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Introduction to the Saxophones

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The saxophone is best known for its use in jazz and popular music. The instrument has many characters such as the smooth sounds that defined the Big Band dance music of the 1940s and a raunchy edge that helped turn the 70s track Baker Street in to global mega-hit. It is also widely used in orchestral music but even today, less so than the other members of the woodwind section.

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Compare Sax Sounds

Ravel
Ravel used both tenor and sopranino saxophone very prominently in Bolero. Listen to these clips to compare the sounds of these saxophones.
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Sopranino saxophone in Bolero by Ravel.
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Tenor saxophone in Bolero by Ravel.
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