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100

This piece is based on the third movement of J.S. Bach's Pastorale in F Major.

What is Bozza's Aria?

100

The distance between the tip of the reed and the tip of the mouthpiece. 

What is tip opening?

100
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What is sforzando?

100
He teaches at the University of Michigan and has produced a line of mouthpieces with Backun. 

Who is Timothy McAllister?

100

This was the first instrument to be created by Adolphe Sax as part of the saxophone family.

What is the Baritone Saxophone?

200

This piece was originally composed up one whole step from the currently published version.

What is Fantasia by Villa-Lobos?

200

This is a combination of copper and zinc.

What is brass?

200

Prominent, outward

What is en dehors?

200

He was the soloist of the United State Navy Band for nearly 30 years. 

Who is Dale Underwood?

200

He was a saxophone virtuoso from the early 1900s known for playing lightning fast melodies on a C melody saxophone.

Who was Rudy Wiedoeft?

300

This piece was originally composed by Modest Mussorgsky and later orchestrated by Maurice Ravel.

What is Pictures at an Exhibition?

300

They are the only manufacturer of the Tubax, a contra bass saxophone. 

Who is Eppelsheim?

300

With fire or passion.

What is con fuoco?

300

He won the Thelonious Monk Competition in 1991, beating both Eric Alexander and Chris Potter.

Who is Joshua Reman?

300

This legendary line of saxophones first came out in 1954.

What is the Selmer Mark VI?

400

This is a collection of nine etudes written for solo saxophone by Christian Lauba.

What is Neuf Etudes pour Saxophone?

400

A prominent synthetic reed maker from Canada.

What is Legere?

400

Not too much. 

What is non troppo?

400

He taught at the Paris Conservatory until 1968 and is widely regarded as the father of french saxophone playing. 

Who is Marcel Mule?

400
She was a Boston based saxophonist and one of the first to commission major composers to write for the saxophone. 

Who is Elise Hall?

500

This piece was premiered at the most recent NASA biennial conference at Ohio State University. 

What is Alexandra Gardner's Time Unfolding?

500

Cane reeds are made from this species of reed.

What is Arundo Donax?

500

Lively, fast paced. Literally translated, a joke. 

What is scherzo?

500

He was a high school band director at Dillard High School in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Who is Cannonball Adderley?
500

This piece calls for a sopranino in F, an instrument that has never gone into production.

What is Ravel's Bolero?