. Modern orchestration and instrumentation : or, The art of instrumentation ; containing detailed descriptions of the character and peculiarities of all instruments and their practical employment. The tonal-quality of the different Saxophonesmight be described in the following manner:Soprano B flat, shrill, especially if employed forte. Alto E flat, soft and brilliant, excel-lently adapted for solo-playing. Tenor B flat,expressive and melancholy, making it welladapted for use in sentimental, cantabile pas-sages. Baritone E flat, somewhat hollow andharsh, especially in the lower notes, but whic
. Modern orchestration and instrumentation : or, The art of instrumentation ; containing detailed descriptions of the character and peculiarities of all instruments and their practical employment. The tonal-quality of the different Saxophonesmight be described in the following manner:Soprano B flat, shrill, especially if employed forte. Alto E flat, soft and brilliant, excel-lently adapted for solo-playing. Tenor B flat,expressive and melancholy, making it welladapted for use in sentimental, cantabile pas-sages. Baritone E flat, somewhat hollow andharsh, especially in the lower notes, but whichcould be used to excellent advantage in sad orfuneral music. So far, only few composers have added thisinstrument to their scores,* which is to be re-gretted, as the soft but nevertheless penetratingtonal-qualities of this instrument is excellently adapted for a great variety of its use more variety could be produced,both through combination with the Wood-windinstruments, which would gain considerablyin volume and smoothness, as well as withthe Brass, especially the Trombones, the blaringand cutting quality of which would be consid-erably subdued in forte passages.
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