saxophone

[Sax·o*phone]

A saxophone is a brass instrument that you play by blowing into a mouthpiece and pressing keys to form musical notes. John Coltrane and Charlie Parker (and Lisa Simpson :) were famous saxophone players.

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A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.

Noun
a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore


n.
A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.


Saxophone

Sax"o*phone , n. [A.A.J. Sax, the inventor (see Saxhorn) + Gr. tone.] (Mus.) A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.

A wind instrument of brass, containing a reed, and partaking of the qualities both of a brass instrument and of a clarinet.

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Usage Examples

You can work on the saxophone alone, but ultimately you must perform with others.

Nobody was playing the soprano saxophone and certainly nobody was trying to do anything with it. So I was all alone. I didn't know that at first.

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Other Usage Examples

And I saw the sax line-up that he had behind him and I thought, I'm going to learn the saxophone. When I grow up, I'm going to play in his band. So I sort of persuaded my dad to get me a kind of a plastic saxophone on the hire purchase plan.

I've been working on the soprano saxophone for 40 years, and the possibilities are astounding. It's up to you, the only limit is the imagination.

I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead.

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