Section Leader:
Poon Meng Hwee Daniel
Members:
Nanda Min Htin
Lee Shao Wei, Shawn
EE Jun Long, James
Akira Makino
Zhao Boning
Wei Zi Yun Mark
Khoo Yihan
The saxophone is a member of the reed-sounded woodwind instruments. In its construction, it combines the single reed and mouthpiece of the clarinet, a metal body, and a widened version of the conical bore of the oboe. Most saxophones are curved at the bottom so they resemble the bass clarinet. A few, however, such as the soprano saxophone, are straight and look very similar to a clarinet. The saxophone body contains twenty openings that are covered by keys. These keys can be opened or closed in groups by the musicians by depressing and relaxing six studs, or finger plates. Two additional holes are located on the body of the instrument to produce notes an octave above or below the normal range of the instrument.
The most common saxophones, the soprano, the alto, the tenor and the baritone, have a range of about two and a half octaves.
