tenor sax
Midrange jazz reed
A tenor saxophone, the mid-range member of the saxophone family pitched in B-flat.
Larger than the alto and smaller than the baritone, the tenor has a warm, full-bodied sound that made it the dominant voice in jazz from the bebop era onward: He plays tenor sax in a quartet.
Also called tenor saxophone.
Fast, complex jazz style
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- Coltrane"Giant Steps" musician
- ShorterJazz legend's surname
Rollins · Hawkins · combo · standard · riff · solo · ballad · bop
Vibrating sliver for woodwinds
- mouthpieceOne who speaks officially
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- keysLock-operating instruments
- ligatureCord for binding
neck · embouchure · fingerings · Yamaha · woodwind · octave · transposing · case
Moderately heated, or friendly
- richHaving much of something
- resonantDeeply vibrating with sound
- brassyBold and tastelessly loud
- boldCourageous and daring
vibrato · breathy · honking · growl · subtone · projection · full-bodied · mellow
Manner of expressing something
- articulationClear vocal expression
- legatoUnbroken musical phrasing
- staccatoShort, separated note style
- overtonesImplicit secondary meanings
circular breathing · bending · dynamics · intonation · scales · arpeggios · tonguing · voicing
Postwar Black popular music
- soulInnermost animating essence
- funkDepression or groove music
- rock and rollRhythm-heavy fifties pop
- skaJamaican fusion genre
big band · swing band · Motown · doo-wop · honky-tonk · dance band
bebop
Fast, complex jazz style
- improvisationSpontaneous, unplanned creation
- swingSuspended recreational seat
- Coltrane"Giant Steps" musician
Rollins · Hawkins · Shorter · combo · standard · riff · solo · ballad · bop · fusion
reed
Vibrating sliver for woodwinds
- mouthpieceOne who speaks officially
- bellHollow resonating instrument
- keysLock-operating instruments
ligature · neck · embouchure · fingerings · Yamaha · woodwind · octave · transposing · case · strap
warm
Moderately heated, or friendly
bold · vibrato · breathy · honking · growl · subtone · projection · full-bodied · mellow · dark
phrasing
Manner of expressing something
- articulationClear vocal expression
- legatoUnbroken musical phrasing
- staccatoShort, separated note style
overtones · circular breathing · bending · dynamics · intonation · scales · arpeggios · tonguing · voicing
rhythm and blues
Postwar Black popular music
- soulInnermost animating essence
- funkDepression or groove music
- rock and rollRhythm-heavy fifties pop
ska · big band · swing band · Motown · doo-wop · honky-tonk · dance band
- instrumentsguitar, guitars, piano, pianos, drum
- wind instrumentsflute, clarinet, oboe, trumpet, bassoon
- reed instrumentsoboe, clarinet, bassoon, English horn, alto sax
- Saxophonealto, alto sax, soprano, soprano sax, baritone
- Single Reedsclarinet, sax, alto sax, bass clarinet, soprano sax
- B-flat instrumentsclarinet, trumpet, soprano sax, flugelhorn, cornet
tenor saxsoprano sax
Highest-pitched saxophone variety
alto sax · baritone sax · flute · piccolo · clarinet
tenor saxpiano
Keyed percussion instrument
violin · drums · trumpet · synthesizer · bass
tenor saxpiccolo
Small, high-pitched woodwind
flute · glockenspiel · celesta · triangle