Bb saxophone
D#4
| Acoustics of the saxophone |
Bb saxophone |
D#4 |
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Fingering Acoustic schematic Non-specialist introduction
to acoustic impedance Notes are the written pitch. |
Sound spectrum
of a Bb saxophone
played using fingering for D#4.
For more explanation, see
Introduction to saxophone acoustics
You can hear D#4
played.
Alternative Fingering 1 |
Bb saxophone |
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Fingering Acoustic schematic Non-specialist introduction
to acoustic impedance Notes are the written pitch. |
As we progress up the first register, more and more of the harmonics fall above
the cut-off
frequency. Here, only the first two resonances fall near harmonics, so the
second harmonic in the sound spectrum is the only even harmonic that is clearly
weaker than its odd neighbours.
You can hear D#4
played with an alternative fingering.
Alternative Fingering 2 |
Bb saxophone |
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Fingering Acoustic schematic Non-specialist introduction
to acoustic impedance Notes are the written pitch. |
Impedance spectrum of a Bb saxophone measured using a second alternative fingering for D#4.
Sound spectrum of a Bb saxophone played using a second alternative fingering for D#4.
For more explanation, see Introduction to saxophone acoustics
You can hear D#4 played with a second 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 
