Question

Which of the following is the vibrating part of the saxophone?
(A) stretched membrane
(B) stretch string
(C) air column
(D) none of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Saxophone is the wind instrument which is played by blowing the air in the high pressure though the human mouth. Some other wind instruments like trumpet, flute etc. are also working or making the music like this. The sound is coming by the vibrations produced in the wind instruments.

 Complete step by step solution
The saxophone is the family of the wind instruments, where the wind is used to make the sound in that instrument. The saxophone is the instrument which is usually made up of brass material and played with the single mouthpiece. In this type of wind instrument, the holes are used to control the pitch of the sound by covering and leaving the holes. The holes are drilled in the body of this instrument and the holes are used to control the resonant frequency of the sound produced.

The saxophone is used in classical music, band sets, and many other music ceremonies. The saxophone is also used as the solo and melody instrument. The saxophone works on the vibration of the air, as the user blows in it. In the mouth piece the user blows the air at different pressures, if the pressure of the blowing air is less, the sound produced in the air is less. If the blowing air pressure is high, the sound produced in the saxophone is also high.

 The sound is produced due to the vibration of the air column in the saxophone.

 Note: The holes of wind instruments like flute are controlled by the fingers, but in saxophone the holes are not controlled by the fingers. Instead of that the keys are fitted in the top of the holes, we use fingers to control the key, simultaneously the keys control the holes.