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Because you need a reed in the mouthpiece to make a sound

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What family does a tenor saxophone belong to?

A tenor sax. is part of the reed/wind family and part of the saxophone family (obviously)


What does the reed family include?

Some of the instruments that have a reed are the oboe, bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, and probably others.


What reed is a bass clarinet?

Same as tenor sax


What instruments are reeds?

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 .


What instrument do woodwind players play?

There are several: Flute, piccolo- my instruments Clarinet Bass Clarinet Basson- technically a double reed in the WW family Oboe- technically a double reed in the WW family Alto Saxophone Tenor Sax Baritone Sax Soprano Sax There may be more but those are the most common


What reed Stanley turrentine played on tenor sax?

3-3 1/2 Hempke


Is the tenor horn and the tenor sax the same?

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.


How are the horns different between a bflat tenor sax and an eflat tenor sax?

The tenor sax is in the key b flat and the alto sax is in the key e flat.


Distinguishing features of the tenor sax?

the tenor sax is about 5 inches tall


Name three woodwind musical instruments?

The instruments in the woodwind family are: flute oboe, alto sax ,tenor sax.


Did Bill Clinton play a saxophone on National TV?

he plays an alto and an em Winston BOSTON tenor sax


What is the tenor sax music to born to be wild?

Search "Born to Be Wild for tenor sax" in Google.