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Definitions of saxophone in various dictionaries:
noun - a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
A woodwind instrument with a singlereed mouthpiece and a usually curved conical metal tube, including soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone sizes.
SAXOPHONE - The saxophone (also referred to as the sax) is a family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed m...
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| This instrument is a hybrid of the clarinet & oboe |
| Kenny G took up this instrument after seeing someone play it on "The Ed Sullivan Show" |
| It's a brass wind instrument:OH OX ASPEN |
| Charlie Parker |
| Alto (Art Pepper's specialty) |
| It's the instrument in the title of the following:[audio clue] |
| This curved wind instrument was invented in Belgium around 1840 |
| Second-grader Lisa Simpson is a prodigy on this jazz instrument |
| It's named for the Belgian inventor who first made one |
| Charlie "Bird" Parker was self-taught on this musical instrument he got from his mother at age 11 |
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The saxophone (also referred to as the sax) is a family of woodwind instruments. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. Like the clarinet, saxophones have holes in the instrument which the player closes using a system of key mechanisms. When the player presses a key, a pad either covers a hole or lifts off a hole, lowering or raising the pitch, respectively. * The saxophone family was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1840. Adolphe Sax wanted to create a group or series of instruments that would be the most powerful and vocal of the woodwinds, and the most adaptive of the brass instruments, that would fill the vacant middle ground between the two sections. Sax patented the saxophone on June 28, 1846, in two groups of seven instruments each. Each series consisted of instruments of various sizes in alternating transposition. The series pitched in B and E, designed for military bands, have proved p |