biography adolph sax was born november 6, 1814 in a town called, dinant in belgium. at age six, he...
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Biography
Adolph Sax was born November 6, 1814 in a town called, Dinant in Belgium. At age six, he was able to drill a clarinet's body perfectly and twirl a cup of a horn too. When he was twenty, he reinvented the bass-clarinet from a unreliable instrument to the modern day bass-clarinet. In the 1841, he began working on a new set of instruments, called the saxhorn, that ranged in seven different sizes. The saxhorn was a valve bugle that was a saxophone with a trumpet mouth piece. Patented in 1846, he created the saxophones.
Soprillo is the brand name for sopranissimo saxophone, the
smallest of the saxophone, it ranges an octave above the soprano. Constructed by Benedikt
Eppelsheim.
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The sopranino sax is tuned in the key of
Eb. It is sounds about an octave higher than
an alto sax.Picture at right: Eb sopranino sax at right, Bb soprano sax at left and C soprano sax in the center.
This instrument is considered the second highest in the saxophone family (not
including the Soprillo). Since the soprano is a Bb
instrument they can play trumpet music.
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The Mezzo-soprano sax is sometimes called the F alto
saxophone.Picture at right: the Mezzo-soprano at right and alto at left.
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The Alto Sax is
played in the key of
Eb. Click here to listen to the Alto
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The Tenor sax is the second most
common saxophone. It
plays in the key of Bb.
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The Bari sax has a loop on the the
top by the mouthpiece to
make it a reasonable six. It also played it the
key of Eb.
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The Bass sax is not very common because
the tubas take its part in a concert band most of the time. It is played in
the key of Bb.
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The Contrabass sax is played in the key of Eb but an octave lower then the Bari sax. It has twice as much tubing than the Bari and it stands 6 ft. 4 in. tall and it
weights approximately 45lb.
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This sax was designed by Adloph Sax but he never made it; the first one was
made in the mid 1960’s and the person needed help to
open and close the pads. It is played in the key of Bb to
octaves below the Tenor Sax.
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Picture at right: The Subcontrabass at right and the Tenor at Left.
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1894Sax Died
1845Sax re-does military band by replacingoboes, bassoons and french horns
with sax horns
1844Saxophones make their orchestral debut inGeorges Kastner's opera Last King of Juda
1846Sax recieves patent for Saxophones
1834Sax creates perfect Bass Clarinet.
Born November 6,1814
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