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Poll Question: Which is your favorite?
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    Posted: May 07 2012 at 15:12
I've played alto, tenor and baritone in the past, and baritone's my favorite to play and favorite to listen to.
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Can't tell, but soprano saxophone is one of the most annoying instruments ever if played much out of tune, second only to piccolo. (Still like saxes though, even if they are nothing compared to woodwinds Tongue)
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Having played alto, baritone, and soprano sax, it's a hard call for me. There's something I love about each of them. Soprano is very difficult to keep in tune, but you can bend the pitch all over the place to make it extremely expressive. On the other side of the spectrum, bari is more difficult to bend pitch but it grooves. I don't know why I've never tried tenor.
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Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Sexophone


you mean this?

http://koti.phnet.fi/santamik/sexophone.swf


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Tenor and Soprano are my favourites. 
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uh, alto, DUH
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I dunno, any fans of The World Saxophone Quartet out there?
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Is it me, or the alto saxophone usually sounds very light on record, could never really get into it. I mean, the whole Time Out record wouldn't be the same if it were a tenor, but still, it sounds weird at times for me hearing that very thin sound of the alto.

And yes, the soprano rules when used well. My Favorite Things is just incredible.
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Tenor, because it is Coltrane's main instrument, the main solo horn of his most orgasmic albums.
Soprano gets an honorable mention thanks to My Favorite Things and the Village Vanguard recordings.
But they all can be amazing in the right hands, just as they can be awful (Kenny G anyone?).


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Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

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I really hate the saxophone in Another Day. It's so cheesy and cliche it's practically smooth jazz.


Word.

I'll give it to the tenor if only for Coltrane and Sanders.
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Originally posted by The Pessimist The Pessimist wrote:

My answer is swung (no pun intended) by a jazz night i recently went to, in which there was a breakdown into just drums and a baritone sax absolutely burning in a version of Giant Steps. My favourite sax

maybe not your favourite band or song but it is barritone there

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My answer is swung (no pun intended) by a jazz night i recently went to, in which there was a breakdown into just drums and a baritone sax absolutely burning in a version of Giant Steps. My favourite sax

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i have to say alto, since I play it, though I also play tenor too. Also look at the size of this contrabass sax!!!
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Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

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I really hate the saxophone in Another Day. It's so cheesy and cliche it's practically smooth jazz.


I don't mind that song on the whole, but you're not wrong.
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Not soprano, that's for sure
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Originally posted by BenevolentBehemoth BenevolentBehemoth wrote:

Subcontrabass
lol, necroposting
Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

it gives this song a really nice tocuh also
I really hate the saxophone in Another Day. It's so cheesy and cliche it's practically smooth jazz.
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I used to play the alto but I really have no preference. Each has a great sound.
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