I don't believe saxophone is included in an orchestra.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchestra
I don't believe that the London Symphony Orchestra has saxophones in it.
Ken Moore wrote:
dhbailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Garritan also made money by not including some very important
instruments in their GPO product, most notably saxophones and
electric guitars and basses, very reasonably claiming that those
instruments aren't part of the standard orchestra. So they then
forced people who wanted THOSE sounds to buy an extra product as
well. Very smart marketing. And all those people who purchased the
standalone Jazz and Big Band product who still wanted full orchestra
sounds needed to buy both products. Even more money for Garritan.
Except for the sales lost to people like me who decided that the
omission of the saxophone from the orchestra was such an egregious
rip-off that Garritan was a company with whom I would not do
business.* Look at all the 20th C. percussion they offer, and
consider that the saxophone has been a regular member of the orchestra
since before 1865 (Meyerbeer); and is used in important works by,
inter alia, Bizet, Debussy and Rachmaninov.
* I write only for human players, mostly my amateur musician friends,
so realistic play-back is not a strong requirement.
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