone and since i probably wouldnt be very good at Mellophone i decided i would go with Baritone plus if i decided that i wanted to do corps i would have to make the decision any way no Trombones in DCI
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Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:05 pm
Baritones all the way! Hardest instrument to march because it is heavier than any other instrument that is held like a trumpet is and that pose requires the most upper body strength to hold and march correctly.
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Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2010 10:06 pm
I know that it's not terribly hard to play both the Trombone and the Baritone. It's just a matter of converting slide positions to fingerings in your case while in my case it was the reverse.
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Posted: Sat Oct 23, 2010 9:15 am
hey remember when u said its better to march with a baritone it is since i am in the 7th grade we dont get to march yet so we got to play with the highschoolers by the way we lost and no one in the highschool band plays the baritone no one only the tuba and trombone
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Posted: Fri Oct 29, 2010 5:02 pm
i tried to do that switch many MANY years ago (like 10 years ago- when i was in jr high *cough cough* i'm out of college btw) and i had the hardest time remembering the valve fingerings! maybe that was just me...
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Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 4:18 pm
It Might take a little for you to get all the fingerings down pat but if you work on it you should get it.
*I switched from trombone to baritone in 6th grade.*
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Posted: Fri Nov 05, 2010 3:27 pm
Baritone is definitely easier to march :}
Haha I play trombone and baritone, don't worry, the fingerings are easy!
And its the same thing for me: my tone is better on baritone.
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Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2010 5:01 pm
I play trombone, trigger, valve, bass and everything. And while I don't have formal training on the baritone I do play occasionally and I have noticed that the fingerings for it generally stick right along with the positions. Open is like first position, second position tends to be first valve. and so on and so forth. However I disagree about baritones having a better tone, you probably just need a larger and deeper mouth piece to get a more warming tone, try something around one or two sizes bigger, but keep it in C as I'm guessing that is what you use
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