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    The C melody saxophone, also known as the C tenor saxophone, is a saxophone pitched in the key of C one whole tone above the common B-flat tenor saxophone...
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    Low-pitch (also marked "L" or "LP") saxophones are equivalent in tuning to modern instruments. C soprano and C melody saxophones were produced for the casual...
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    in B♭, an octave below the tenor saxophone and a perfect fourth below the baritone saxophone. A bass saxophone in C, intended for orchestral use, was...
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  • but much less often than other X-marked instruments C, person or group uses a C melody saxophone (either as primary instrument, or in addition to the...
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    Unlike most other saxophones, it is not a transposing instrument, a quality it shares with the C melody (also called C tenor) saxophone. The C soprano has a...
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    African music. C-melody saxophone – a smaller tenor saxophone in the key of C Soprano saxophone - pitched above the alto saxophone Alto saxophone - pitched...
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  • instrument was the C melody saxophone, a now-uncommon instrument between an alto and tenor saxophone in size and pitch. He also played alto saxophone, bassoon,...
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    album The Grand Wazoo he played the "Mystery Horn", a straight-necked C melody saxophone. Watts also played the notable sax riff on "The One You Love" from...
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  • Saxophone Soprillo Sopranino saxophone Soprano saxophone Mezzo-soprano saxophone Alto saxophone Tenor saxophone C melody saxophone Baritone saxophone...
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  • Conn C melody saxophone (New Wonder Series 1) dated 1922. The neck has a Conn micro-tuner on the end. A Conn New Wonder Series 2 alto saxophone (dated...
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  • Saxophone Soprillo Sopranino saxophone Soprano saxophone Mezzo-soprano saxophone Alto saxophone Tenor saxophone C melody saxophone Baritone saxophone...
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  • piano, harpsichord, organ Colin Stetson – C-melody saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone, bass saxophone, bass clarinet Katherine Peacock – accordion...
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    much to popularize the saxophone as an instrument in both the U.S. and overseas. His main instrument was the C melody saxophone, a variety which was immensely...
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  • octave above the tenor saxophone (or rarely, slightly smaller in C), the soprano is the third-smallest member of the saxophone family, which consists...
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    contrabass saxophone is the second-lowest-pitched extant member of the saxophone family proper. It is pitched in E♭ one octave below the baritone saxophone, which...
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  • Shroyer - trombones Frank Zappa - vocals, guitar with: Ernie Watts - C Melody Saxophone (the "Mystery Horn") solo "Eat That Question" Mike Altschul - woodwind...
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    inspector who had fought as a fighter pilot in World War I, played drums, C melody saxophone, clarinet, flute and piano. Hudson moved with his family to London...
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    leader of the jazz band New Cool Collective. Herman also plays the C-melody saxophone and flute. He also has a radio show on Radio 6 (Netherlands). Herman...
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    subcontrabass saxophone is the largest of the family of saxophones that Adolphe Sax described in his 1846 patent. He called it the saxophone bourdon, named...
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  • octave lower than an alto flute Contra-alto saxophone, an instrument similar in size to the C melody saxophone This disambiguation page lists articles associated...
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    saxophone, but also the clarinet. In 1922, Freeman and some friends from high school formed the Austin High School Gang. Freeman played the C melody saxophone...
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  • Syncopators. He played C melody saxophone when he supported singer Priscilla Stewart. With Oliver he played soprano saxophone, then alto saxophone with the Red...
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    came to prominence in the 1920s with Paul Whiteman and played the C-melody saxophone (between the alto and tenor in pitch). Young left the Basie band to...
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  • harmony and theory with Herbert Bourne. Initially, he studied the C-melody saxophone, which he began playing shortly after he moved to New York with his...
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    He played trumpet and experimented briefly with C-melody saxophone before settling on alto saxophone. In the 1920s, he performed with June Clark, Billy...
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  • treble clef Saxophone Piccolo saxophone B♭4 Sopranino saxophone E♭4 Soprano saxophone B♭3 F alto saxophone  F3 Alto saxophone E♭3 C Melody Saxophone C3 Tenor...
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    Alto saxophone C melody saxophone (Tenor in C) Tenor saxophone Baritone saxophone Bass saxophone Contrabass saxophone Subcontrabass saxophone aerophones 422...
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    historian, and sound restoration specialist. He plays alto saxophone, C-melody saxophone, and guitar and has recorded with Julius Hemphill, Marc Ribot...
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    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...
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    Soprillo (redirect from Soprillo saxophone)
    known as the piccolo or sopranissimo saxophone) is the smallest saxophone, developed as an extension to the saxophone family in the late 1990s by German...
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