saxophone

[US]/'sæksəfəʊn/
[UK]/'sæksəfon/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a musical instrument with a curved metal tube and keys, used to play jazz and other types of music

Example Sentences

to play the saxophone

A saxophone moaned in the background.

The saxophone has a single reed mouthpiece like a clarinet , a conical brass body like an ophicleide, and a metal body with a flared bell .

A talentless street musician in the Dutch town of Leiden got local people so upset by his awful saxophone playing that they got police to confiscate his instrument.

By seven o'clock the orchestra has arrived, no thin five-piece affair, but a whole pitful of oboes and trombones and saxophones and viols and cornets and piccolos, and low and high drums.

Chris Rowan (vocals, acoustic guitar, bamboo keyboards, flute);Lorin Rowan (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano);Jack Bonus (flute, alto saxophone);David Hayes (bass);Russ Kunkel (drums).

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