单词 | tenor sax-man |
释义 | > as lemmastenor sax-man tenor saxophone n. (also tenor sax) a member of the saxophone family intermediate between the alto and the baritone, usually pitched in B flat; also, one who plays this instrument; hence tenor saxist, tenor sax-man, tenor saxophonist. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > saxophone > types of baritone1685 alto saxophone1856 soprano saxophone1856 tenor saxophone1865 soprano1876 tenor1876 alto sax1909 alto1921 baritone horn1949 soprano sax1971 society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > saxophone-player saxophonist1865 alto saxophonist1902 alto saxist1926 sax1926 saxophone1929 honker1934 saxist1939 altoist1946 tenor saxophone1954 baritonist1958 tenorist1958 1865 C. Mandel Mandel's Syst. Mus. xvi. 68 There are various kinds of Saxophones. The smallest, or Soprano Saxophone, is in B flat... The..Tenor Saxophone is an octave lower than the Soprano Saxophone. 1926 P. Whiteman & M. M. McBride Jazz ix. 193 We have computed..that one tenor saxophone equals eight violas. 1934 S. R. Nelson All about Jazz vi. 127 A brilliant tenor sax was unmistakable. 1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn i. iv. 40 There were five men in Jeff's band—a tenor sax, a trombone, a trumpet, traps, and a piano. 1954 Grove's Dict. Music (ed. 5) VII. 434/2 Occasionally in the years just before 1917 the tenor saxophone did supplement the trombone and the soprano the clarinet, particularly in the rather larger and more highly organized bands on the Mississippi river boats. 1955 O. Keepnews & W. Grauer Pict. Hist. Jazz x. 110 Key members included tenor sax Andy Brown. 1955 L. Feather Encycl. Jazz 118 Christy, June, singer... Married Kenton's tenor saxman, Bob Cooper. 1963 Listener 7 Feb. 264/1 Two virtuoso tenor sax players. 1979 Listener 4 Oct. 461/3 Charlie Parker..plays tenor-sax on the Miles Davis set. < as lemmas |
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