As my fifth-grade students are picking instruments and getting into band, I’m asked many questions about the instruments they picked. I get a lot of questions about the tenor and alto...
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Saxophone Sound Description: How To Describe This Instrument
What does a saxophone sound like? When my elementary music students asked me this question, I was a bit stumped. Often, we describe sounds by comparing them to others, but when asked in a...
The saxophone is one of the most popular band instruments out there, and many people get excited about learning it. But as people look into it, they get confused about the two main types of...
As a music teacher, I've been approached time and again by people looking to buy and sell instruments, including saxophones. One of the first questions they ask is what their saxophone is...
When my students look into instruments for middle school, they often pick the saxophone, a popular wind instrument. But with so many types (14 in all, though 4 are the most common...
As people learn more about the saxophone and the types of saxophones, they often start to wonder which one is the hardest to play. As a music teacher and friend to many professional-level...