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Author: Bassoonist "A"  
Date:   2003-03-07 00:13 
 Is there any difference between the fingerings of the Alto Sax and the Sop. Sax, if there is i would like to know them. 
 
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Author: TorusTubarius  
Date:   2003-03-07 02:38 
 There's no difference in the fingerings as you read the notes off the music, however the actual tones that you produce on the two horns will be a fifth apart for any given fingering.
  
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Author: Gnomon  
Date:   2003-03-07 06:57 
 Some of the very highest notes (altissimo) will require different fingerings, but these are the sort of notes you will only be playing after a year or two of practice, so don't worry! The normal notes are the same, as Torus has said.
  
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Author: Nick  
Date:   2003-03-07 19:29 
 when you say fifth, is it 5 natural notes higher like in voice, or is it 5 pitches higher?
  
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Author: TorusTubarius  
Date:   2003-03-07 22:06 
 Fifth as in the interval.  I would've called five pitches higher a fourth.
  
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Author: Nick  
Date:   2003-03-07 22:11 
 ok, thanks, my chorus teacher refers to fifth as in 5 full natural notes
  
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