Bb tenor saxophone
A#3
| Acoustics of the saxophone |
Bb tenor saxophone |
A#3 |
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Fingering Acoustic schematic Non-specialist introduction
to acoustic impedance Notes are the written pitch. |
We are now in the middle of the chalumeau register. Notice that the low even
harmonics in the sound spectrum have been gradually getting more noticeable
as we progressed up the scale: the 2nd and 4th are weak, but the 6th is almost
as strong as its neighbours. This is because, above the cut-off
frequency, the effective length of the instrument is rather longer than
it is below that frequency. Consequently, only the first few impedance peaks
are in harmonic ratios.
Sound spectrum
of a Bb saxophone
played using fingering for A#3.
For more explanation, see
Introduction to saxophone acoustics
You can hear A#3
played.
Alternative Fingering |
Bb saxophone |
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Fingering Acoustic schematic Non-specialist introduction
to acoustic impedance Notes are the written pitch. |
You can hear XX
played with alternative fingering.
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Contact:
Joe Wolfe
/ J.Wolfe@unsw.edu.au |
a key depressed
a key not depressed
a hole covered 
a hole uncovered
a
part of the mechanism that is not normally touched 
