Learn about the soprano saxophone in this short video. Often mistaken for a clarinet, the soprano saxophone plays one octave higher than the tenor saxophone.

Video Transcription

Sebastian: So the next Saxophone I have with me today is a Soprano Saxophone which plays one octave higher than the Tenor. So it sounds a little more like a Clarinet and actually people are often mistaken for a Clarinet because as you can see the body here has a very different shape from the Tenor one, and as it is it's completely straight. However, it is still a cone as you can see and not a tube, so that is one of the main differences between a Saxophone and a Clarinet. Along the body of my Soprano Saxophone, runs the same set of keys than on the Tenor, they are actually placed exactly in the same way and follow the same mechanism. I have my finger keys here and I have my side keys here, and then I have my plam keys here. And they have exactly the same mechanism, they are just smaller and more compact. So for the Soprano Saxophone, just like for the Tenor Saxophone and any other Saxophone for that matter, you have not pieces in different shapes and sizes and materials. And this one right here is made out of a hardened rubber, so it too will have a softer rounder sound then the one next to it, that is made out of metal and we have a brighter sound.