SATB
Noun
Meaning
SATB (uncountable)
(music) Initialism of soprano, alto, tenor, bass.
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A jazz saxophone quartet is usually made up of one B soprano, one E alto, one B tenor and one E baritone (SATB).
Among the latter, the SATB format woodwind quartet of flute, oboe, clarinet, and bassoon is relatively common.
In other countries Sri Lanka Composer Dinesh Subasinghe became the first Sri Lankan to write a cappella pieces for SATB choirs.
This is most often found in tenor parts in SATB settings, in which a treble clef is written with the numeral eight below it, indicating that the pitches sound an octave below the written value.