saxofón tenor

Noun. tenor saxophone (plural tenor saxophones) A member of the saxophone family of woodwind instruments that is smaller than the baritone saxophone but larger than the alto saxophone, with a range of A♭2 to E5 or similar.

The tenor member of the family of wind instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in 1840. The tenor saxophone (tenor sax) is made of brass with a tapered bore. It has a single reed similar to a clarinet and a fingering system is based on that of the oboe.

B♭ Tenor and soprano saxophones are in the key of B♭, just like clarinets.

The saxophone is classified as a woodwind instrument because of its single-piece mouthpiece. Its mouthpiece has a wooden reed, which vibrates to create the sound. Even though the body is usually made of brass, the saxophone is not classified as a brass instrument.

tenor noun (MUSIC) Add to word list Add to word list. [ C ] a male singer with a high voice, or (especially in combinations) a musical instrument that has the same range of notes as the tenor singing voice: a tenor saxophone.

Other forms: tenors. Think of a tenor as a tone - in music, it's the range between baritone and alto in the human voice or in an instrument such as a tenor saxophone. It also is the "tone" or meaning of a spoken comment.

saxophone, any of a family of single-reed wind instruments ranging from soprano to bass and characterized by a conical metal tube and finger keys. The first saxophone was patented by Antoine-Joseph Sax in Paris in 1846.

The tenor saxophone is an end-blown single-reed aerophone invented in Belgium around 1840 that is now distributed throughout the world wherever Western cosmopolitanism has taken root.

The saxophone is a relative newcomer to the orchestra, having only just arrived in the last 150 years. It was developed by the man for whom the instrument is named: Antoine-Joseph (Adolphe) Sax, a Belgian-born luthier and musician of some renown. The patent for the saxophone is shown in the registers for March 1846.

The purpose of the saxophone keys is to close the tone holes on the saxophone through various combinations of finger positions. Through this action, along with embouchure and air pushed through the instrument, sound is produced, and pitch is altered with different finger position combinations.

The first thing we want to do is to take our left hand thumb. And place it on the some wrist near. The top of the body of the saxophone on the back.

In choral music In SATB four-part mixed chorus, the tenor is the second lowest vocal range, above the bass and below the alto and soprano.