12/03/2015 20:45
Saxphone is a member of woodwind instrument. However, the common saxphones are not made of wood, instead, they are built up by brass. Similar to clarinet, saxphone also phonateed by single-reed mouthpiece, and controlled the pitch by pressing the correct keys.
12/03/2015 20:46
Sax have both benfit of brsaa instrument and woodwind instrument. It has loud and clear sound like brass, but also have delicate and exquisite performance like woodwind(EX:Seventh Night of July below the website, start at 1m 57s). And the most important of all, saxphone’s playing range is...
12/03/2015 20:47
Originally, saxphone was designed for the millitay band by Adolphe Sax(1814 –1894). Mr.Sax is a good misician,too. But, when sax just recently been invented, it was repeled by his opponent. Luckily, the key music competition on Champ de Mars in 1845, Mr.Sax win the first prize with his Sax...
12/03/2015 20:48
Saxphone has been widely used in any condition. Take an example, when it first propagated to America, sax became the soul of jazz. And not to mention its contributions to the growth of pop and classical music.
12/03/2015 20:48
Saxphone family includes nine members. They are Sopranissimo , Sopranino, Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Contrabass, Subcontrabass. Respectively, all of them have distinctive timbre(tone color), according to this, we can apply proper member of Saxphone in any...
12/03/2015 20:49
If we describe the most precious part of a man is his soul, and then the most precious part of saxphone is its mouthpiece and reed. Mouthpiece and reed can not only make the sound, but also can controll the detail of the tone quality and the pitch. Owing to this, it is essential to select your...
