Journal I

Today, I would like to write about how to construct the saxophone.  Do you know about the saxophone?  It’s usually called sax.  It’s a reed instrument.  It has a various kind, which is soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone and so on.  Today, I would like to tell you about how to construct the tenor saxophone.  I played it when I was in junior high school and high school.  I joined brass band club and enjoyed playing it every day.  Let’s play it together.  Before playing, let’s construct it ; )

 Please sit down in front of the case and open the case.  First of all, we attach a neck strap to pick up the sax.  After we attach a neck strap, we pick up the sax.  Please take care of your neck because tenor sax is heavy unexpectedly.  In summer, your neck will become sweaty.  I used to use a towel between a neck strap and neck.

Next, we choose a today’s reed which is made ​​of very delicate Kane by its appearance, wood grain, and darkening and so on.  After we choose it, we set it up a mouthpiece which is sound generated in the mouthpiece leads to vibration by a ligature which is clamp to secure the reed and the mouthpiece.  There are many various mouthpieces and ligatures, so we need to choose best for us.  If you don’t know which choice is best for you, you can ask a person of a shop for musical instruments.

After we choose a mouthpiece, ligature, and reed, we put on cork cream with cork which is the part that connects the neck and mouthpiece.  Neck is body part that connects the mouthpiece and tube.

Finally, we attach the neck and body and we finish.  Next time, you try to play!

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