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  2. Alto saxophone - Wikipedia

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    The alto saxophone is pitched in the key of E ♭, smaller than the B ♭ tenor but larger than the B ♭ soprano. It is the most common saxophone and is used in popular music, concert bands, chamber music, solo repertoire, military bands, marching bands, pep bands, carnatic music, and jazz (such as big bands, jazz combos, swing music). The ...

  3. Soprillo - Wikipedia

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    The soprillo (also known as the piccolo or sopranissimo saxophone) is the smallest saxophone, developed as an extension to the saxophone family in the late 1990s by German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim. It is 33 cm (13 in) long including the mouthpiece, and pitched in B♭ one octave above the soprano saxophone.

  4. Tenor saxophone - Wikipedia

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    The tenor saxophone uses a larger mouthpiece, reed and ligature than the alto and soprano saxophones. Visually, it is easily distinguished by the curve in its neck, or its crook, near the mouthpiece. The alto saxophone lacks this and its neck goes straight to the mouthpiece.

  5. Stringed instrument tunings - Wikipedia

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    Guitar, tenor: 4 strings 4 courses. Standard C 3 • G 3 • D 4 • A 4. Common Alternates G 2 D 3 A 3 E 4; G 2 D 3 A 3 D 4; US Same tuning as tenor banjo, mandola. Guitar, terz: 6 strings 6 courses. G 2 C 3 F 3 B ♭ 3 D 4 G 4: Tertz Guitar, Tierce Guitar, Third Guitar Italy, Germany A minor third higher than standard guitar tuning. Guqin: 7 ...

  6. List of transposing instruments - Wikipedia

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    Alto saxophone: E ♭ 3: C Melody Saxophone: C 3: Tenor saxophone: B ♭ 2: Baritone saxophone: E ♭ 2: C bass saxophone C 2: Bass saxophone: B ♭ 1: Contrabass saxophone: E ♭ 1: Subcontrabass saxophone B ♭ 0: Tin whistle: C 5: Transposes at the octave. Some whistle players treat whistles pitched higher or lower than the "standard" D tin ...

  7. Vibratosax - Wikipedia

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    Vibratosax is the product name of saxophones made from plastic, designed and built by the Thai company Vibrato.. A global patent [1] makes Vibrato Co., Ltd. the sole manufacturer of saxophones, whose parts are mainly created from injection-molded plastic.

  8. Saxophone - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  9. Soprano saxophone - Wikipedia

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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 ...