Saxophone
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The saxophone is a conical musical instrument of the family of woodwind instruments, usually made of brass consisting of a nozzlewith a simple like the clarinet reed. It was invented by Adolphe Sax en 1845. The saxophone is commonly associated with popular music, big band music and jazz. A instrument performers are calledsaxophonists, although the latter is used to refer to the instrument itself. The source of inspiration that led to Sax to create the instrument is unknown, but the most popular theory is thatbased on the clarinet, an instrument that he touched, began to conceive the idea of building an instrument with the force of one of metal and acoustic qualities of a wooden one, a kind of"metal clarinet." But after an intense testing and experiments on modifications for increased loudness and a more metallic sound, Sax realized he had built a new instrument: the saxophone.
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