Talk:Alto saxophone

message: Can't we just use the alto sax pic in the german article? MToolen 01:38, 10 Apr 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: The link is here, actually.  Anyway, I'm fixing the image that the writer intended to use, and I added some links and various other stuff to the article.  It's still a stub, though... --Jemiller226 18:42, 24 Apr 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: German pic

message: I'm sensing that the list of alto saxophonists merely reflects individual editors' favorites. (For that matter, why duplicate List of saxophonists in this article?) I've changed "Great alto saxophonists" to "Notable alto saxophonists", as the former is completely PoV. And frankly, I'm puzzled by the inclusion of Fela Kuti among the "great alto saxophonists" (and I'm a Fela fan). He was a great musician but I would not count him among great alto saxophonists, while at the same time wondering how one could measure this, anyway (a "Donna Lee" contest?). (For the same reason, I would not list David Bowie among great alto saxophonists or guitarists, nor Brian Eno among great keyboardists etc.). But then I guess that merely illustrates my point of changing "great" to "notable." Again, however, I think any listing here is redundant, we have a separate list for that. -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 05:27, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Read my mind. ¦ Reisio 14:46, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Great alto saxophonists" 

message: I didn't think that SML was currently producing saxophones, and it looks like I'm correct judging from this website. I've removed SML from the list. -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 21:29, 19 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes and yes.  The best solution would be for you to make your system more Unicode friendly - it's 2007. ¦ Reisio 04:52, 9 January 2007 (UTC)

text: Two important points: 1- only if there's published manufacturing/sales data (contemporary and/or historical) to cite.  2- any such mention should be in the saxophone article, not in this one. - Special-T (talk) 18:40, 16 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Manufacturers

message: The alto can play higher than an F natural. I know for certain it can go upto F#, and almost certainly higher. (Maybe we could add the altissimo in brackets?) BabaDraconis 19:37, 18 February 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless I misunderstood your comment, it's already there in the article's fourth paragraph. ---Sluzzelin 20:11, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

text: Sorry, I wasn't entirely clear, reading it back. I meant that it might be a good idea to add the altissimo to the diagram of the instrument's range, perhaps in brackets or ossia sized notes. BabaDraconis 10:38, 28 March 2007 (UTC)

text: I think it's a matter of having up-to-date fonts (though I'm not sure which ones). It looks OK on the various computers I'm using. -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 12:45, 11 July 2007 (UTC)

text: The squares mean that your settings aren't allowing the symbol to be shown.  There's nothing anyone else can do about it. Justi521 (talk) 07:04, 7 July 2008 (UTC)

text: same its just fine for me honestly, i think its a problem with your computer? Rifecos (talk) 23:17, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Range

message: The alto saxophone is a transposing instrument and reads the treble clef in the key of E♭ (meaning that a written C for the alto will sound as E♭; concert, a minor third higher).
A minor third higher, or a major sixth lower, as stated in the sidebar? 141.156.214.82 03:42, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: As far as I can tell, you are correct. A written C5 would be concert E♭4, a major sixth lower. I'll take care of it. MToolen 20:48, 2 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Transposition 

message: Is http://www.saxophones.co.uk/ a reliable source?  It's VERY pro-sax and doesn't seem to provide non-partisian, citable information. Alvis 07:11, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I did away with the link. ¦ Reisio 19:29, 10 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Sources

message: Should the existence of low A altos be mentioned here somewhere?  High F# is mentioned, but aren't low A's significant enough despite the fact that they are much less common? Xasz (talk) 03:37, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Which of those notes does your sax have? Willi Gers07 (talk) 20:09, 26 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I'd guess-timate the ratio of high-F# horns to low-A horns to be at least 1000:1, so, maybe a short mention of their existence. Published figures/facts about low A's would be worth a sentence. - Special-T (talk) 01:00, 27 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Low A? 

message: I have moved the following comment from the article to the talk page. -- Gyrofrog  (talk) 21:23, 22 March 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Saxhorn 

message: The saxophone is used quite a lot in various classical settings. They are used in wind symphonies, quartets, solo with piano, solo with orchestra, member of the orchestra(occasionally), solo with wind symphony, etc. 
It was listed before as only being used commonly in wind symphonies. This is simply not true, as the sax is used in almost all outlets of classical music. I replaced "symphonic" with "classical" to make it far more accurate. Zenkai251 (talk) 04:03, 8 January 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  The saxophone IS common in classical music 

message: It says in the article that the Alto Saxophone is the most common type of Saxophone. Is that true? I'll be glad if it is since it's my favourite kind of Saxophone, but all the same, is it verified that that is the case. In the Tenor Saxophone article, all it says is that it and the Alto are the most common, without saying that the Tenor is the second most common. ― C.Syde (talk | contribs) 10:20, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: i mean i think it might be? our wind ensemble has 4 altos, 2 tenors and one bari so i dont know haha it might just be our band placements Rifecos (talk) 23:19, 19 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title: Most Common Saxophone

message: Classical Saxophone is characterized by the use of the instrument, particularly the alto saxophone in a classical music setting. This includes but is not limited to symphonic orchestras, chamber ensembles and soolo performances that include classical music elements Havalynnx (talk) 18:11, 28 January 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Classical Saxophone Genre 

message: That alto that Ornette Coleman is playing in the picture has a low A.  I don't have a ref for that, but there's that extra tone hole on the bell section.  If it is, it should be mentioned in the caption. Special-T (talk) 00:22, 20 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  pic of Ornette with a low-A alto