sax
Wailing jazz instrument
Sax is informal for saxophone, the curved brass woodwind instrument with keys and a reed mouthpiece: She plays sax in a jazz quartet.
The word appears in compounds like alto sax, tenor sax, sax player.
Less commonly, sax is a tool for cutting roofing slates.
Suspended recreational seat
- bebopFast, complex jazz style
- Coltrane"Giant Steps" musician
- ParkerVehicle-stowing professional
- blue noteFlatted pitch in jazz
Rollins · solo · improvisation · riff · syncopation · groove · vamp · standard
Vibrating sliver for woodwinds
- mouthpieceOne who speaks officially
- ligatureCord for binding
- embouchureWind player's mouth position
- fingeringNote-playing hand technique
keywork · bell · neck · pad · spring · lacquer · soprano · alto
Large instrumental ensemble
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- chamber musicSmall-group classical compositions
- wind ensembleBrass and woodwind group
- sonataMulti-movement instrumental composition
symphony · Debussy · transcription · recital · conservatory · étude · legato · vibrato
Wind instrument note separation
- articulationClear vocal expression
- overtonesImplicit secondary meanings
- breath controlManaging exhalation deliberately
- scalesPlates or weighing devices
arpeggios · growl · circular breathing · vibrato · phrasing · expression · dynamics · bending
swing
Suspended recreational seat
Rollins · blue note · solo · improvisation · riff · syncopation · groove · vamp · standard · ballad
reed
Vibrating sliver for woodwinds
- mouthpieceOne who speaks officially
- ligatureCord for binding
- embouchureWind player's mouth position
fingering · keywork · bell · neck · pad · spring · lacquer · soprano · alto · tenor
orchestra
Large instrumental ensemble
- concertoSolo-and-orchestra composition
- chamber musicSmall-group classical compositions
- wind ensembleBrass and woodwind group
sonata · symphony · Debussy · transcription · recital · conservatory · étude · legato · vibrato · concert band
tonguing
Wind instrument note separation
- articulationClear vocal expression
- overtonesImplicit secondary meanings
- breath controlManaging exhalation deliberately
scales · arpeggios · growl · circular breathing · vibrato · phrasing · expression · dynamics · bending · subtone
saxtrumpet
Valved brass wind instrument
trombone · French horn · tuba · brass instruments · strings
saxbanjo
Fretted drum-stringed instrument
fiddle · sitar · harpsichord · church organ · violin
- alto saxE-flat woodwind instrument
- sax soloUnaccompanied woodwind passage
- tenor saxMidrange curved woodwind
- alto saxophoneMidrange single-reed woodwind
- jazz saxophoneReed instrument for improvisation
- tenor saxophoneMidrange woodwind, curved bell