- Sopranino saxophone
Infobox Instrument
color1=#FFD700
color2=#FFEC8B
name=Sopranino Saxophone
image_capt=E-flat sopranino saxophone.
Also shown are a B-flat soprano
saxophone (left) and a C soprano
saxophone (center).
classification=
*Wind
*Woodwind
*Aerophone
range= higher.
related=Military band family:
*Sopranino saxophone
*Soprano saxophone
*Alto saxophone
*Tenor saxophone
*Baritone saxophone
*Bass saxophone
*Contrabass saxophone
*Subcontrabass saxophone ----Orchestra l family:
*C melody saxophone
*Mezzo-soprano
*C soprano saxophone ----Other saxophones:
*Soprillo
*Tubax
musicians=
*List of saxophonists
articles=*Saxophone The sopranino saxophone is one of the smallest members of the
saxophone family. A sopranino saxophone is tuned in the key of E-flat, and sounds anoctave above thealto saxophone . This saxophone has a sweet sound and although the sopranino is one of the least common of the saxophones in regular use today it is still being produced by several of the major musical manufacturing companies. Due to their small size, sopraninos are not usually curved like other saxes. Orsi, however, does make curved sopranino saxophones.The original patented saxophone family, as developed by
Adolphe Sax , included sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass, and subcontrabass instruments (although he never built the latter). Since the late 20th century, however, a B-flat piccolo, orsopranissimo saxophone (calledsoprillo , and tuned a fifth above the sopranino) and a B-flat subcontrabass instrument (calledtubax , also made in C) have been developed by the German instrument maker Benedikt Eppelsheim, although they are, technically, not true saxophones. Thus, the E-flat sopranino, originally the smallest size of saxophone, can now be considered the second smallest.The most notable use of the sopranino is in the orchestral work "Boléro" by
Maurice Ravel . Although Ravel calls for a sopranino saxophone in F, it is unlikely that such an instrument ever existed. Outside of classical music, notable jazz and improvising musicians using this instrument include Carla Marciano,Anthony Braxton ,Roscoe Mitchell ,Joseph Jarman ,Paul McCandless ,Lol Coxhill ,Roger Frampton ,Wolfgang Fuchs ,Douglas Ewart , Larry Ochs,Vinny Golia ,Thomas Chapin ,Martin Archer , and Ian Anderson.Fact|date=October 2008 The sopranino saxophone is also used in the six-memberNuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra , currently played by Kelley Hart Jenkins.
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