answersLogoWhite

0

Saxophone

Saxophones, a family of single reed instruments in the woodwind family of instruments, are often found in jazz ensembles and related bands. Questions about the various type of saxophones, saxophone players, and saxophone music belong here.

626 Questions

What is a barchan?

A barchan is an arc-shaped sand ridge comprised of well-sorted sand.

How do alto saxophones produce sound?

All saxophones produce sound in the same way: The saxophone player pushes air through the mouthpiece; the moving air causes the reed to vibrate rapidly against the mouthpiece, causing the air to vibrate at that same frequency and a pictch to sound. The air then moves though the saxophone, amplifying the sound until it escapes through whichever holes closest to the mouthpiece are open. If all holes are pressed down, then the air escapes through the bell of the sax.
The distance of the open tone hole to the mouthpiece determines how high or low the pitch of the note sounds.

What is the smallest member of the saxophone family?

The smallest saxophone is the soprano saxaphone

oral sex

Who is the oldest sax player still playing?

Here are a few famous saxophone players that still are around.

Sonny Rollins

Branford Marsalis

Joshua Redman

James Carter

Ernie Watts

Wayne Shorter

Pharoah Sanders

Maceo Parker

Jerry Bergonzi

Chris Potter

George Young

Paquito D'Rivera

How do you make a tenor saxophone?

First, you put the neck strap around your neck making sure the comfy bit is on the back of your neck,

Then you tighten or loosen it and start sucking on the reed to moisten it,

Next, you pick up the body in the case and attach it to the neck tightening on the screws if needed.

Last, you pick up the mouth piece, attach it to the neck piece, take off the ligature, put the reed on ever so carefully and without bumping the reed, slide the ligature back on and tighten.

Do you blow into a woodwind instrument?

You blow into the reed to make a sound...whether it's beautiful or not depends on how you blow. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- yes...apparently 'beautiful' would range from the sound a duck makes going into a meat grinder, and an angel's voice. oboes are...interesting. OBOES RULE THE WORLD, YOU JUST DON'T KNOW IT YET!!! -Myrl-

How did the alto saxophone change since it was invented?

Of course. Some big changes, some little.

The first saxes (1840's) only went down to a low B, so the bell was a bit shorter and had no Bb key.

Early saxes weren't lacquered, they were bare brass. Silver plating came next then lacquer.

Until about 1911, there were two octave keys, one for notes up to G and one for higher notes. Now there's an articulated mechanism that opens different octave tone holes with a single key.

Rollers on the pinkie keys were added in the early 1900's

Until the 1930's most saxes had one bell key on each side of the bell.

The articulation of the G# and C# pinkie keys was added later

The front high F# key is a recent additon.

Key guards used to be made of brass rod. Now they're sheet metal.

Many changes in bore dimensions, tone hole placement and key work, most barely noticeable.

Is sax a woodwind or a. Brass?

The saxophone is a woodwind instrument

Though it looks like brass, people always mistake it for brass instrument, but it is a woodwind. It does not have valves like the brass instruments, but has reed and finger holes covered by small pads. Some like to call it brasswind.

Instruments in gymnastics?

some are the beams, uneven bars, vaults [the horse] , and the floor.

Saxophone calabria notes?

i did some research on it and i cant find it on any websites i believe it does not exist but you can try decoding it i believe it starts with ( G-D-G-D) i also heard of people using Windows Media Player, which allows slowing the song down a lot like to .5 of the tempo or something crazy like that it's a pretty good tool to use so i strongly suggest it. Srry i cant find it and good luck

What is the largest saxophone made?

Your Answer: Contra Bass Baritone Saxophone

Did you know:

As of 2006 , there are only 15 contra bass baritone saxophones existing in the world.

Is a Conn saxophone good?

Conn makes a lot of different models. The 50M is an upper-level student horn. It's American made, and much better than Conn's later student models. Truth be told, it's not really a Conn. It's a Vito with Conn engraving. Vito horns are based on Beaugnier French saxophones, and area good design. If you're looking for a solid student horn, the 50M is a good choice.

