Definition of saxophone in English:
saxophone
noun ˈsaksəfəʊnˈsæksəˌfoʊn
A member of a family of metal wind instruments with a reed like that of a clarinet, used especially in jazz and dance music.
- It's always performed by big bands, with trumpets, trombones and saxophones, sometimes with flutes, and always with Cuban percussion - the congas, bongos and timbales.
- You also mentioned once that you were thinking of recording a solo album entirely based around your saxophone and flutes.
- The band excels at combining stripped-down electric beats and synths with more organic elements, such as piano, acoustic guitar, and saxophone.
- It sounds like a saxophone, or maybe a harmonica, or even bagpipes.
- Ginger was also a proud member of the band, though she played alto saxophone and she enjoyed jazz and Christian rock.
- But jazz quartets can be varied with a trumpet or a saxophone or even a flute or clarinet.
- It features a steady high-hat and snare rattles like a slow motion whirlpool; there are also beautiful electric piano accents and a smoky saxophone.
- A man of many talents, Roger was an accomplished jazz musician, playing soprano saxophone and clarinet with his Blue Notes band.
- Mandolins, vibraphones, live and processed drums, saxophones, and flutes all coalesce together into a simple, transparent atmosphere.
- The saxophone was not a popular instrument in jazz - it was a secondary instrument.
- Scott is also an accomplished musician, playing the saxophone and winning two gold medals in violin.
- His post-bop records in recent years show his versatility in playing tenor, soprano, baritone and alto saxophones, and his concert will surely be among the more stimulating at the festival.
- Later, his high school bandleader was awestruck by his ability to improvise on the saxophone.
- Guitars, flutes, trombones, saxophones and clarinets all combine to play back up to her vocals.
- He began his career playing the saxophone in a jazz orchestra.
- The music picked up the tempo and overhead a saxophone played sweet jazz.
- The instrumentation of the military band is similar to that of the symphony orchestra, minus the strings, but with the addition of cornets and saxophones, and a multiplicity of flutes and clarinets of various sizes.
- The music is awkward and unbalanced, a melange of cello, saxophone, piano and intermittent percussion.
- I didn't see the point in getting another degree, so I stayed in Boston playing saxophone in Jazz groups and making paintings in my studio.
- A jazz musician is walking down the street and sees another musician playing the saxophone on a street corner.
Derivatives
saxophonic
- They did not glitter like the beautiful Chrysler building, a saxophonic symphony to the Jazz Age.
- Whether handling tenor, soprano or baritone, Carter seems to reference almost every point in saxophonic history simultaneously.
adjectivesaksəˈfɒnɪk
Origin
From the name of Adolphe Sax (see saxhorn) + -phone.
phonetic from early 19th century:
Phonetic is from modern Latin phoneticus, from Greek phōnētikos, from phōnein ‘speak’. Other words from the same source are gramophone (late 19th century), and its reversed form phonograph (mid 19th century) originally a phonetic symbol, which explains the use of the combining form—gram used for ‘something written’; and saxophone (mid 19th century) an instrument for making pleasant sounds invented by the Belgian Adolphe Sax in 1840.
Definition of saxophone in US English:
saxophone
nounˈsaksəˌfōnˈsæksəˌfoʊn
A member of a family of metal wind instruments with a single-reed mouthpiece, used especially in jazz and dance music.
- It features a steady high-hat and snare rattles like a slow motion whirlpool; there are also beautiful electric piano accents and a smoky saxophone.
- Guitars, flutes, trombones, saxophones and clarinets all combine to play back up to her vocals.
- I didn't see the point in getting another degree, so I stayed in Boston playing saxophone in Jazz groups and making paintings in my studio.
- He began his career playing the saxophone in a jazz orchestra.
- Ginger was also a proud member of the band, though she played alto saxophone and she enjoyed jazz and Christian rock.
- The music picked up the tempo and overhead a saxophone played sweet jazz.
- The music is awkward and unbalanced, a melange of cello, saxophone, piano and intermittent percussion.
- A jazz musician is walking down the street and sees another musician playing the saxophone on a street corner.
- The band excels at combining stripped-down electric beats and synths with more organic elements, such as piano, acoustic guitar, and saxophone.
- His post-bop records in recent years show his versatility in playing tenor, soprano, baritone and alto saxophones, and his concert will surely be among the more stimulating at the festival.
- It's always performed by big bands, with trumpets, trombones and saxophones, sometimes with flutes, and always with Cuban percussion - the congas, bongos and timbales.
- Later, his high school bandleader was awestruck by his ability to improvise on the saxophone.
- It sounds like a saxophone, or maybe a harmonica, or even bagpipes.
- But jazz quartets can be varied with a trumpet or a saxophone or even a flute or clarinet.
- The instrumentation of the military band is similar to that of the symphony orchestra, minus the strings, but with the addition of cornets and saxophones, and a multiplicity of flutes and clarinets of various sizes.
- Mandolins, vibraphones, live and processed drums, saxophones, and flutes all coalesce together into a simple, transparent atmosphere.
- A man of many talents, Roger was an accomplished jazz musician, playing soprano saxophone and clarinet with his Blue Notes band.
- Scott is also an accomplished musician, playing the saxophone and winning two gold medals in violin.
- The saxophone was not a popular instrument in jazz - it was a secondary instrument.
- You also mentioned once that you were thinking of recording a solo album entirely based around your saxophone and flutes.
Origin
From the name of Adolphe Sax (see saxhorn) + -phone.