The saxophone - or ‘sax’ - is a woodwind instrument used in classical music (such as concert bands, chamber music, and solo repertoires), military bands, marching bands, and jazz (such as big bands ...

When I turn on my car radio in the last decades of my life, I tune it first to classical music. How and why did this come to be? I play no instruments and my ear and voice are not musically ...

It is a transposing instrument and is typically notated one octave higher ... and is featured in concertos, solo and chamber music in Western classical music. The bass is used in a range of other ...