Saxophone
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Revision as of 17:27, 14 September 2006
Saxophones are single reed instruments with a conical bore. The sax was invented in the mid 1840s by Adolphe Sax, who originally envisioned two families of instruments, one for orchestral use and one for military band use:
- Sopranino sax in F (orchestral) and Eb (band)
- Soprano sax in C (orchestral) and Bb (band)
- Alto sax in F (orchestral) and Eb (band)
- Tenor sax in C (orchestral) and Bb (band)
- Baritone sax in F (orchestral) and Eb (band)
- Bass sax in C (orchestral) and Bb (band)
- Contrabass sax in F (orchestral) and Eb (band)
(Not all of these were actually produced.) The orchestral family never caught on, except for a brief fad for the C Tenor (or "C Melody"), and the "military" sopranino, bass, and contrabass are rarely used; thus these are all odd (Category 2) members of the mundane saxophone family. So is the
- Soprillo in Bb,
a sopranissimo saxophone.
Usually saxes of alto and larger size are made in a roughly "S" shape while the soprano and smaller saxes are made straight. When they aren't, they're odd.
See also the tubax.
