What is a saxophone?

The saxophone was invented by Belgian adolphe sax (18 14- 1894) in 1840. Adolf was keen on making musical instruments and was good at playing clarinet and flute. His initial idea was to design a bass instrument for the orchestra. Ophicleide is flexible and can adapt to outdoor performances. He combined the mouthpiece of the bass clarinet with that of Orphee Clyde, improved it, and named this new instrument after himself.

The number of saxophone lovers in China is increasing rapidly. China's saxophone began to develop in the 1970s and 1980s, and it was not until the end of the 20th century that some domestic manufacturers began to produce it, with a history of 25 years.

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Musical instrument timbre: bB (tenor, tenor), bE (tenor, contralto)

Application clef: treble clef, recorded by changing the tone according to the key of the instrument.

Practical scope: two and a half octaves

Structure: metal parabolic conical tube, flute head similar to clarinet, Bohm key system. Generally, except bB alto saxophone and bE alto saxophone, they are all bent into tubes, and there are also straight bE alto pipes.

Materials used: copper (also aluminum), Thailand's newly developed plastic saxophone and some handmade gold, silver or wooden saxophones.

Musical instrument features: rich timbre, high-pitched area between clarinet and horn, medium-audio voice and cello timbre, and low-pitched area like tuba and double bass.

Reference audio rate: as shown in the figure:

Typical application: It is widely used in modern popular light music and often appears in classical music, such as symphony orchestra, wind orchestra, military orchestra and quartet. Ravel (French), "Dance of Bolero" has a solo of tenor and tenor saxophone.

This instrument is played with a reed. The structure of opening and closing sound holes is similar to that of oboe, and the range is similar to that of oboe. It should be a woodwind instrument, but the pipe is copper or brass. It has a delicate top and a thick mouth, much like a bass clarinet. There are many saxophones from bass to treble, and they are all transposed instruments. Saxophone timbre is extremely rich and charming. When playing strongly, it looks like a brass tube, and when playing weakly, it looks like a woodwind. It is the best partner for wind instruments.

French composers Bizet and Ravel and American composers Gershwin and Bernstein all used saxophone in their works. Saxophone is an indispensable instrument in jazz band.

There are four kinds of saxophones in common use: soprano saxophone in B flat, alto saxophone in E flat, tenor saxophone in B flat and baritone saxophone in E flat.

Several saxophones have exactly the same fingering, all of which are transposed instruments and recorded with high-pitched spectrum.

The French composer Berlioz once wrote: "The main feature of saxophone is its beautiful tone change, deep and calm, full of emotion, soft and sad, like an echo in an echo. No other instrument can make such a beautiful sound in a silent moment. "