What is the difference of a oboe and a sax?

Answer 1

the sax is capable of playing much louder

The sax is also much more flexible and can be used to produce many more types of tones.

Finally, on the sax, using one fingering it is very easy to jump between octaves without changing fingerings, and skilled players can even play 4-5 notes w/ one fingering.

The Clarinet has a more easily reached high range though

And also the clarinet has a higher and lower range since its dimensions are tubular instead of conical like the sax...

Answer 2

Thank you for this question!

I had never heard of a goofus before, so in self defense I went straight to Wikipedia. The linked article was an education for me!

The Saxophone is a single-reed instrument where the reed, beating against the mouthpiece between the lips of the player, produces the sound. The pitch of the instrument is changed by fingering the keys, which change the length of the vibrating bore. The saxophone was invented in Germany by Adolphe Sax around 1875 as a replacement for strings in bands and marching ensembles.

The couesnophone, also known as "goofus", is a free-reed instrument. This places it in the family of the Accordion, concertina and melodica (which it resembles very closely!) It is shaped like a saxophone, but each key has a free-beating reed, which sounds when the key is depressed. Free-beating means that there is no control (like the player's lips) in direct contact with the reed, and its pitch and tone is dependent on the cavity it is actuated in. The couesnophone was patented by its French inventor in 1924. Its keys are laid out in a manner similar to piano or accordion keyboards, with the natural notes in a row and the sharps/flats laid in the same 3/2 collections as black keys.

Because the saxophone has one reed and one bore, and the length of the bore (moderated by the keys) works with the reed to make the sound, it is essentially monophonic. The Goofus, though, can sound as many reeds at once as the player has breath to sound and fingers to depress keys, so it is polyphonic. Similarly, the saxophone takes years to master, while the goofus probably takes a few days if the player is familiar with piano or accordion fingering.

Both instruments were used profitably in Jazz, and it is probably jazz musicians who gave the couesnophone its nick "goofus".

Answer 3

Oboes and saxophones are very different instruments. An Oboe is in the key of c, so it plays all concert pitches. A saxophone, however, plays in the key of Eb, so when a saxophone player plays their C, it is a concert Eb... etc. Also, an oboe is a double reed instrument, so the air must be forced between two reeds. The saxophone has a single reed, and air is forced between the reed and the mouthpiece. The embouchure used to play the instruments is different. The fingerings are very similar, with only a few slight differences.

Answer 4

First of all, the saxophone is a wind instrument (meaning you blow in order to play it) and the violin is a string instrument (meaning it has strings which make the sound). Another difference is that the violin is made of wood, while the saxophone is made of brass.

Answer 5

since a saxophone uses a reed it sounds a bit like it is buzzing. a Flute sounds more full and almost like a whistle