Musical Instrument Blog #1

Posted by Brittany Riggins on

How is it played? What does the person have to do to produce sound?

Metal
reeds are good for Jazz and hard rubber is good for classical sounds.
positioning the mouth:  The reed should be even with the top of the
mouth piece the reed should be down toward the lower lip and you teeth
should be on top roll your lip over you bottom teeth then you want make
a smirk so it will pull the muscles surrounding your teeth up. this is
vital for the tones that you wanna get. You get sound by blowing air
into the reed at the top of the saxaphone and depending on how much
air pressure you breath into the saxaphone that is that specific tone
that you will get make sure that the air is steady do not move the
mouth along with a process called tounging which is used to seperate
notes.  

How do you change a note? (you might have to watch very carefully to see this)
With
the saxaphone they use a process called tounging to seperate notes.
also when playing th saxaphone it is very important to keep all
fingers down, and you do not have to lift all the fingers every time you
play a different note this will make your hands tired.
How is it shaped?
The saxaphone is shaped like a check mark but a curve on the top or like a Nike symbol and has buttons on the front of it.

What does this make you think about how you can create and change sound?
This
makes me think that I can create sounds by making minimal changes to
the instruments. and you can create mostly anything an instrument.
 
What connections (if any) do you think you can draw between what you are observing and you might already know about waves?
The
connection that I have made with the saxaphone and what I already know
about sound waves are that pressure and force are always involved in
how the tone or sound of and object will come out.


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