Nov 10, 2018 · Today, saxophones are either in Eb or Bb, but C and F saxophones were produced in the early 20th century, so some of the standard horns had C and F counterparts. The most common of these was the C melody sax, which was a C version of the soprano that was popular because it used to read piano music (without transposition).

Jul 10, 2017 · "Jazz is the only circumstance that saxophones is considered brass" -- none of the other answers or comments mentions saxophones as brass, and neither does the OP question. The question is about calling saxophones "horns". This is common among jazz players, but also among rock, blues, soul, and R&B players. I have even heard guitars called horns.

Nov 18, 2012 · And this is true across all types of saxophones. I will say it is much more difficult to switch from playing an alto to a baritone, than it is to change the type of mouthpiece you use on your alto. All of this being said, the real question is what do you with a music degree?

Jun 25, 2018 · The names of these classes of instruments suggest that the material from which they are made is significant but this is not so. Flutes are frequently made of metal and saxophones always are yet they are classified as woodwind. (Note that I play the clarinet and saxophone but no brass instrument so my knowledge of those will be weaker.)

Jun 30, 2019 · A gifted and selfassured instrument maker, Sax eventually produced an entire family of saxophones that many felt could bridge the gap in timbre between the brass and string sections of the orchestra. Hector Berlioz, especially, hailed the superiority of Sax’s designs and felt the instrument would make a fine addition to the orchestra.

Dec 9, 2024 · Skilled players that are used to switching between different saxophones are often able to play an alto part (E♭) on tenor (B♭) or vice versa. For those, it would probably be easy to also learn to read alto or tenor clefs. The one exception that I have seen quite often is for baritone saxophone players to read bass clef in C. There are two ...

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Jan 27, 2014 · Saxophones, whilst often brass looking, have reeds, so will belong to woodwind. Going back several centuries, brass instruments were generally made from such, and woodwind similarly. Share

Aug 2, 2016 · I think Percy Grainger was perhaps referring to the range of the saxophone. Depending (very often) on gender people's singing voice more than not falls into the alto (like sax/viola) or tenor (sax/cello) range.

Jul 28, 2015 · The C melody was part of the series of saxophones pitched in C and F intended by the instrument's inventor, Adolphe Sax, for orchestral use. Since 1930, only saxophones in the key of B♭ and E♭ (originally intended by Sax for use in military bands and wind ensembles) have been produced on a large scale. Further down is says this: