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rdec
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I am doing reasearch for a schoolm project and need to know the ranges of
A)Sopranino sax
B)Soprano sax
C)Alto Sax
D)Tenor sax
E)Contrabass
F) any others I have miseed out.
Thank you.
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JOhnlovemusic
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Sopranino - same written range but sounding an octave higher than the alto saxophone.
Soprano - same written range as alto saxophone and sounding a Major 2nd lower.
Alto - written Bb below treble clef to High F# three ledger lines above treble clef (sounding a 6th lower). Experienced players can play higher than this using the "altissimo range"
Tenor - same written range but soundinging a Major 9th lower.
Baritone - same written range sounding an octave and a 6th lower.
Bass - Same written range except starts one step lower on Ab and sounds 2 cotaves and a Major 2nd lower.
Contrabass - Same written range (Bb to high F) sounds 2 octaves and a 6th lower.
SubContrabass - Same written range sounding 2 octaves and a Major 9th lower.
There has recently been built a Sopranissimo Saxohpone which sounds one octave above the soprano and only goes p to written Eb. And there is a "TubaSax" which is basically a contrabass sax with a different bore and wrapping and it uses a baritone saxohpone mouthpiece.
This is your modern day Saxophone family. There are other specialty saxophones, or saxes that were popular at one time but not so much anymore. C melody (pitched in C higher than the Tenor lower than the alto) This was part of a whole family like our modern day saxes, but instead of being pitched in Bb and Eb these were pitched in C (Melody) and F (The mezzo-soprano sax), high C (C soprano).
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Sally_the_Ragdol
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Just out of curiousity, what's your project?? It sounds interesting...
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rdec
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I have got to to a report on the different sections of different instruments and write about their ranges and other facts, but I was having trouble finding info about saxaphones
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