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Invented in France in 1846, the Saxophone was first created by Adolphe Sax. Fourteen different types of

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saxophones were patented for governmental and orchestral use. Although Sax originally created the saxophone for millitary bands, composers put the instrument into symphonic use. Its chief contemporary use is with

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military and marching bands where alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones are customarily found and in jazz and dance bands where it is a leading melodic voice. The structure of a saxaphone is in a conical shape with the body getting slightly bigger at the lower end of the instrument. Saxaphones have twenty to twenty-three holes. Each of these holes are covered with a padding. The single-reed plastic reed looks like the reed used for a clarinet. The saxophone technique, when compared to other wind instruments, is starightforward and easy to learn.