Saxophone
The saxophone in five languages — saxophone, sassofono, Saxophon
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Five languages
| Language | Name |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 萨克斯管 |
| English | saxophone |
| Italian | sassofono |
| German | Saxophon |
| French | saxophone |
The saxophone is a single-reed woodwind: although its body is made of brass, the reed generates the sound, so it belongs with the woodwinds rather than the brass. Adolphe Sax devised it in the mid-nineteenth century; the soprano, alto, tenor and baritone are the common members, and Italian sassofono, German Saxophon and French saxophone all use his name.
Watch out: a brass body tempts listeners to call it brass; the saxophone and clarinet both use a single reed, but the sax has a conical bore and the clarinet a cylindrical one, so their tone and overblown intervals differ.
Related → Clarinet
Sources
- 各语种乐器名与萨克斯管的簧片分类，参 The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, "Saxophone"；本文为原创表述
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