Applied clef : Soprano clef, notated according to the instrument's home key
Utility range : about three and a half octaves (with variations in tuning)
Structural composition : Parabolic conical body made of metal, reed head similar to that of the clarinet, Boehm key system. Except for the bB soprano saxophone, which is bent into a pipe shape.
Instrumentation : Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Euphonium Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Bass Saxophone, Bass Saxophone Saxophone (?7?1 E Baritone Saxophone), Bass Saxophone (?7?1B Bass Saxophone), and Doubled Bass Saxophone (this one is almost never seen)
There is also a special type of saxophone that is in the key of C, with a range between the ?7?1E Alto Saxophone and the ?7?1B Tenor Saxophone, and this one is also used less often.
Materials used : Brass . Aluminum (but it is a woodwind instrument)
Characteristics of the instrument : Rich tone, high register between clarinet and horn, midrange like vocals and cello, low register like tuba and double bass.
Typical applications: Used extensively in jazz and modern popular light music. Ravel orchestrated Mussorgsky's piano suite "Pictures at an Exhibition", "The Old Castle"; Bizet's "The Girl from Alet" Suite; Worth Williams in the masque's dance music, "Job", and his Symphonies No. 6 and No. 9; Richard Strauss's "Symphony for the Family"; George Gershwin's "Blue Rhapsody, An American in Paris; Debussy's Rhapsody, Villa I Lobos' Fantasia, Glazunov's Saxophone Concerto .......
Performance Characteristics : The saxophone is made of metal, with a large range of strengths and weaknesses, comparable to other brass instruments in the strength of its sound, and unparalleled by other woodwind instruments, and characterized by woodwinds in its sound quality, with the brightness of metal.
In the performance, because its structure is designed using the scientific principle of Boehm-type flute keys, therefore, its mechanical system is more reasonable, the use of flexible parts. Therefore, it can play difficult music as well as flute and clarinet. At the same time, it is compared with other woodwind instruments, in playing slide, vibrato, spit, overblow, and has its own unique
Invention history: the saxophone was invented by the Belgian Adolphe Sax (Antoine-Joseph Sax, 1814-1894) in 1840 [1]. Adolphe was a sharp instrument maker, specializing in blackwind and flute playing. His original vision was to design a bass instrument for the orchestra that would be more flexible to play than the Ophicleide and adaptable to outdoor performances. He combined and improved the mouthpiece of the bass clarinet with the body of the Ophicleide and named the new instrument after himself.
The first saxophone in the key of C was exhibited to the public in Brussels in 1841. It is said that the saxophone was maliciously kicked and could not be displayed, or that it was displayed under a curtain to prevent plagiarism.
In 1842, Adolphe's close friend Berlioz, an influential Parisian musician, was so impressed with the saxophone that he introduced it in La Revue et gazette musicale on March 13th as a "modified tuba", and then again on June 12th in the La Journal des Débats, which made the saxophone well-known to the world. The saxophone became known to the world.
Then Adolphe was personally attacked by a coalition of rivals, and the saxophone was boycotted and not widely used. Composers at the time were more cautious and less likely to include the saxophone in their orchestras. It is said that the saxophone was once exported abroad with its trademark erased, and then anonymously introduced into France. 1845 the French military ministry intended to improve the obsolete military bands, and with Adolphe's own recommendation, a competition between Adolphe's band and a traditional band led by Carafa was held on April 22 in the Place de la Guerre, underneath the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, with the audience deciding the winner. Dramatically, the musicians in favor of Adolphe's side were even absent that day, and Adolphe filled in the gaps by taking two saxophones and playing alternately. The new band's musical effect was completely superior to the traditional band, and the audience was completely in favor of Adolf's side. The saxophones were the first to make a name for themselves in the marching band.
On June 29, 1846, the saxophone family received a French patent.
In 1928 French classical saxophonist Marcel Mule founded the first saxophone quartet group.
After 1910, jazz emerged in the United States, and the saxophone played an integral role. It is also more than enough to cope with general pop music. For some of the higher pitched tunes (such as Spring Breeze, Jasmine, etc.), you'll want to use the soprano B-flat sax
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