Australian Broadcasting Corporation

How sax players hit the high notes

Great saxophone players do more than just hit the right notes on their instrument, researchers say. They can also tune their own vocal tract to match. Musicians have long known that professional ...
Reuters

Hitting the high notes: Sax pros tune themselves

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Jazz legend John Coltrane routinely pushed his tenor saxophone into the altissimo range, notes far above the instrument's normal range, and now Australian scientists know how he ...
Classic FM

This is the largest playable saxophone in the world, and it sounds brilliantly monstrous

The 3m-tall subcontrabass saxophone’s lowest note is just about within the human range of hearing. Enjoy this wonderful video of Italian jazz musician Attilio Berni, a graduate of the Santa Cecilia ...
Classic FM

Alto saxophonist shares his astonishing trick for playing 128 notes in an octave

This awesome musician proves there are more than just eight notes in an octave. In Western tonal music, we generally say a full major or minor scale is made up of eight notes (although there can be up ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

How sax players hit the high notes

Great saxophone players do more than just hit the right notes on their instrument, researchers say. They can also tune their own vocal tract to match. Musicians have long known that professional ...