What are the alto saxophone notes for songs?

there are many different song to play for the alto sax and also many different ways to play marry had a little lamb hears the easiest way in my opion

baga- (all one beat )bb b_____for 2 beats- AA _______afor 2 beats- b d d_______for 2 beas- and then baga- bbb ___________for 2 beats- AA ba- g for 4 beast

- means new measure

Where are the notes on an alto saxophone?

Wow, well this answer would take a while lol, look at it like this, there are 26 keys on an Alto Sax, the six keys you will most likely (depending on what your playing) be using, are the keys your fingers should be on when holding the sax. The top key alone, is a (B), if you play the next one along with the top key, you play an (A), and holding down all three keys, you will play a (G). Very bery basic notes, without a doubt used in almost every piece written. Then the bottom 3, no matter which bottom key you need to press, the 3 keys we just talked about, ALL need to be held down, the first key on the bottom, along with the top 3, will give you an (F), now holding down the second key, along with the first one, and the three on top, will give you an (E), and finally holding down the last key along with the first two keys and the three on top will give you a (D). Now while there are many many more notes out there for the alto, there are too many to type out like this because some of them require more complex detail, if you want to know more, go on the internet, and look up Alto Saxophone Fingering Charts, they have every note on a sax, on that chart. Hope this helped.

What is a good cheap saxophone?

Well, most saxophones (depending on the color) can range from 200-5000 depending on where you get it. I got my black/gold Tenor saxophone off of eBay for only $350 and it was brand new. Look online more than in the stores, it's way cheaper.

Are flute and alto saxophone fingerings similar?

The primary difference between the Bb soprano saxophone and the Bb soprano clarinet (to choose equivalent members of their families) comes from the fact that the clarinet has a cylindrical bore and overblows a 12th (octave plus a fifth) while the saxophone overblows by an octave.

This means that the saxophone's second octave fingers like the first octave, while the clarinet needs extra keys to get the first four notes of the second octave!

There are other differences (for instance, the clarinet has a very large number of little-finger keys used for alternate fingerings, making it possible to play passages more smoothly which otherwise would be viciously hard to play at all.) But this is the fundamental difference between them.

( added on ) i don't know much about clarinets but I'm going to use this as an example. to play the same tone of another instrument you have different notes. For example. concert G would be A natural for saxaphones but a C for a horn

Where can I find sheet music for the Jeopardy theme song for saxophone?

G, C (high), G, C (low), G, C (high), G, C (high), E, D, C, B, A G, C (high), G, C (low), G, C (high), G, C (high), A, G, F, E, D C (low)

Whats the name of that saxophone theme song from the 80's?

Your might be thinking about "Lily Was Here". Guitarist Dave Stewart was famous for making music with his wife Annie Lennox in the Eurythmics. On "Lille Was Here" he teamed up with saxophonist Candy Dulfer. It is a great instrumental tune for the early 90's.

What would you call a person who plays the saxophone?

What do you mean?

im not sure what that means but people who play the sax are like people who like jazz like me i play the sax in band that's cause im in 6th grade but yeah anyone can play the sax if they are into it hope i helped!!!

Are saxophones brass?

There are no "jazz instruments."

You can find jazz pieces written for almost any instrument, including trumpets, saxophones, trombones, flutes, clarinets, piano, string bass, vocal parts, etc.

What are the notes for another one bites the dust on the alto saxophone?

GGG gggg Bb Bb C if the G was a quarter note and the g is a 16th note and the Bb and C's are quaters too

What do reeds eat?

Crickets can make up the majority of their diet. Three to six can be fed per frog several times a week. Additionally, flightless fruit flies, houseflies, and small moths can be offered regularly to vary their diet. Coat their food in the proper calcium and vitamin supplements every couple feedings (this can be done by placing the insects in a plastic bag along with some calcium/vitamin powder and shaking it up so the food becomes coated evenly). Juvenile frogs should have their food supplemented more often.

What are some Christmas note for alto saxophone?

Jingle Bells

BBB|BBB|BDGA|B -|CCCC|CBB|BAAB|AD|BBB|BBB|BDGA|B -|CCCC|CBB|DDCA|G

____________________________________________________________________

We wish you a merry Christmas

G|CCDCB|AAA|DDEDC|BGG|EEFED|CAGG|ADB|C :|

____________________________________________________________________