Lewis, Alastair - Op.6 Etude no.2 Allegro - Alastair Lewis Alto saxophone |
Composer : | Lewis, Alastair (1974 - ) | ||||
Instrumentation : | Alto saxophone | ||||
Style : | Classical | ||||
Arranger : | |||||
Publisher : | Lewis, Alastair | ||||
Copyright : | Copyright © Alastair Lewis | ||||
Added by alastair-lewis, 22 Aug 2011 Donate to Lewis, Alastair | This piece has a somewhat unusual time signature of 9/8. It has a quick tempo of Allegro. The music is in the key of G major and the total duration is 2 minutes. This music was written as a self-accompanied work, as such the underlying harmonic structure is built into the melody. Some other distinctive features include an abundance of chromatic notes, changes in tempo such as rubato and accelerando, and dramatic fermata. A member of the saxophone family, the alto saxophone is designated as a woodwind musical instrument. It was invented by the Belgian Adolphe Sax in 1841. It is smaller than the tenor, and larger than the soprano. It is the type of saxophone most used in classical compositions. Alto saxophones are transposing instruments and the alto is tuned in the key of Eb. Thus when a C-natural note is played on the alto sax, it sounds a major 6th (Eb) lower. The alto sax is a reed instrument and hence is classified as a wind instrument. |
|
© 2000 - 2024
Home - New realises - Composers
Legal notice - Full version