What Is a Pocket Saxophone?  Article Details   • Written By:
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your Site/Blog   A pocket saxophone is a small, lightweight and
inexpensive woodwind instrument that plays in a two-octave
range. Visually, the pocket sized instrument’s shape resembles a
small clarinet without all the keys. Musically, the small
instrument mimics the rich, deep and vibrant sounds of the much
larger tenor saxophone.  The small-sized pocket saxophone has
the ability to produce subtle musical shadings and vibrant power
of a larger instrument. It can play in a two-octave chromatic
scale with the same intonation of the much larger tenor sax.
Unlike the tenor sax, the pocket saxophone only can play in the
key of “C.” Interestingly enough, this instrument plays two
octaves lower than flutes of the same size.  Compared to a tenor
saxophone’s 23 keys, the pocke