Because you need a reed to play it and the reed is made of wood.
The instruments in the woodwind family are: flute oboe, alto sax ,tenor sax.
Instrument reed is a thin strip of material, that vibrates to produce a sound on ainstrument Instruments that require reeds are woodwind and sax. So basically without the reed you cannot make any noise on woodwind and sax instrument's woodwind instruments alto sax, tenor sax Clarinet Fact Saxophones are in the woodwind family .
No, the tenor horn is from the trumpet/brass and the tenor sax is from the woodwind. They are also in different keys. The tenor horn is in Eb like the alto sax.
There are way more than two. They are... Flute, Piccolo, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, bassoon and sometimes a contra bassoon.
A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments invented by Belgian instrument designer Adolphe Sax in the 1840s, and patented in 1846.
Farm out alto sax notes
it allows the alto sax to make a different sound.
Adolphe Sax
I think that the sax is cooler. It's partially because I play the alto sax, but I think the sax is easier too.
Adolphe Sax invented the saxophone in 1846. He wanted to create a link between woodwind and brass instruments in military bands, so he created what we now know as the alto sax. He didn't plan to make more, but somebody convinced him to create the full quartet, and the rest is history.
Great escape is a good song to play for alto sax
Get a alto sax music book and read the instructions