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Saxophone Family - Tenor, Baritone & Bass

25/9/2015

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Why not visit our recordings page where you will be able to view some footages from Sforzando! Sax, a saxophone ensemble with some of our band members.  

Tenor Saxophone


The tenor sax has a full and powerful sound, adding body to the saxophone section by filling in the inner voices. It also plays many harmonies and counter-melodies in more jazzy and showy tunes. There is usually just one tenor part and it is often doubled or tripled. It is the favourite saxophone for rock ‘n’ roll and pop music. The tenor is twice the size of the soprano sax.

Baritone Saxophone

The baritone sax is usually the largest sax that plays in the band, and has a rich, resonant quality to its sound. It plays the bass line for the sax section and occasionally gets a solo or two in jazz tunes. It adds weight to the bass woodwind section of a concert band. The baritone sax is twice the size of the alto sax.

Bass Saxophone

The bass sax is an unusual saxophone to have in a concert band. Modern band music almost never calls for a bass sax. However, a lot of the classic band repertoire from the first part of the 20th century will often have a part for bass saxophone. Composers that liked to score for bass sax include Holst, Vaughn Williams, Grainger and Gershwin. The bass saxophone is an instrument that is huge and heavy and measures almost 1.5m high (and the tubing usually loops back on itself as well!). With 3.4m of tubing it is twice as long as the tenor sax and four times the length of the soprano sax.
Saxophone Family
Saxophone Family: Bass, Baritone, Tenor, Alto, Soprano
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