The saxophone
Example: She plays the saxophone in the school band every week.
Definition
The saxophone is a musical instrument in the woodwind family, usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece. It produces a rich, expressive sound and is commonly used in jazz, classical, and popular music. She plays the saxophone in the school band every week.
Etymology
The word "saxophone" comes from its inventor Adolphe Sax, a Belgian instrument maker. He combined his surname with the Greek suffix "-phone," meaning sound or voice. Did you know that the saxophone was created in the early 1840s to bridge the gap between brass and woodwind instruments?
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"The saxophone" appears in the Vocaplus list "English - Music - (A1) - set 1", containing 104 commonly used words.
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