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The '''saxophone''' is a single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical bore. | |||
== "Fretless" saxophone == | |||
The "fretless" saxophone (more properly, keyless saxophone, also known as Glissotar) is a saxophone that has one long slit instead of finger holes. The slot is covered with a flexible strip that tends to lift away from the slot, but can be pressed into the slot with the player's fingers. Alternatively, the strip can be quickly detached from the holder at its far end and lifted or pressed into the slot to uncover higher parts of the slot. As such, the fretless saxophone is an instrument of continuously variable pitch, except for the pitch difference corresponding to the short distance between the end of the slot and the end of the instrument tube. | |||
== Music == | |||
* [https://www.youtube.com/shorts/apCeBqDzkWA A short demonstration of a fretless saxophone on YouTube] (unknown artist, 2024) | |||
== See also == | == See also == | ||
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* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGa66qHzKME 128 notes per octave fingering for saxophone] by [http://gerschlauermusic.com Philipp Gerschlauer] | * [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGa66qHzKME 128 notes per octave fingering for saxophone] by [http://gerschlauermusic.com Philipp Gerschlauer] | ||
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Latest revision as of 07:27, 1 October 2026
The saxophone is a single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical bore.
"Fretless" saxophone
The "fretless" saxophone (more properly, keyless saxophone, also known as Glissotar) is a saxophone that has one long slit instead of finger holes. The slot is covered with a flexible strip that tends to lift away from the slot, but can be pressed into the slot with the player's fingers. Alternatively, the strip can be quickly detached from the holder at its far end and lifted or pressed into the slot to uncover higher parts of the slot. As such, the fretless saxophone is an instrument of continuously variable pitch, except for the pitch difference corresponding to the short distance between the end of the slot and the end of the instrument tube.
Music
- A short demonstration of a fretless saxophone on YouTube (unknown artist, 2024)
See also
External links
- Quarter-tone production on the saxophone - M.A. thesis by John William Paulson
- A microtonal saxophone recital by Sergio Merce
- Demonstration of a 24edo saxophone by Tony Hicks
- Quarter-tone fingering instructions for saxophone by Timothy Reichard
- 128 notes per octave fingering for saxophone by Philipp Gerschlauer
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