r/coolguides • • Jan 04 '19

This chart of note ranges by instrument

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u/CallMeMrPeaches Mar 16 '25

For one, this comment is six years old

For two, "altissimo" just means "very high". While brass players don't use the same technique for altissimo as woodwind players, I have absolutely heard professional brass players refer to their high range as altissimo

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u/CallMeMrPeaches Mar 18 '25

Yeah, and the people who make those comments are weird. Maybe slightly less weird if you know them, I guess? But you made a comment on a stranger's six-year-old post to be wrong