How to pronounce “sax” in English

saxophone. He's He's got more awards than I know how to pronounce, but he is

Saxophone was way cooler, you see.

Saxophone, piano, and robot.

Saxons and the frican and the jutes uh I love saying these names by the way I don't know why and and as soon as they

The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax around 1840.

Anglo-Saxon England, embodying the archetypal Viking chieftain, charismatic, brutal, and focused on wealth, fame, and honor in battle.

Rabbi Saxs.

"Black Saxophone" just don't got the same ring to it.

But saxophone players can-- play it.

Robin Saxby joined as CEO.

Robin Saxby lived two hours away.

Robin Saxby's bonus was cut by 20% if he chose to do this.

The saxophone had its early start in the orchestra.

the saxophone began to become a very popular instrument in the United States starting from the 1870s.

The saxophone was right in the middle of this.

Anglo-Saxon approach I think it's cultural but I also think it's changing and I think that whereas before the word "nerd", you'd never say, "Well, I'm a nerd." That's sort

Anglo-Saxon, Protestant male comics. And if you're funny looking -- unless they're funny looking -- or they're had some horrible experience.

And teaching Chinese sax players is one thing-- you've got to dig into those notes.

Here is his original sax patent of 1846, which shows all of the different sizes he was thinking of.

But Adolphe Sax didn't stop there, because he also made an instrument higher than the soprano.

It was part of Sax's original design, but they were made in limited quantity up to the 1920s.

More changes in sax?

Guys in the sax section would crack jokes and wear sunglasses in class sometimes.

This is Saxony-Anhalt, once part of communist East Germany.

Zeitz is representative of Saxony-Anhalt as a whole.

And then my saxophone teacher was telling me, oh, you got to hear Bird.

There's a saxophone player.

He was a saxophone player.

Whereas from the Saxons, we do get that feature.

When the Saxons arrived, they basically pushed those speakers

about the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms.

from Anglo-Saxon England. And this letter is written in Latin.

So the West Saxons have endorsed it.

The West Saxon kingdom was the last, if you like, the last kingdom standing after the other Anglo-Saxon kingdoms had been-- the dynasties had been taken out by Scandinavian armies.

the West Saxon capital.

So in Anglo-Saxon England, it's mostly cattle skin, but increasingly, also the use of sheep or goat skin as well.

This instrument is the saxophone.

For embouchure the saxophone is a mouthpiece with a single reed, the interior of which is expressly bell shaped and that contracts towards the part, which

And the saxophone was also an agent of social progress.

The first saxophonist to record was a woman.

As the saxophone continued to increase in its popularity, it became more involved in community bands, ragtime music,

As the saxophone was a new instrument and not encumbered by traditions of centuries as the other wind instruments had, it was not rigid to how

of a saxophonist from 1899 playing on a very, very old saxophone.

was a saxophonist with Sousa Band, at the very early part of the 20th century, around 1900, 1890s or so, playing the "Carnival of Venice."

It's a slide saxophone.

This is an extraordinary saxophone that's pitched not in the key of e-flat like an alto, but the key of F, like an English horn.

I play saxophone. Well, so many people do that.

Playing one saxophone calls for two hands and a mouth.

But playing the third saxophone with shoes on's going to be interesting.