Reed Selection and Sound Quality of an Alto Saxophone

To investigate the relationship between reed stiffness and sound quality, the same note (concert Bb)was played on an alto saxophone with six different reeds (1.5, 2, 2.5, 3, 3.5, and 4). The relative amplitudes of the first four harmonics for each of the reeds were compared. It was found that the so...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Allan Michelin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: StudentScientists.org 2016-01-01
Series:International Scholastic Journal of Science
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Online Access:http://www.isjos.org/index.php?paper=Reed+Selection+and+Sound+Quality+of+an+Alto+Saxophone