Because you need a reed in the mouthpiece to make a sound
A tenor sax. is part of the reed/wind family and part of the saxophone family (obviously)
Some of the instruments that have a reed are the oboe, bassoon, clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, and probably others.
Same as 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 .
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
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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.
The tenor sax is in the key b flat and the alto sax is in the key e flat.
the tenor sax is about 5 inches tall
The instruments in the woodwind family are: flute oboe, alto sax ,tenor sax.
he plays an alto and an em Winston BOSTON tenor sax
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