Hector Berlioz · section 57 of 67
The Saxophones Read and hear this section in the playable edition →
There are six kinds: the high, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone and bass saxophones, M. Sax is about to produce a seventh one: the double-bass saxophone. The range of all these is about the same. The following list shows the extreme points of their scales, written—as proposed by Sax and already adopted by composers— in the G-clef for all instruments.
Soprano Saxophone
in Bi in C or Bd
Fig. 912 · See it in the reader Actual pitch of the
Major and minor thrills are practicable almost over the entire scale of the saxophones; only the following
Fig. 913 · See it in the reader Incl. the Inel. the chrom. int. chrom. int.
Fig. 914 · See it in the reader Actual pitch of the Actual pitch of the saxophone in F ba. ‘Saxophone in C "(The one in Ep is The one in Bb is
Fig. 915 · See it in the reader Actual pitch of the Actual pitch of the saxophone in F saxophone in C (The one in EQ is (The one in BO is a
Fig. 916 · See it in the reader M. Sax also created the families of sarhorns, sazotrombas and saztubas, brass instruments with cupformed, wide mouthpieces and with a mechanism of three, four or five cylinders.
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