alto saxophone

English

an alto saxophone

Noun

alto saxophone (plural alto saxophones)

1. A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the tenor saxophone but larger than the soprano saxophone, with a range of D♭₃ to A♭₅ or similar.

Derived terms

• alto saxophonist

 

Translations

saxophone smaller than tenor

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 中音薩克斯管／中音萨克斯管 (zhōngyīn sàkèsīguǎn)

• Czech: altsaxofon m
• Danish: altsax c, altsaxofon c
• Dutch: altsaxofoon (nl) m
• Finnish: alttosaksofoni (fi)
• Galician: saxofón alto (gl) m
• German: Altsaxofon n
• Irish: altsacsafón m
• Japanese: アルトサクソフォーン (aruto sakusofōn)
• Korean: 알토 색소폰 (alto saegsopon)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: altsaksofon m

  Nynorsk: altsaksofon m

• Slovak: altsaxofón m
• Spanish: saxofón alto m
• Swedish: altsaxo­fon c

Further reading

• alto saxophone on Wikipedia.Wikipedia