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  2. Soprillo - Wikipedia

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    The very small mouthpiece requires a correspondingly small reed and a tightly focused embouchure, making the soprillo difficult to play, particularly in its upper register. There is very little demand for soprillos, reducing the economy of scale and making the soprillo more expensive than more common saxophones like the alto or tenor . [ 4 ]

  3. Saxophone - Wikipedia

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    The soprillo sax is a piccolo-sized saxophone pitched an octave higher than the B â™­ soprano sax. It is so small that the octave key is built into the mouthpiece. The tubax, developed in 1999 by Eppelsheim, [41] plays the same range and with the same fingering as the E â™­ contrabass saxophone.

  4. Sopranissimo - Wikipedia

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    Sopranissimo (from Italian Sopra "above" and -issimo "extremely") is any pitch higher than soprano.. One example is the sopranissimo saxophone in Bâ™­. [citation needed] This instrument is pitched an octave above the normal soprano saxophone, and is currently manufactured under the Soprillo brand name.

  5. 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 Eâ™­, 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.

  6. List of percussion instruments - Wikipedia

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    Collection of percussion instruments. This is a wide-ranging, inclusive list of percussion instruments.. It includes: Instruments classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as struck or friction idiophones, struck or friction membranophones or struck chordophones.

  7. Soprano saxophone - Wikipedia

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    Built in Bâ™­ an octave above the tenor saxophone (or rarely, slightly smaller in C), the soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists (from smallest to largest) of the soprillo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass, and subcontrabass. The soprillo and sopranino are rare instruments, making ...

  8. List of woodwind instruments - Wikipedia

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    Alboka (Basque Country, Spain); Arghul (Egypt and other Arabic nations); Aulochrome; Chalumeau; Clarinet. Piccolo (or sopranino, or octave) clarinet; Sopranino clarinet (including E-flat clarinet)

  9. Baritone saxophone - Wikipedia

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    It has a comparatively small solo repertoire although an increasing number of concertos have appeared, one of these being "Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra" by American composer Philip Glass. This is a piece that can be played with or without an orchestra that features the baritone sax in the second movement. [9]

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