Saxophone

Alto Saxophones are in the key of E flat.

The Saxophone was invented by Adolph Sax.

There are 15 types of saxophones: Bb Sopranissimo, Eb Soprano, Bb Soprano, Eb Alto, Bb Tenor, Eb Baritone, Bb Bass, Eb Contrabass, F Sopranino, C Soprano, F Alto, C Tenor, F Baritone, C Bass, and F Contrabass.

A saxphone is called a ''woodwind'' because to make a sound it needs a ''reed'' whitch is made out of wood.

This is not a simple question. First, no two people can seem to agree on a definition of jazz, and second, many clarinetists in early jazz-like bands played saxes as a second instrument, with clarinet as their primary axe. The first appearance of saxes in jazz bands is generally cited as occuring in 1914, in the bands of at least four leaders - Sam Dutry, John Joseph, Luis Russell, Paul Barnes.

Rudy Wiedoeft was one of the first saxophonists to play in a jazz (ragtime) style, but he was a soloist more than a band member. Sidney Bechet played regularly with King Oliver's band, but he played more on clarinet at that time.

It is easier to say which band leader developed the two alto, two tenor and one bari line-up that current jazz ensembles most often follow. That would be Glen Miller, but even he often had one of the alto players play a lead line on clarinet.

Each manufacturer does it a bit differently. several factors might be indicated by the "size."

Tip opening - the space between the tip of the reed and the mouthpiece - is almost always indicated, usually with a number. The bigger the number the bigger the opening. 5, 6, and 7 are usually the mid-range with lower numbers indicating a more closed mouthpiece (including student pieces). Larger numbers are for big ol' things that play loud and take lots of air and lots of strength.

Facing length may be indicated, usually by letters

Chamber shape and size may also be indicated by letter, but often that is indicated by a model name

Baffle style may also be indicated but that's usually by the model name, too.

You can get the sheet music at various websites. Such as:

www.music&lyrics.com and also

www.lame.com.au

Answered by Shoeria

When I went to the first website, it was "error 404 not found", and the second website wasn't free at all.

Lance

These two instruments produce sound in very different ways. I imagine it would be as hard to learn as your first instrument.

Some people could argue that it would be easier to learn the trumpet because you already know how to read music.

Others could argue that it would be harder to switch instruments because you have to ignore everything you know about making sound on a saxophone.

garden?

The clarinet is a million times easier than the saxophone in every aspect. First because clarinet is just like piano where the notes are very easy. But on saxophone there are extra flats and sharps, you have to study things that you don't have to on clarinet, you need more air for saxophone, and the saxophone is very heavy!

On clarinet you learn how to play all the notes in less than a month. If you play saxophone you learn the notes in more than 5 months! The saxophone is a lot harder! If you play saxophone, you need to layer your fingering more precisely too. Also they are tuned differently too. So if you play in a concert, the notes you play will be very confusing on the saxophone. Also the clarinet is very light. So it will be very easy to play clarinet than saxophone. So for my opinion clarinet is easier.

People out there who think sax is easier, you are wrong. Clarinet is a million times easier than the saxophone in every aspect.

Also for saxophone you need more air for blowing. You get tired more easily too. I admit clarinet squeaks a lot. But once you get used to it, you will stop squeaking. People out there who think sax is easier, you are wrong. Clarinet is much easier than the saxophone.

Also for saxophone you need more air for blowing. You get tired more easily too. I admit clarinet squeaks a lot. But once you get used to it, you will stop squeaking. I play clarinet and saxophone and I can't keep up with saxophone. So please when you consider on choosing your instrument between clarinet and saxophone, choose clarinet.

Japan

It means your reed has mold growing on it, or if you had bought it that way, it may be just part of the wood that was used to make the reed.

Forever21music.com

Try musicnotes.com.

1938 Paris made Selmer "balanced action"

Farts

Yes, and no. I suspect far more no than yes.

First, tone. The french horn tone is utterly different from any of the saxophones. The saxophone was intended to provide a string-like sustained tone to the wind band. There was never an intention of approaching the sound of the french horn, since that was already available, and Adolph Sax was trying to expand the sound-pallet of wind bands when he invented the Saxophone. It is the french horn's tone that keeps it as part of the woodwind quintet; as for brass quintets, the saxophone largely reproduces the tone of trumpets and trombones (without actually sounding much like them) and would reduce the tonal variety, considerably. (Many composers and arrangers discover, the hard way, that variety is what has kept the traditional woodwind and brass quintets in their accepted forms for so long!)

Second, attack. The french horn has a very characteristic "double blip" in the start of notes, which can be smoothed to almost nothing on quite notes but becomes quite pronounced at the higher dynamics. The saxophone lacks this characteristic. Eliminating this characteristic sound element would further reduce the diversity of sound in either woodwind or brass quintet.

Third, the sax is a considerably different instrument from the horn, with a completely different approach to sound generation, so that phrases which would be liquid and facile on one instrument would sound awkward and out of place on the other. This is one of those venn-diagram things, where two circles are overlaid, some of the area of each circle is superimposed, but each circle has area which does not jibe with the other. This is most-often a matter of taste, and requires consideration of the audience as well as the music director. (Sometimes, this works fairly well, like the canonical "What do I do, the oboe player just swallowed his last reed!"..."Use a muted trumpet!" joke.)

Finally, transposition. The horn is usually written in F, meaning that when the hornist sees a C in his music, the note he plays comes out as F in "orchestral pitch". The Saxophones are pitched in Bb and Eb, so any F horn parts will require transposition. There are Eb horn parts, which would be directly readable on the proper-sized sax, but the Eb horn is even more sonically removed from the sound of saxophones that the effect could be anything from annoying to unacceptable, even to completely untrained and unfamiliar non-musicians.

So largely, substituting a sax for a horn would be a good thing only in cases where the necessity is so great, or the desire to fit a player who only plays sax into a quintet so pressing, that it would outweigh the affects.

tenor or Alto

We do know that he had invented several kinds of instruments before the saxophone, so he probably modeled it off of those and developed it with the same kind of thinking.

Here are his inventions:

Flute (his kind)

Clarinet (his kind)

Saxtromba family

Clarinette-bourdon

Saxophone

The Taggart theme was undoubtedly a complete ripoff of Baker Street.

Although the original Taggart theme (the one I'm familiar with) didn't have any sax. I just listened to the theme on Youtube to confirm it.

To play "Little Donkey" on the saxophone, first familiarize yourself with the melody, which consists of a simple, repetitive pattern. Start by warming up your saxophone and practicing the notes in a comfortable range. Focus on smooth transitions between notes and maintaining a steady tempo. You can also add dynamics and expression to bring the piece to life, making it more engaging.

There are Nine different ones,

alto- the most common

tenor

soprano

baritone

curved soprano

sopranissimo - the smallest saxophone

sopranino

bass

Contrabass - the largest

David Sanborn

refer to the question "origin of the trumpet"