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From: Kewlsax19@aol.com
Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 22:34:08 EST
Subject: Re: [Contra digest]
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comI have a question...what are all the known members of the saxophone family?
Is there such a thing as a subcontrabass saxophone? Is there anything higher
than an Eb sopranino?Thanks,
Adam
---------------------------------------------------------Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 09:57:32 -0500
From: Feodor <feodor@informaxinc.com>
Subject: Re: [Contra digest]
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comWhere was one sopranissimo maid. It's in Bb and uses oboe single reed mouthpiece,
if I recall it right.Feodor
Kewlsax19@aol.com wrote:
> I have a question...what are all the known members of the saxophone family?
> Is there such a thing as a subcontrabass saxophone? Is there anything higher
> than an Eb sopranino?
>
> Thanks,
> Adam---------------------------------------------------------
From: "Spencer Parks" <ilylamp@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Contra digest]
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 13:02:15 PST
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comThere is a such thing as a subcontrabass saxophone, but it supposedly
doesn't exist anymore. I talked with the guy who worked onthe new L.A. Sax
contras and he said that he has a picture of him with the bell of the
subcontrabass sax. It was very large. I believe you needed to walk up a
four step ladder to get to the mouthpiece. I figure it was about 13 ft.
high. The others are sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, C tenor, bariton,
bass, contrabass. My dream is to get a contrabass, but not a new one. I
keep a picture of one I saw in Vienna in my wallet. It's a beautiful thing.
There's a book called something like "Celebrate the Saxophone" and it
talks a little about other odd sax type horns. It's pretty interesting. It
also gives the ranges of the existing saxes.
>I have a question...what are all the known members of the saxophone family?
>Is there such a thing as a subcontrabass saxophone? Is there anything
>higher
>than an Eb sopranino?
>
>Thanks,
>Adam---------------------------------------------------------
From: CoolStu67@aol.com
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 17:09:12 EST
Subject: Re: [Contra digest]
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.comI don't think it would have used an oboe reed, it must have used a real
mouthpiece. An oboe reed would make it a completely different instrument.
Also, a F Sopranino was patented but maybe not constructed.Stuart
<<
Where was one sopranissimo maid. It's in Bb and uses oboe single reed
mouthpiece, if I recall it right. >>
---------------------------------------------------------From: CoolStu67@aol.com
Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 17:23:56 EST
Subject: Re: [Contra digest]
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com<<
1)is the c tenor sax the same as the c melody sax?
>>
Yes<<
2)should we consider the baritone sax with the low a a seperate sax?
>>
No, it's in the same key and range<<
3)when saying an instrument is a ninth below what is the reference
point-middle c? and
>>
A ninth below refers to a ninth below any written pitch you are playing<<
4)just for fun-what are the advantages of having a contrabass sax over a bass sax?
>>
It goes much lower, and might have less presence than the bass. The
contrabass would definitely blow away the bass in it's lower register, but a
bass playing in it's lower register is more effective than the contrabass in
it's middle and upper.Stuart
---------------------------------------------------------Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 06:09:23 -0500
Subject: Re: [Contra digest]
From: michael c grogg <mgrogg@juno.com>
Reply-To: contrabass@contrabass.com>questions
>1)is the c tenor sax the same as the c melody sax?yes
>2)should we consider the baritone sax with the low a a seperate sax?
no
>3)when saying an instrument is a ninth below what is the reference
>point-middle c? andsounds a ninth below the written note.
>4)just for fun-what are the advantages of having a contrabass sax over
>a bass sax?
STATUS!!
:-)
MG
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