saxophone
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2.9
- noun
- /ˈsæksəˌfoʊn/
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saxofón
- There are two players, just a trumpet player and a saxophone player, and they're playing a song that you all know.
- play the saxophone
- saxophone player
- alto saxophone
Next is my saxophone, her name Sheila.
- Next is my saxophone, her name Sheila.
- Now you are playing the saxophone, right?
- Dude, if the ugliest person you know picks up a saxophone, I'm into them.
- It's what Homer Simpson calls Lisa's saxophone.
- We have Kenny Garrett on the Alto saxophone.
- Meanwhile, dad's playing saxophone around the house helps turn kids into whatever this is.
- I got the flutes, I got the clarinet, I got the trombone, I got the trumpets, got the saxophone and I got the tubers, right?
- You don't wander around checking out, oh, look how shiny the the keys are on that saxophone.
- Whether you're playing the guitar, whether you're playing the keyboard, the piano, right, you're playing the drums, maybe even honestly the saxophone.
- And so it's just a great setup tool for saxophone.
- His very favorite kind of rodent, his saxophone.
- So all my phrasing, if you listen to my old school and think about saxophone, absolutely.
Examples
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But now, as Mr. McNeil played the saxophone, Culphert's eyes lit up with pleasure.
Fiction book (1993) -
The saxophone is a key instrument in many jazz bands.
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Now you are playing the saxophone, right?
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Daddy picked his saxophone back up.
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Well, actually, I play the saxophone.
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I played Alto saxophone, ladies, and I believe she played saxophone as well.
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Stanley Turrentine plays his saxophone in a group put together for the event.
Fiction book (1997) -
Mitchell thought the saxophone was too easy, which he now admits was naive.
Academic text (2015) -
After graduation, I studied saxophone in college and toured with a saxophone quartet.
Academic text (2015) -
So, without further ado I give you Chet Halloran on the saxophone.
Synonyms
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6.9
A metal wind instrument that you blow into, often used in jazz
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6.3
A musical instrument played by blowing air, like a flute
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4.2
An instrument that makes sound when you blow into or across it, like a flute
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3.1
An instrument that makes sound when you blow air through it, like a flute or trumpet
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4.1
An instrument that makes sound when a reed vibrates, like a clarinet or saxophone
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3.6
A musical instrument that makes sound when you blow air, often using a reed, like a clarinet or oboe
A wind instrument that uses one reed to make sound, like a clarinet or saxophone
A musical instrument like a clarinet or saxophone that makes sound when air passes one reed
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Etymology
Saxophone comes from the name of its inventor, Sax, plus the Greek part -phone meaning 'sound' or 'voice', so it literally means 'Sax's sound'. Think of words like telephone or microphone to remember -phone, and that's why a saxophone is the musical instrument that makes that sound and is often heard in jazz.