VSL Instruments Instruments Saxophones

Instruments Saxophones description:

With Vienna Instruments Saxophones the focus has been directed equally to orchestral settings as well as to jazz. Famous examples for orchestral appearances of these instruments are the saxophone quartet by Alexander Glasunow, the alto saxophone concerts by Glasunow and Debussy, or the Castello from Mussorgsky’s “Pictures”. In addition, a lot of articulations for jazz and big band requirements are included, such as bends, tongue slaps, growling, screams, extended flageolets, key sounds, etc. And there’s the cool long and short downward ending phrases triggered as release samples. The breathy tones stem from the legendary “Barfly sessions” at the Silent Stage, when the lights were dimmed, setting the mood for softer tones.

Vienna Instruments Saxophones main features include:

• Interval Performances: Legato with and without vibrato, grace notes (minor second to octave), portamento
• Fast Interval Performances: Legato, marcato
• Performance Trills
• Repetition Performances: Legato (slow and fast), Portato (slow and fast), Staccato
• Fast repetitions: Staccato
• Octave runs: Legato, chromatic and whole tone runs, up and down
• Grace notes: minor second to octave, up and down
• Bends down: Sustains with and without vibrato, progressive vibrato, „dirty“ (screams); legato with vibrato (grace notes, portamento, glissandi, marcato, trills)
• Short notes: Staccato, portato (short, medium, long), marcato
• Long notes: Sustained notes with and without vibrato, with progressive vibrato, slaps normal und muted, key sounds, screams, long and short end phrases
• Dynamics: Various crescendos & diminuendos; fp, sfz, sffz
• Flutter tonguing: normal and crescendo
• Trills: Half and whole tone, crescendo & diminuendo, constant speed and accelerando