21-22 – General Ed – Week of 10/11 – 10/15
Instrument of the Week
The Woodwind Family
The Saxophone
The saxophone is a type of single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed on a mouthpiece vibrates to produce a sound wave inside the instrument’s body. The pitch is controlled by opening and closing holes in the body to change the effective length of the tube.[2] The holes are closed by leather pads attached to keys operated by the player. Saxophones are made in various sizes and are almost always treated as transposing instruments. Saxophone players are called saxophonists.[3]
The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in the early 1840s[4] and was patented on 28 June 1846. Sax invented two groups of seven instruments each—one group contained instruments in C and F, and the other group contained instruments in B♭ and E♭. The B♭ and E♭ instruments soon became dominant and most saxophones encountered today are from this series. Instruments from the series pitched in C and F never gained a foothold and constituted only a small percentage of instruments made by Sax. High Pitch (also marked “H” or “HP”) saxophones tuned sharper than the (concert) A = 440 Hz standard were produced into the early twentieth century for sonic qualities suited for outdoor use, but are not playable to modern tuning and are considered obsolete. Low Pitch (also marked “L” or “LP”) saxophones are equivalent in tuning to modern instruments. C soprano and C melody saxophones were produced for the casual market as parlor instruments during the early twentieth century, and saxophones in F were introduced during the late 1920s but never gained acceptance. The modern saxophone family consists entirely of B♭ and E♭ instruments. The saxophones in widest use are the B♭ soprano, E♭ alto, B♭ tenor, and E♭ baritone. The E♭ sopranino and B♭ bass saxophone are typically used in larger saxophone choir settings, when available.
| # | Saxophone | Key | Sounds an octave lower than | Sounds an octave higher than |
| 1 | Sopranissimo | B♭ | ## | Soprano |
| 2 | Sopranino | E♭ | ## | Alto |
| 3 | Soprano | B♭ | Sopranissimo | Tenor |
| 4 | Alto | E♭ | Sopranino | Baritone |
| 5 | Tenor | B♭ | Soprano | Bass |
| 6 | Baritone | E♭ | Alto | Contrabass |
| 7 | Bass | B♭ | Tenor | Subcontrabass |
| 8 | Contrabass | E♭ | Baritone | ## |
| 9 | Subcontrabass | B♭ | Bass | ## |
“DANCE MONKEY” – STREET SAX PERFORMANCE
La Pantera Rosa ”PINK PANTHER THEME” Saxophone Cover
Meet The Instruments
The Woodwind Family
The English Horn
The cor anglais (UK: /ˌkɔːr ˈɒŋɡleɪ/, US: /- ɑːŋˈɡleɪ/[1][2] or original French: [kɔʁ ɑ̃ɡlɛ];[3] plural: cors anglais), or English horn in North America, is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family. It is approximately one and a half times the length of an oboe.
The cor anglais is a transposing instrument pitched in F, a perfect fifth lower than the oboe (a C instrument). This means that music for the cor anglais is written a perfect fifth higher than the instrument sounds. The fingering and playing technique used for the cor anglais are essentially the same as those of the oboe, and oboists typically double on the cor anglais when required. The cor anglais normally lacks the lowest B♭ key found on most oboes, and so its sounding range stretches from E3 (written B♮) below middle C to C6 two octaves above middle C.
Dvorak 9 English horn solo, Dominik Wollenweber
Dvořák “New World” – English Horn Solo
R.Wagner : English Horn solo from Tristan und Isolde / Sho Music Festival Online
For 5th Grade ONLY!
Instrument of the Week
The Woodwind Family
The Clarinet
The clarinet is a family of woodwind instruments. It has a single-reed mouthpiece, a straight, cylindrical tube with an almost cylindrical bore, and a flared bell. A person who plays a clarinet is called a clarinetist (sometimes spelled clarinettist).
The clarinet, French clarinette, German Klarinette, single-reed woodwind instrument used orchestrally and in military and brass bands and possessing a distinguished solo repertory. It is usually made of African blackwood and has a cylindrical bore of about 0.6 inch (1.5 cm) terminating in a flared bell.
The important take away is that the clarinet is part of the Woodwind family.
John Williams BBC Proms 2017 – Annelien Van Wauwe, clarinet
Lean On by Major Lazer (Four Play clarinet Music Video Cover)
Musical Fact Of The Week
Question
What was the first instrument?
The oldest musical instrument in the world, a 60,000-year-old Neanderthal flute is a treasure of global significance. It was discovered in Divje babe cave near Cerkno and has been declared by experts to have been made by Neanderthals. It is made from the left thighbone of a young cave bear and has four pierced holes.
Question
What was the first song?
“Hurrian Hymn No. 6” is considered the world’s earliest melody, but the oldest musical composition to have survived in its entirety is a first century A.D. Greek tune known as the “Seikilos Epitaph.” The song was found engraved on an ancient marble column used to mark a woman’s gravesite in Turkey.
Question
Do all saxophones have a curved like bell shape?
Answer
No, there are some saxophones that do not have a curved bell. Please refer to the video after this fact.
“Hallelujah” (Sax Soprano Cover) by Daniele Vitale
KIDZ BOP Kids – Shake It Off (Dance Along)
George Frideric Handel – The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
Down By The Bay | Kids Songs | Super Simple Songs
Down By The Spooky Bay | + More Halloween Songs for Kids | Super Simple Songs
Hey children, who’s in town?
Everybody stop and look around!
Hey children, who’s in town?
Tell us your name and then sit down!
Jump In, Jump Out (Ice Breaker Name Game)
Jump In, Jump Out (From Gullah, Gullah Island)
Jump in, jump out
Turn yourself about
Jump in, jump out
Introduce yourself
My name is ________
And I like to _________
(some examples are Sing, Dance)
I like to _________
(use the same word you just filled in above)
Every day of my life
Jump in, jump out
Turn yourself about
Jump in, jump out
Say it with a shout!
(Repeat and continue for each child)