saxophone

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S0111700 (săk′sə-fōn′)n. A woodwind instrument with a single-reed mouthpiece and a usually curved conical metal tube, including soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone sizes.

[After Sax, surname of 19th-century Belgian instrument-making family.]

sax′o·phon′ist n.

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(ˈsæksəˌfəʊn) n (Instruments) a keyed wind instrument of mellow tone colour, used mainly in jazz and dance music. It is made in various sizes, has a conical bore, and a single reed. Often shortened to: sax [C19: named after Adolphe Sax (1814–94), Belgian musical-instrument maker, who invented it (1846)] saxophonic adj saxophonist n

sax•o•phone

(ˈsæk səˌfoʊn)

n. a musical wind instrument consisting of a conical, usu. brass tube with keys or valves and a mouthpiece with one reed. [1850–55; Sax (see saxhorn) + -o- + -phone] sax`o•phon′ic (-ˈfɒn ɪk) adj. sax′o•phon`ist, n.

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Noun

saxophone - a single-reed woodwind with a conical boresaxsingle-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind - a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone)

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(ˈsaksəfəun) noun a type of musical instrument with a curved metal tube, played by blowing. 萨克斯管saxophonist (sakˈsofənist) , (ˈsaksəfounist) noun萨克斯管吹奏者

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musical instrument invented in the 1840s by Adolphe Sax. Although it uses the single reed of the clarinet family, it has a conical tube and is made of metal. By 1846 there was a double family of 14 saxophones, seven in F and C for orchestral use and seven in E flat and B flat for bands. The latter are by far most common today, the alto, tenor, and baritone being used most frequently. The saxophone has a powerful tone, between woodwind and brass in quality and blending well with both. Valuable to bands and occasionally used in the orchestra, it is now best known for its extensive use in dance and jazz music. It has a small serious solo literature. All saxophones except those in C are transposing instrumentstransposing instrument,
a musical instrument whose part in a score is written at a different pitch than that actually sounded. Such an instrument is usually referred to by the keynote of its natural scale—the clarinet in A, for example—in which case A is sounded when
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Saxophone

a wind instrument, invented by A. Sax. It is made of brass in the shape of a parabolic tube and has a beak-shaped mouthpiece with a single reed. The saxophone family normally numbers seven members, ranging from the sopranino to the contrabass. One of the basic instruments of the jazz ensemble, it is also used in brass bands, as well as in music-hall and symphony orchestras. The saxophone is also played as a solo instrument.

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[′sak·sə‚fōn] (electromagnetism) Vertex-fed linear array antenna giving a cosecant-squared radiation pattern.

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a keyed wind instrument of mellow tone colour, used mainly in jazz and dance music. It is made in various sizes, has a conical bore, and a single reed

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noun a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore

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