SAXOPHONE

FUN SAXOPHONE FACTS

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* Created in 1846 by Adolph Sax

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*The Muppets have a saxophone playing character named Zoot

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* The most common saxophones used today are soprano, alto, tenor and baritone

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* Alto sounds a Major Sixth below concert pitch

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* Tenor sounds a Major Ninth below concert pitch

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* Saxophone chamber quartets are made up of two altos, one tenor, and one bari sax

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* French quartets are made up of one soprano, one alto, one tenor, and one bari sax

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* The saxophone is a single reed instrument

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* Used in various music styles like jazz and classical

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*Hector Berlioz was the first composer to write for saxophone

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*The first American Jazz Saxophonist was Coleman Hawkins in the 1920s

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*Bizet, Massenet, and Berlioz all wrote music for the saxophone

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*the high and low octaves of the sax have the same fingerings as the clarinet

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