Bb saxophone
multiphonic
D#4, D#5 & B5
| Acoustics of the saxophone |
Bb saxophone |
multiphonic
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Fingering Acoustic schematic Non-specialist introduction
to acoustic impedance Notes are the written pitch. |
Here, the D#4 may be considered as produced by a variant of the E4 fingering, with cross fingering to make it flatter. The D#5 and B5 are produced by the second and third peaks in the impedance spectrum, which one could consider as the second and third resonances of a modified fingering for G3, with the open key acting as a register hole.
Sound spectrum
of a Bb saxophone
played using fingering for the multiphonic D#4, D#5 and B5.
For more explanation, see
Introduction to saxophone acoustics
You can hear the multiphonic D#4, D#5 and B5
played.
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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 
