Although I have just embarked on the journey to learn to play the saxophone, I am very intrigued by its musical history and origin. The saxophone is simply an amazing instrument with so many different types and variations and so many genres of music that it is capable of playing. The saxophone can produce soft angelic tones or punchy jazz numbers, basically anything you want to hear the saxophone and its player can provide you with. There are so many endless possibilities on such a versatile instrument and I'm here to share with you some of the most surprising and inspiring things about the saxophone. I will inform you about the history of the saxophone and how it has influenced the musical world, and much more. The saxophone was created by Antoine Joseph Sax, but more popularly considered Adolphe Sax in 1846. The saxophone is the most recent wind instrument to have been produced and accepted into music. In 1814 Adolphe Sax was born in Dinant, Belgium. At a young age he learned from his father, who maintained his own violin making shop, how to make instruments himself. He studied flute and clarinet at the Brussels Conservatory in Belgium, and in 1840 Adolphe decided that he would make an instrument to cover the midrange of military band music. He wanted a clarinet-like sound, but also with the brass tone of the trumpet. He made it a hybrid using a clarinet mouthpiece and key work similar to that of the oboe. In 1842 Adolphe moved to Paris to finish creating the instrument which soon took the apt name “Saxophone”. He finished building the saxophone in 1845, and it was soon taken up by several French orchestral composers in 1846. Thereafter the saxophone was played in many small......middle of paper......t School Library higher -Publication date: Not stated-Publisher: Stoddart- Page numbers: 14-15JAZZ written by John Fordham-Erin District High School Library-Publisher date: 1993 by the Reader's Digest Association-Publisher: RD press- Page Numbers: 64-65The Orchestra Written by Michael Hurd-Erin District High School Library-Publication Date: 1981-Publisher: Phaidon Press LtdEncyclopedia Edited by Stanley Sadie-Erin District High School-Book 16-REF 780.3 NEW v .16Internet Sources: http: //library.thinkquest.org/5116/saxophone.htm written by Samuel and Jason-Page Title: Saxophone http://musiced.about.com/od/lessonsandtips/a/saxparts.htm written by Espie Estrella-Page Title: Saxophone Parts http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-jazz-saxophonists.php written by Nathanael Hood-Page Title: Top 10 Most Influential Jazz Saxophonists