Valuable to bands and occasionally used in the orchestra, it is now best known for its extensive use in dance and jazz music. All saxophones except those [tuned] in C are transposing instruments (Saxophone). A transposing instrument is an instrument that is tuned in a different pitch rather than concert pitch, or C. Therefore, when a pitch is played on it, it will not be the same pitch played in a concert pitched instrument, such as a piano or a string instrument. Instruments are usually tuned this way so they are on a comfortable range for the sound they make. Another milestone for Sax’s career was when he reinvented the bass-clarinet, since to this point not a reliable one had been made until he made one
Valuable to bands and occasionally used in the orchestra, it is now best known for its extensive use in dance and jazz music. All saxophones except those [tuned] in C are transposing instruments (Saxophone). A transposing instrument is an instrument that is tuned in a different pitch rather than concert pitch, or C. Therefore, when a pitch is played on it, it will not be the same pitch played in a concert pitched instrument, such as a piano or a string instrument. Instruments are usually tuned this way so they are on a comfortable range for the sound they make. Another milestone for Sax’s career was when he reinvented the bass-clarinet, since to this point not a reliable one had been made until he made one