Tenor saxophone

The tenor saxophone is a saxophone the mid-depth position and voted in B. When transposing musical instrument it sounds a major ninth lower than written, that is, a sounding c1 is noted as d'' 2 for Tenor Saxophone ( higher 14 Half- tones).

Compass: As - e2 ( noted in treble clef b0 - fis3 ). With the so-called " Overtones " (see overtones ), however, can also be played in much higher elevations.

Since Coleman Hawkins mid-1920s, the timbre of the saxophone newly defined - away from the supple - sweet, down to the hard-hitting, rough and hoarse - the jazz is " tenorisiert ". With the advent of the tenor saxophone trailed the popularity of the clarinet.