The Sound Principle of Saxophone

As a "singing" instrument, saxophone can not be matched by any instrument with mechanical devices. This is always reflected in its classic tracks. Almost no one doubts that the saxophone is an excellent jazz instrument. If jazz originated from the labor chant and blues singing in the 19th century, it is natural that "singing" instruments such as saxophone must be suitable for playing jazz and pop music. It's worth noting that it took so long to be adopted by jazz musicians.

Compared with other woodwind instruments, the saxophone has a thick bore, which is of great significance to its acoustic characteristics and the player's manipulation and response. Its conical tube body makes its sound waves rich in overtones, and its fingering system is as simple as flute. Like other instruments with large bore, its pitch can be easily established, and the contraction of its bore in the blowing direction not only makes it easy to form a uniform timbre on the whole instrument, but also can easily extend the 'normal' range of two and a half octaves.

Large diameter official cavity matched with length is easy to produce pitch. In addition, in order to facilitate the division of pitch scales, larger holes are also required. For the performer, this result means that there is an effective motivating media, and the performer can control the volume within a large range of changes, flexibly control the pitch and have a huge impact on the sound quality. Understanding some principles related to the characteristics of a tapered tube that ends at one end, as well as the complexity caused by the requirement to produce more than one pitch on this tube, will help players gain control and avoid the common mistake of improper equipment collocation.