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What is a saxophone?
Created by Adolphe Sax in 1848, it takes on the S shape and combines elements of woodwind and brasswind design to produce its sound. The saxophone is a kind of instrument.
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What are the parts of a saxophone?
The parts of the saxophone include: The Body, The Neck, and The Mouthpiece. A reed is attached to the saxophone mouthpiece using a ligature. A major accessory is the neck stra…p. While it isn't always necessary, it allows much easier playing for a saxophonist. (MORE)
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Where is the saxophone from?
Paris. Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone. He was born in Belgium but moved to Paris where he invented the saxophone.
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Is the baritone saxophone the biggest saxophone?
While it is the largest saxophone that it popularly used, it it not the largest saxophone. There are Contra-bass saxophones that are much deeper, and much larger.
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What do the pads of a saxophone do?
The pads of a saxophone close tone holes on the main body, making the vibrations caused by the reed to travel farther and therefore, producing a lower note or tone.
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Is a saxophone a membraphone?
No, saxophones are aerophones. Membranophones, generally speaking, are percussion instruments; their sound comes from the vibration of a membrane that is struck. Aerophone…s are instruments whose sound is created by a column of air that vibrates inside the instrument. Most of the instruments we think of as band instruments (flute, tuba, etc.) are aerophones, as are natural wind instruments like conch shells. Interestingly, the kazoo is a membranophone. It uses an existing sound (the human voice) and modifies it by passing it over a vibrating membrane. Go figure. Membranophone and aerophone are two of the classes of musical instruments on the Hornbostel-Sachs system. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornbostel-Sachs (MORE)
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What are saxophone repertoires?
The saxophone repertoire is any music written for saxophone, or transcribed for saxophone. This makes this music specific to saxophone and therefore playable on saxophone. Pop…ular classical saxophone repertoire includes such pieces as Concerto-Glazunov, Concertino da Camera-Ibert, Sonata-Creston, Scaramouche-Milhaud. (MORE)
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What is the role of a saxophone?
The saxophone is often a solo instrument. It can be the only horn in small group. In concert bands and jazz big bands there are sections of saxophones. So they play melodies… and harmonies in those situations. Saxophones also back up vocalists and other musicians in many groups. With 'horn lines' and things like that. (MORE)
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What saxophone do you have?
I have an alto sax. the have an amazing sound and are the perfect size for short people and tall people.
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What spelling is correct saxophone or saxophone?
Saxophone! I think :) the 2nd one i play an alto saxophone i better sure its right!