Musical Terms
Gradually increase in speed.
Accelerando
She wrote Tableaux de Provence and was married to composer Pierre Lantier.
Paule Maurice
This biennial conference will take place at Ohio State Univeristy in March 2026.
NASA
This mechanism allows you to play notes on the lower stack of the saxophone while still holding G#, or any left-hand table key. Clarinets do not have this ability.
Articulated G#
This suspension consists of a fourth scale degree taking the place of the major or minor third in the chord. This then resolves downward to the third of the chord.
4/3 suspension
Gradually decrease in speed.
Ritardando
She wrote Sonate en Ut#. This piece has both a viola and alto saxophone version.
Fernande Decruck
This saxophone conference takes place in Fairfax, VA every January.
This is the measurement of the length on a saxophone mouthpiece where the reed comes away from the table.
Facing length/curve
The D minor pentatonic is made up of these tones.
D, F, A, G, C
Attack at once, begin immediately.
attacca
She wrote Brillance and taught composition at the Paris Conservatory.
Ida Gotkovsky
This camp happens every year and alternates between Iowa City, Hartford, and Ann Arbor. It features some of the biggest names in American Saxophone
American Saxophone Academy
An alloy that consists primarily of copper and zinc. It is used to make saxophones and other instruments.
Brass
This augmented 6th chord consists of scale degrees 1, 2, #4, and b6.
A brief, unmetered pause or silence.
Caesura
She wrote Tourmaline for solo soprano and electronics as well as Tides for saxophone quartet and fixed media.
Alexandra Gardner
This French saxophone camp is hosted in Gap, France each summer and is led by Claude Delangle.
European University of Saxophone
One of the last notes to be added to the saxophone. This key is still missing on most student line instruments.
High F#
This is a major chord built on a lowered second scale degree in first inversion. It most often functions as a predominant chord in traditional part writing.
Neapolitan Sixth chord
Heavy and ponderous, weighty.
pesante
She writes music for unaccompanied saxophone and mixed instrumentation. Some pieces include Big Talk and Mo'Ingus.
Shelley Washington
This Mid-western saxophone workshop is regularly taught by Steven Page, Chris Creviston, and Sarah Hetrick.
The Great Plains Saxophone Workshop
Most, if not all, wind instruments fall into one of two bore shapes. The saxophone utilizes this one.
Conical bore
This secondary dominant sounds like a major chord built on the second scale degree. It normally functions as a predominant chord.
V7/V