. Orchestration . n octave below that ofan open pipe of the same length. It also overblows a twelfth, 2that is it reproduces its natural scale at the distance of an octave-and-a-fifth higher. On the other hand, a conical pipe when played by a reed has theproperties of an open pipe. Its fundamental tone is the same asthat of an open pipe. It overblows an octave. The Saxophone family belongs to the latter group, and its scale istherefore reproducible at the distance of an octave This factdifferentiates it completely from the Clarinet The fundamental scale of the Saxophone is chr
. Orchestration . n octave below that ofan open pipe of the same length. It also overblows a twelfth, 2that is it reproduces its natural scale at the distance of an octave-and-a-fifth higher. On the other hand, a conical pipe when played by a reed has theproperties of an open pipe. Its fundamental tone is the same asthat of an open pipe. It overblows an octave. The Saxophone family belongs to the latter group, and its scale istherefore reproducible at the distance of an octave This factdifferentiates it completely from the Clarinet The fundamental scale of the Saxophone is chromatically from ? 5EE and therefore the second Series of Harmonics is chromatically from i The last four semitones above the high C are got by means ofextra keys. They are overblown from fundamentals an octavelower, but these four fundamentals themselves are not used, as they 1 See pages 13, 18. 2See page 100 (foot-note). 3 For a fuller discussion of this overblowing see pages 178-9. Seepages 180, 253. Plate No. 3
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