baritones

[Rick F]

SELLMANSBERGER:
You. Are. In. Deep. Trouble.
I have friends who work for the IRS, and they LOVE baritones.

Snorlax (Baritone Community Organizer)

+1

[euphoni]

From a brass band perspective . . . to me, baritones who came from euphonium sound like euphoniums with a slightly thinner tone, while baritones who came from trombone sound like slightly less offensive (darker) valve trombones.

A baritone horn is the chameleon of the brass band. It's sound can be manipulated to sound like a euphonium, trombone, tenor horn and baritone horn and serves as the link, within the ensemble's tessitura, between all the aforementioned instruments.

[GC]

Can be, certainly. But how many players actually take advantage of its flexibility? How many simply play with the sound that they're comfortable producing and let it stop there?

And can you say that this flexibility can be seen as a lack of an essential character of its own?

[Wyvern]

I used not to think much of baritone, but of recent test playing them before selling, I have come to rather like their tone.

I would say a baritone is to a euphonium - is like an F tuba is to a BBb tuba. Lacks the breath of tone, but has a nice clear tone all of its own.

[alfredr]

tank wrote "dementions." I had never thought of it that way, but that about says it all.

alfredr (Some people march to a different drummer. And some people polka.) (Speaking of dementions)

[Bob Kolada]

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[Wyvern]

Here is a good example of how a baritone can sound
http://youtu.be/3rV2ZwyGdY8

[jeopardymaster]

Expressive, lyrical playing. Thanks for sharing!