Bb saxophone
G#5
| Acoustics of the saxophone |
Bb saxophone |
G#5 |
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Fingering Acoustic schematic Non-specialist introduction
to acoustic impedance Notes are the written pitch. |
Note how similar this spectrum is to that for C#4.
(Of course, the clarinet overblows a 12th.) The only substantial difference
is the reduction and detuning of the first peak. The purpose of the speaker
key is just that: to weaken and to detune the fundamental resonance so that
the instrument will not 'drop down' to the lower register. See register
hole for details.
For a general discussion of the clarino register, see the description on B4.
Sound spectrum
of a Bb saxophone
played using fingering for G#5.
For more explanation, see
Introduction to saxophone acoustics
You can hear G#5
played.
Alternative Fingering |
Bb saxophone |
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Fingering Acoustic schematic Non-specialist introduction
to acoustic impedance Notes are the written pitch. |
You can hear G#5
played with alternative fingering.
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Contact:
Joe Wolfe
/ J.Wolfe@unsw.edu.au |
a key depressed
a key not depressed
a hole covered 
a hole uncovered
a
part of the mechanism that is not normally touched 
