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Some can be as small a range as 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 octaves but concert xylophones are typically 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 or 4 octaves. Like the glockenspiel, the xylophone is a transposing instrument: its parts are written one octave below the sounding notes. [5] Concert xylophones have tube resonators below the bars to enhance the tone and sustain. Frames are ...
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Instrument Picture Classification H-S Number Elementary organology class Origin Common classification Relation Celesta-struck idiophone-metallophone-set of percussion plaques
The musical term alto, meaning "high" in Italian (Latin: altus), historically refers to the contrapuntal part higher than the tenor and its associated vocal range.In four-part voice leading alto is the second-highest part, sung in choruses by either low women's or high men's voices.
The alto recorder in F, also known as a treble (and, historically, as consort flute and common flute) is a member of the recorder family. Up until the 17th century the alto instrument was normally in G 4 instead of F 4. [1] [2] Its standard range is F 4 to G 6. The alto is between the soprano and tenor in size, and is correspondingly ...
For the first and last movements of the concerto, two opinions predominate: first, that both recorder parts should be played on alto recorders in F4; and second, that the first part should be played on an alto recorder in G and the second part on an alto in F. Tushaar Power has argued for the alto in G4 on the basis that Bach uses the high F#6 ...
The terms sounding range, written range, designated range, duration range and dynamic range have specific meanings. The sounding range [ 3 ] refers to the pitches produced by an instrument, while the written range [ 3 ] refers to the compass (span) of notes written in the sheet music, where the part is sometimes transposed for convenience.