A baritone can also play music written for a trombone due to similarities in timbre and range.

The baritone is pitched in concert B♭, meaning that when no valves are actuated, the instrument will produce partials of the B♭ harmonic series.

Its second partial with no valves pressed is concert B♭ on the second line from the bottom of the bass clef (B♭2 in scientific pitch notation).

The fourth valve can also be viewed in the same way as an F trigger on trombone, repitching the instrument to expand the lower range.

[4] Specially wrapped versions of the baritone horn have been created for use in marching bands and drum and bugle corps.

[citation needed] Notable artists who are today referenced as great baritone horn players include Ruth Mellor,[5] Simone Mantia, Helen Harrelson,[6] Katrina Marzella,[7] and Leonard Falcone.

Japanese free-improvisation trumpeter Toshinori Kondo has played baritone horn on some dates and recordings (e.g., Jazz Bunker), as has saxophonist Ralph Carney (e.g., Night on Earth).