Hey it is me again. I am doing a post on the Saxophone!The Saxophone is in the Woodwinds family. The saxophone makes a lower pitch sound.It was invented by:Adolphe Sax in his fathers shop he was born in 1814 in Belgium. That is cool i think! The clef the saxophone is on is the trouble clef. how you make a sound with it is by position your lip as if saying oh. secondly you cover the bottom teeth with your lower lip. 3rd step place the mouthpiece in your mouth to were the reed and the mouthpiece touch. Rest your top teeth directly on the mouthpiece. close your mouth in a draw sting fashion with equal presser on all sides on the reed. your chin should be flat and pointed. step 5 the final step take a full breath of air and play a long steady tone. The way to sterilize a mouthpiece is soap and dry it off. All the parts of the Saxophone are the neck cork,bell,bow,body, neck, octave pin, keys, key guard, mouthpiece,ligature, neck screw and octave key!
saxophone diagram!
After you are done playing you have to take it apart clean it out and put it in the case carefully.
Moisten your reed. You only really need to put the thin side in your mouth, but moistening both ends will stop the reed from warping
Put the neck strap around your neck. Make sure the hook is hanging at the front.
Line it up. Take the reed out of your mouth and place its flat side on the flat part of the mouthpiece. The thin, curved end of the reed should line up with the thin end of the mouthpiece.
Slide the ligature onto the mouthpiece and over the reed. Make sure that the wider end of the ligature slides on first to match the shape of the mouthpiece. The screws should be on the thick bottom part of the reed, facing you. Tighten the ligature.
Put the fully assembled mouthpiece on the neck. If it's difficult to slide on, do not add cork grease. This a problem amongst beginners, the grease will act as glue and make small particles stick to it and when the neck goes on the body and the neck is twisted, the particles may act like sand paper and do more damage. The best way is to use a bit of tissue and clean both contact points until they are dry and dust free. The neck should go on very easily.
Pick up your saxophone by the bell, where there are no keys. Picking up your horn by the upper body can cause damage to the mechanisms that make your horn work properly.
Attach the neck and mouthpiece to the saxophone body and tighten the wing nut where the two parts join. - Do not force the neck on and be careful to not damage the octave key (on body or neck) when assembling.
Hook the neck strap into the small loop on the back of the saxophone's body. That is my saxophone! post thank you for reading!