The alto saxophone is a member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by the Belgian instrument designer in 1841 Adolphe Sax. The alto, with the tenor, is the most common size of saxophone. It is larger than the soprano, smaller than the tenor, and is the size most used in classical compositions.
The alto saxophone is a transposing instrument and reads the treble clef in the key of E♭. A written C for the alto sounds as the conc...
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Alto saxophone
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Instrumentalists:
- Mike Castro de Maria
- Paul Desmond
- John Coltrane
- Eric Dolphy
- John Zorn
- Johnny Dodds
- Ray Charles
- Ornette Coleman
- Louis Jordan
- Frank Wess
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