Playing in the far upper or lower register of an instrument also affects its timbre, and the timbre of each type of saxophone is quite distinct from the others.
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The timbre of an instrument is the type of sound it makes. For instance, a trumpet and saxophone have different timbres, even when they are playing exactly the same notes. That is how you can tell the difference between them, just by listening to them.
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Soprano Saxophone ... Have the students listen to recordings and circle the instrument they hear. This may be done at the end of a unit on woodwind instruments to add more variety of timbre.
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One day I saw a page talking about saxophone timbre. It said that the saxophone timbre depended principaly on the hardware, i.e. instrument, mouthpiece, reed etc. I think the software i.e. the player is the most important . Just think about this for a moment;
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The saxophone, a popular band instrument, is described as half brass and half woodwind. The instrument has a reed like a woodwind but its body is made out of brass. The timbre of the saxophone is sultry and brassy at times, due to the combination of the two.
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First and foremost, the modifications were not in any way to impede the saxophonist's normal playing technique or timbre. The goal was to keep the saxophone as an acoustic instrument and not an electronic one. Also, the ability to "turn off" the addition and play in a non-amplified manner was paramount.
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The timbre of the saxophone has something vexing and sad about it in the high register; the low notes to the contrary are of a grandiose nature, one could say pontifical. It possesses, as the clarinet, the ability to crescendo and decrescendo a sound.
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