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  2. Bass saxophone - Wikipedia

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    A bass saxophone in C, intended for orchestral use, was included in Adolphe Sax's patent, but few known examples were built. The bass saxophone is not a commonly used instrument, but it is heard on some 1920s jazz recordings, in free jazz, in saxophone choirs and sextets, and occasionally in concert bands and rock music.

  3. Contrabass saxophone - Wikipedia

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    Saxophone ensembles were also popular at this time, and the contrabass saxophone was an eye-catching novelty for the groups that were able to obtain one. By the onset of the Great Depression , the saxophone craze had ended, and the contrabass, already rare, almost disappeared from public view.

  4. Subcontrabass saxophone - Wikipedia

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    Although described in Adolphe Sax's patent in 1846, a practical, playable subcontrabass saxophone did not exist until the 21st century. [2] An oversized saxophone that might have qualified was built as a prop circa 1965; it could produce tones, but its non-functional keywork required assistants to manually open and close the pads, and it was reportedly incapable of playing a simple scale.

  5. Saxophone - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. Baritone saxophone - Wikipedia

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    The baritone saxophone (sometimes abbreviated to "bari sax") is a member of the saxophone family of instruments, larger (and lower-pitched) than the tenor saxophone, but smaller (and higher-pitched) than the bass. It is the lowest-pitched saxophone in common use — the bass, contrabass and subcontrabass saxophones

  7. List of transposing instruments - Wikipedia

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    Great bass recorder: F 2: Contrabass recorder C 2: Saxhorns: Flugelhorn: B ♭ 3: Tenor horn: E ♭ 3: Baritone horn B ♭ 2: When notated in treble clef Saxophone Piccolo saxophone: B ♭ 4: Sopranino saxophone: E ♭ 4: Soprano saxophone: B ♭ 3: F alto saxophone F 3: Alto saxophone: E ♭ 3: C Melody Saxophone: C 3: Tenor saxophone: B ♭ 2 ...

  8. Tubax - Wikipedia

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    The E♭ and B♭ tubax have the same lengths of tubing as the contrabass and subcontrabass saxophones respectively, but are much more compact. [4] They are built with a narrower conical bore, somewhere between a regular saxophone and a contrabass sarrusophone, and use comparatively smaller baritone or bass saxophone mouthpieces.

  9. Joe Rushton - Wikipedia

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    Bass saxophone: Joseph Augustine Rushton, Jr (November 7, 1907 – March 2, 1964) [1] was an American jazz bass saxophonist. Biography. He was born ...