Saxophone Flashcards
(26 cards)
chamber (mouthpiece)
hollow middle section
window opening (mouthpiece)
opening that the reed covers
baffle (mouthpiece)
side of the mouthpiece, middleish
table (mouthpiece)
flat part you put the reed on
top/tip rail (mouthpiece)
very tip of the window, reed should line up with this
side rail (mouthpiece)
very side of the window opening
facing/lay (mouthpiece)
top section of the opening
throat/bore (mouthpiece)
middle of the chamber
shank (mouthpiece)
part that goes on the cork of the sax
body (mouthpiece)
refers the middle section of the mouthpiece as a whole
beak (mouthpiece)
refers to the top section of the mouthpiece as a whole
tip opening (mouthpiece)
just farther in than the top/tip rail, labeled on both images
Eb Alto sax is written a ___ higher than it sounds
sixth
Eb Bari sax is written a ___ higher than it sounds
thirteenth
Bb Soprano sax is written a ___ higher than it sounds
third
Bb Tenor sax is written a ___ high than it sounds
ninth
tip (reed)
the very tip of the reed
rails (reed)
the sides of the top of the vamp section
heart (reed)
the middle of the vamp
shoulders (reed)
the sides of the bottom of the vamp section
vamp (reed)
the carved part of the reed, top of the reed
bark/stock (reed)
the bottom and uncharted part of the reed
butt (reed)
the very bottom of the reed
arch (reed)
when flat, the curve of the top of the reed
