Category:Saxhorns
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The saxhorns form a family of seven brass instruments (although at one point ten different sizes seem to have existed). Designed for band use, they are pitched alternately in Eb and Bb, like the saxophone group.
Modern saxhorns still manufactured and in use:
- Bb soprano saxhorn: flugelhorn[1]
- Eb alto/tenor saxhorn: alto/tenor horn
- Bb baritone saxhorn: baritone horn
- The Bb bass, Eb bass, and Bb contrabass saxhorns are basically the same as the modern euphonium, Eb bass tuba, and BBb contrabass tuba, respectively.
Historically, much confusion exists as to the nomenclature of the various instruments in different languages.
The following table lists the members of the saxhorn family as described in the orchestration texts of Hector Berlioz and Cecil Forsyth, the J. Howard Foote catalog of 1893, and modern names. The modern instrument names continue to exhibit inconsistency, denoted by a "/" between the two names in use. In the table "Pitch" means the concert pitch of notational Middle C on each instrument (2nd partial, no valves depressed) in scientific pitch notation.
Foote | Berlioz | Forsyth | Modern | Pitch | |
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--- | Sopranino in C/Bb | --- | C5/Bb4 | ||
Soprano in Eb | Sopranino in Eb | Sopranino/Soprano in Eb | --- | Eb4 | |
Alto in Bb | Soprano in Bb | Soprano/Alto in Bb | flugelhorn | Bb3 | |
Alto in Eb | Tenor in Eb | Alto in Eb | Alto/Tenor in Eb | alto/tenor horn | Eb3 |
Tenor in Bb | Baritone in Bb | Tenor in Bb | Tenor/Baritone in Bb | baritone horn | Bb2 |
Baritone in Bb | Bass in Bb | Bass in Bb | Baritone/Bass in Bb | euphonium | |
Bass in Eb | Contrabass in Eb | Bass in Eb | Bass in Eb | Eb bass tuba | Eb2 |
--- | Contrabass in Bb | Contrabass in Bb | Contrabass in Bb | BBb contrabass tuba | Bb1 |
Contrabass in Eb | Contrabass in low Eb | --- | Eb1 | ||
--- | Bourdon in Bb | Bb0 |
This list is not exhaustive of historic nomenclature for the saxhorns, for which there may exist no comprehensive and authoritative source.
- ↑ Greg's Brass History Page – Flugelhorn History. Alsmiddlebrasspages.com. Retrieved on 2018-03-13.
Subcategories
This category has the following 14 subcategories, out of 14 total.
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- Crooks (horn parts) (6 F)
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- 6-piston saxhorns (1 F)
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B
- Saxhorn Bourdon (2 F)
C
- Contrabass bugles (5 F)
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Media in category "Saxhorns"
The following 30 files are in this category, out of 30 total.
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Adolphe Sax instrument catalogue.jpg 1,077 × 1,182; 359 KB
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Band of the 10th Veteran Reserve Corps. Washington, D.C. April, 1865.jpg 776 × 544; 233 KB
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MHS Saxhorn.jpg 215 × 640; 125 KB
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Musikinstrumenten-Museum Berlin - Tenor-Saxhorn - 1108654.jpg 1,988 × 2,500; 1.09 MB
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PSM V40 D824 Tenor and bass sax horns.jpg 1,765 × 1,692; 306 KB
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Sax Tuba, Musical Instrument Museum, Brussels.jpg 599 × 800; 103 KB
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Tuba family instruments - MIM Brussels (2015-05-30 07.18.43 by chibicode).jpg 4,912 × 2,760; 9.1 MB
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Tuba Family, Musical Instrument Museum, Brussels.jpg 800 × 599; 110 KB
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