How does a saxophone work?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ส.ค. 2024
- So I recently bought a saxophone and decided to explain how they work for another episode of The Science Behind!
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Good start but you don't explain how the "buttons" allow a change in pitch, ie., note. By lifting a pad to open a hole you are essentially altering the length for resonating to occur (so establishing the wavelength of the fundamental of the note sounded) - the longer the length the lower the note.It's similar to organ pipes where a pipe can only sound one note, so a rank of pipes may start at very small, to give the highest note, then successively longer to individually produce the notes along the keyboard. I guess a more obvious comparison is the recorder or the flute where covering/uncovering holes selects the resonant length - giving the note (although these aren't reed instruments so, like the organ analogy, this is simplistic but conveys the basic idea).
Have fun with the sax, an instrument unloved by some but in fact, with its entire family, an incredibly versatile instrument. Although made of metal, it's technically classed as a woodwind instrument as it "works" in a similar way to instruments like the clarinet. It can be smooth, delicate and haunting, and it can be loud and assertive, even aggressive.
Bryan Leech why did I even watch the video when I could have saved time and read this
im trying to create a function to determine what note should be played given a set of covered wholes in a virtual sax :P
this comment is very usefull
The more you know 🌈⭐
Very basic concept of all air instruments. Not much explanation of anything here save for the mouth piece and the basics: the longer the flow the lower the pitch.
🔥I suggest u continue playing the saxophone ur great
That Baker Street solo sounded good. Nice progress for one month!
Hey, thanks!
Man great explanation! Greetings from Argentina!
Curious: you are better explaining than all the Spanish videos. Also think I'm Argentinean so I don't understand very well the English language so imagine than understand you better in English than all tutorials in Spanish!
G'day Paul! That's great to hear! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Thank you! Great video. I learned a lot.
Baker Street song. I was playing incredible Alto Sax Riffs after only one month, NOT!!
Thanks and good job
Baker Street is a good one! Thanks Larry!
You'd be a great teacher
Thank you! I appreciate that!
@@scoopscience your welcome
The curse will never be broken
Operation: CREATE - oh dang, you're absolutely right.
Woww, Keep up these great videos!
Thank you! I will
Cool videos man. Keep up the amazing work
Cheers! I will!
u need more recognition for what you do
Thank you very much for that! I appreciate that a lot!
I play the Alto. You were supposed to put the reed in your mouth while you put the instrument in your mouth, but overall you are pretty good at it! 😁
Nice! How long have you been playing for?
i play both the bari and alto but im stull so confused at whatever you mean
Ligature is what you call the clamp.
You got to mention Monica Lewinsky but anyway…. Good video!!!!
Thanks for the video
No worries!!
3:15, what song was that? ive heard it before
Nuralif Othman I know you asked a month ago but here's the name anyway: Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
Man played baker street❤
*When you learn megolovania*
So you didn't have to suck on your reed for 30 minutes?
30 minutes!?! No, usually only about 10-30 seconds. I sucked on it for about 15 seconds before I put it on.
@@scoopscience Welp. 😯 This explains why I had to get a new reed every two weeks.
Oh, yeah... haha! Good thing reeds aren't that expensive!
loads of problems with my YAMAHA YAS 280. Like first the student sax comes with reeds which professional players use 2.5. Like why do that when all else say change to 1.5 whilst learning. The pink panther tune has G sharp and octave pressed at one point. Octave key allowed for AGED to be played, then suddenly only A. Try blowing G and nothing.
So spending more thinking the learning will benefit from it aint true.
"Noise"?
Ya like Jazz? 👀👊
A little
3:14 what a god
Oh, haha! Thanks! It was one of the first songs I learnt!
Neat
Thanks!
ha, instruments are cool.
Especially saxophones!
Was watching then the disco thing music came.
Brings you back to the 70s, hey?
I SUBBED :DDDDD
Awesome!!
@@scoopscience you to :D
This time I’m not getting a heart
You got one!
ok then we will see about next video
noice
Cheers!
Brass instruments are the sexiest 😘
Yes! But also technically, the saxophone is a woodwind instrument.
@J0hnX0n Although essentially made from brass, it's strictly a woodwind instrument because of the way it's played, that is, using a reed (although some modern "reeds" are synthetic) to generate the vibration/sound wave . Brass instruments don't have reeds.
True, and it can be confusing becoz the saxophone has a bell like almost all brass instruments
But it is a brass instrument at the end of the day
To many zooz brought me here
Where's the actual "science"?
Look again, and actually listen to what I'm saying
@@scoopscience OH, there it is. I must have missed it. *sigh*
Why you lying, you've been playing longer than a month.
Who am I? Also, by the time of recording this video, I really had only been playing it for about a month. I no longer have a saxophone though.
Lmao
Answer; it doesn't. Saxophone is aweful.
That's your opinion
lol
There was a actually absolutely NO science brought to the table here, you sir deserve one dislike for click bait, another dislike for trying to explain something only one month into it, and another dislike for making us listen to squeaks and squawks 👎🏽👎🏽👎🏽
I can see you're really trying to stay positive
Also, I would like you to explain how there was no science in this video? Just curious on what you think science is. No judgement.
No explanation (physically) at all. Misleading video and certainly more than a month of (not best) practice. Sorry, but no help for anyone.
Sorry I'm not a saxophone extraordinaire ;)