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Built in B♭ an octave above the tenor saxophone (or rarely, slightly smaller in C), the soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass, and subcontrabass. The soprillo and sopranino are rare instruments, making ...
Tenor (right) and soprano saxophones, showing their comparative sizes. The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones.
Fantasia for soprano (or tenor) saxophone, three horns, and strings (1948)—Heitor Villa-Lobos [1] [2] Concerto for Soprano Saxophone and Strings, Op. 344 (1980)—Alan Hovhaness; Escapades for soprano saxophone and orchestra (2021)—John Anthony Lennon; Where the Bee Dances, concerto for soprano saxophone and orchestra (1991)—Michael Nyman
The Selmer Mark VI is a saxophone produced from 1954 to 1981. Production shifted to the Mark VII for the tenor and alto in the mid-1970s (see discussion of serial numbers below), and to the Super Action 80 for the soprano and baritone saxophones in 1981. The sopranino saw limited production until about 1985.
Szpilman, however, did not own a soprano saxophone, which was the instrument specified by Villa-Lobos, and, like Mule, found the highest notes too risky. Consequently, the composer decided to transpose the piece a tone lower, to E ♭, and to permit the tenor saxophone as an alternative to the soprano. [3]
The Vibratosax’s plastic design is based off of the Grafton saxophone, an Alto saxophone with a plastic body available between 1950 and approx. 1968.The saxophone had very good musical properties, amongst others— It has been played by some of the biggest jazz musicians, such as Charlie Parker [2] and Ornette Coleman.
A catalogue showing various Adolphe Sax instruments, including saxhorns, saxophones, and saxotrombas. The saxhorns form a family of seven brass instruments (although at one point ten different sizes seem to have existed). Designed for band use, they are pitched alternately in E ♭ and B ♭, like the saxophone group.
The classical saxophone quartet consists of a B ♭ soprano saxophone, E ♭ alto saxophone, B ♭ tenor saxophone, and E ♭ baritone saxophone (SATB). On occasion, the soprano is replaced with a second alto sax (AATB); a few professional saxophone quartets have featured non-standard instrumentation, such as James Fei 's Alto Quartet [ 24 ...