The number of saxophone lovers in China is increasing rapidly. The saxophone in China started to develop in 197s and 198s, and it was not until the end of the 2th century that some domestic manufacturers began to produce it, with a history of 25 years.
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Musical instrument key: bB (tenor, alto), bE (alto, alto)
Application clef: treble clef, and the musical notation is transposed according to the musical instrument key
Practical range: two and a half octaves
Structure: metal parabolic conical tube, flute head similar to clarinet.
materials used: copper (also made of aluminum), the latest plastic saxophone developed in Thailand and some handmade gold, silver or wooden saxophones
Features: rich timbre, high-pitched area between clarinet and horn, midrange like the timbre of human voice and cello, and low-pitched area like tuba and double bass.
Reference audio rate: as shown in the figure:
Typical application: widely used in modern pop light music. Ravel (France), "Bolero Dance" has a treble and tenor saxophone's solo.
This instrument is played with a single reed. The structure of opening and closing sound holes is similar to that of oboe, and its range is similar to that of oboe. It should be a woodwind instrument, but the tube is made of copper and can also be a brass instrument. It has a fine top and a thick mouth, much like a bass clarinet. There are many saxophones from bass to treble, and all of them are transposed instruments. Saxophone is extremely rich and charming in timbre. It is similar to brass when playing strongly and woodwind when playing weakly. It is the best partner of a wind instrument.
French composers Bizet and Ravel, as well as American composers Gershwin and Bernstein all use saxophone in their works. Saxophone is an indispensable instrument in jazz band.
there are four kinds of saxophones commonly used: Soprano saxophone in B-flat, Alto saxophone in E-flat, tenor Tenor saxophone, and Baritone saxophone in E-flat.
Several saxophones have exactly the same fingering, all of which are transposed instruments, and the notes are recorded by treble scales.
The French composer Berlioz once wrote: "The main feature of saxophone is its wonderful tone change, deep and calm, full of emotion, gentle and sad, like an echo in an echo. No other instrument can make such a wonderful sound in a silent moment."