Acoustics of the saxophone |
Bb tenor saxophone |
A#6 |
Fingering Acoustic schematic Non-specialist introduction
to acoustic impedance Notes are the written pitch. |
Compare this graph to C5 and F3.
The only difference between fingerings is the three open register
holes. These not only lower and displace the lower peaks, but they seriously
mess up the shape of the curve. We could think of this as a sharp eleventh harmonic
of F3 (the eleventh harmonic lies about midway between A6 and A#6 - see the
sound spectrum for F3) but we are now so far above the
cut-off
frequency that such discussions are rather simplistic.
Sound spectrum
of a Bb saxophone
played using fingering for A#6.
For more explanation, see
Introduction to saxophone acoustics
Alternative Fingering |
Bb saxophone |
Fingering Acoustic schematic Non-specialist introduction
to acoustic impedance Notes are the written pitch. |
Contact:
Joe Wolfe
/ J.Wolfe@unsw.edu.au |