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The tenor saxophone is a wind instrument in the wood section. It is a simple reed instrument (wooden blade, usually bamboo). The body is metallic but the sound is originated by the vibration of the reed, hence it is classified in the wood family.
Tuning is B-flat1 and the sound interval is between A-flat1 and E4.
The saxophone as we know it today ...
The tenor saxophone is a wind instrument in the wood section. It is a simple reed instrument (wooden blade, usually bamboo). The body is metallic but the sound is originated by the vibration of the reed, hence it is classified in the wood family.
Tuning is B-flat1 and the sound interval is between A-flat1 and E4.
The saxophone as we know it today originated in the 19th century, with its inventor Adolphe Sax. Having been designed to reconcile the soft sound of the wood with the power of the metal, it was of difficult acceptance within classical music due to its sonority.
It is a very popular instrument in jazz, being the election instrument of musicians like John Coltrane and Dexter Gordon.
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