By: William H. Smith III (Ph.D I.T)

 What are some of the differences noted between both instruments?  What does the effect of sound and air have on the instruments?  How does the creation of both instruments effect music?

 Compare: Is a woodwind instrument (Uses a reed to produce sound), is one of exactly 8 different forms of Saxophone ever created (#4 going highest to lowest), the creator of this instrument class is Adolphe Sax, and is widely used in a military band (and any form of band in general)  Contrast: Key is in Bb, has a rather higher pitch of sound compared to the Baritone

 Compare: Is a woodwind instrument (Uses a mouth piece to produce sound), #5 out of 8 different Saxophones ever created, Created by Adolphe Sax, used widely in a miltary band (and any band in general)  Contrast: Key is in Eb, Unlike most Saxophones it has a curve in the bell of the instrument thus meaning in order to produce sound a LOT of air is required to create a note

 Pitch  Fundamental Frequency  Harmonic Series  Timbre  Beat

 The frequency of an audible sound wave determines how high/low we perceive the sound to be  Meaning that whatever note is produced from whatever instrument, that note is however high/low in sound as we hear it as

 The lowest vibration of a standing wave

 A series of frequencies that includes the fundamental frequency and integral multiples of the fundamental frequency  Used MOSTLY for instruments with strings  But, in wind instruments, harmonic series is present in all but differs among brass and woodwind

 The distinctive tone quality of a sound: (In-a- nutshell definition)  The quality of the sound produced by a vibrating object is dependent upon the natural frequencies of the sound waves produced by the objects. (Definition,

 The periodic variation in the amplitude of a wave that is the superposition of two waves of slightly different frequencies  Two waves overlap, then one sound wave is created  In that wave, at one point, both waves would coincide and become one of the same wave

 Holt Physics textbook (pgs )  en.wikipedia.org (Beat, Fundamental Frequency, Pitch, Harmonic Series and Timbre)  u11l2a.cfm u11l2a.cfm 