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# saxophone

«saxophone» in Mova's school dictionary: **a musical instrument made of brass, shaped like a curved…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a saxophone, saxophones); short form sax

### meaning for a pupil

A saxophone is a musical instrument made of brass, shaped like a curved J, played by blowing into a mouthpiece with a reed and pressing keys. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxophone/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons the saxophone is in the woodwind family, even though it is made of metal, because the sound is made by a wooden reed. It was invented by Adolphe Sax in Belgium in the 1840s. It is famous in jazz, pop and school bands. Kinds: soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone.

### examples

- My sister plays the saxophone in the school band. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxophone/#x1)
- The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxophone/#x2)
- A jazz player played a cool tune on his sax. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxophone/#x3)
- The saxophone is part of the woodwind family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxophone/#x4)
- The alto saxophone is a good size for children to learn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxophone/#x5)
- You need a reed in the mouthpiece to play the saxophone. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxophone/#x6)
- The baritone saxophone makes a deep, low sound. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxophone/#x7)

### note

Countable: saxophones. Short form: sax. A player is a saxophonist. Trap: it is metal but counts as woodwind because of the reed. Spelling: -phone, like telephone (phone = sound).

### In the corpora

- [The saxophone is made of brass but is a woodwind, because it makes its sound with a reed, like a clarinet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/9-instrument-families-strings-wind-brass-percussion-keys/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «saxophone» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/saxophone/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.