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  2. Soprano saxophone - Wikipedia

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    The soprano saxophone is also sometimes confused with the B ♭ clarinet. The clarinet has a distinctly different timbre, is usually much quieter, can play an augmented fourth lower and is commonly played as much as a fifth higher (though the soprano saxophone can also be played this high with altissimo, it is uncommon for a player to do so ...

  3. Saxophone - Wikipedia

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    A B ♭ soprano saxophone is also sometimes used, and is played by the first alto saxophonist. A bass saxophone in B ♭ is used in some concert band music (especially music by Percy Grainger). [23] Classical saxophonist Sigurd Raschèr. Saxophones are used in chamber music, such as saxophone quartets and other

  4. C soprano saxophone - Wikipedia

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    The C soprano saxophone is a member of the saxophone family, invented in 1846. It closely resembles the more common B ♭ soprano saxophone but is pitched a whole step higher. Unlike most other saxophones, it is not a transposing instrument , a quality it shares with the C melody (also called C tenor) saxophone .

  5. Boléro - Wikipedia

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    The melody is passed among different instruments: (1) flute, (2) clarinet, (3) bassoon, (4) E ♭ clarinet, (5) oboe d'amore, (6) trumpet and flute (latter is not heard clearly and in higher octave than the first part), (7) tenor saxophone, (8) soprano saxophone, (9) horn, piccolos and celesta; (10) oboe, English horn and clarinet; (11 ...

  6. Sopranino saxophone - Wikipedia

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    The sopranino saxophone is the second-smallest member of the saxophone family. It is tuned in the key of E♭, and sounds an octave higher than the alto saxophone.A sopranino in F was also described in Adolphe Sax's patent, an octave above an F alto (mezzo-soprano), but there are no known built instruments.

  7. The Music of ‘Wicked’: Stephen Schwartz and ... - AOL

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    The worthier wizard of “Wicked” is the one who wrote one of Broadway’s all-time top song scores and now, a little over two decades later, has overseen the transition of that music into a ...

  8. List of concert works for saxophone - Wikipedia

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    Edentia for soprano saxophone and electronic music (2007)—Karlheinz Stockhausen Three Jazzicals for soprano saxophone and tuba (2009)— Howard J. Buss Cosmic Portraits for flute, clarinet, alto saxophone, and tenor saxophone (2009)— Howard J. Buss

  9. List of musical symbols - Wikipedia

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    Musical symbols are marks and symbols in musical notation that indicate various aspects of how a piece of music is to be performed. There are symbols to communicate information about many musical elements, including pitch, duration, dynamics, or articulation of musical notes; tempo, metre, form (e.g., whether sections are repeated), and details about specific playing techniques (e.g., which ...