alto saxophone

The alto saxophone is pitched in 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, and jazz (such as big bands, jazz combos, swing music).

The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to produce a sound wave inside the instrument's body.

Making sound by vibrating the reed The sound of a saxophone is generated by vibrating the reed attached to the mouthpiece, which the player puts in his mouth. Instruments that make sound in this way are called reed instruments. The oboe and clarinet are also members of the reed instrument family.

Saxophone music is thus always written in treble clef, but they don't sound like a piano treble clef when played. Sopraninos, altos, baritones and contrebass saxophones are in E♭, meaning that their C is a piano E♭.

The alto range in choral music is approximately from F3 (the F below middle C) to F5 (the second F above middle C). In common usage, alto is used to describe the voice type that typically sings this part, though this is not strictly correct.

While sopranos generally carry the melody in a group, the altos supply the harmony, which gives the choir a full rich sound. The harmony is vital to the overall sound that a choir or ensemble has.

The saxophone is only a few instruments in wide use today known to be invented by a single individual. His name is Adolphe Sax: that is why it is called the saxophone. History tells us that Adolphe Sax (1814 - 1894) was a musical instrument designer born in Belgium who could play many wind instruments.

The C melody saxophone, also known as the C tenor saxophone, is a saxophone pitched in the key of C one whole tone above the common B-flat tenor saxophone. 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.

The Alto is used in all types of musical scenarios, from jazz to classical. It has a higher 'voice' compared to the Tenor, but is not as high pitched as the Soprano. Due to its size, the Alto is the most common beginners instrument, and our top-selling Saxophone is the Yamaha YAS-280 beginners model.

Alto Saxophone is what most beginner saxophone players learn when they are in a school band or ensemble, with the best and most popular being the Montreux Alto Sax. The Sax has a very distinct sound that is flexible for many genres including classical, jazz, soul, blues, contemporary, pop, rock, and marching bands.

The best tip for how to read alto clef notes is to look at the lines and spaces of the musical staff. Each line and space represent different alto clef notes on a staff. For example, the bottom line of an alto clef staff is the F note, the space that follows is the G note, the next line is the A note, and so on.

a low singing voice An alto is a woman who has a low singing voice. 2. countable noun. An alto or male alto is a man who has the highest male singing voice.