"Does anyone know why it's called a saxophone? The violin is a Hebrew transliteration, the drum kit is because of the iron frame underneath, and the guitar is a Greek transliteration, but what about the saxophone? Why is this beautiful instrument called the saxophone? Does anyone know? Mainhoff stroked the saxophone in his hand as if he were stroking the person he loved the most, and he smiled at the full class and asked this obvious question, which no one had ever thought about.

Seeing the students shaking their heads in confusion, Manhof slowly said: "Because the person who invented the saxophone is surnamed Saxophone!" "Hahaha......" The students were amused by the answer.

"In the forties of the last century, the Belgian musician Adolf. The saxophone found a problem, you look at the configuration of the symphony orchestra, the treble has violin, trumpet, English horn, piccolo, etc., and the bass has bassoon, trombone, French horn, cello, etc., is there any shortcoming? On both sides of the blackboard, Manhoff wrote down the required instruments for the treble and bass, leaving the middle range in between.

One of the students stood up: "Long live the Führer!" Report! There are no transitions in the midrange! ”

Manhof smiled: "Yes, what about the midrange?" But the problems we found were also discovered at the time, so there were violas, tenoras. He wrote down these two instruments in the middle of the blackboard, "What did the students also find, the wood tone has a viola, and the pure metal tone has a tenor, so where has the wood metal tone gone?" ”

"Long live the Führer! Report! What is Wooden Metal Tone? One student asked, raising his hand.

"Would you believe me if I was waiting for you to ask this question?" The students were amused by Manhoff's humor, and in teaching, Mannhoff's humor and witty inferences were indeed a conscientious teacher.

Mannhoff took off the mouthpiece of the saxophone and took off the wooden reed under the mouthpiece for everyone to see: "The saxophone is all metal, and there are some rubber pads on the keys, but it is this little thing that makes the saxophone sound, just like the human vocal cords, which vibrate and cause the metal to vibrate and make sounds, so although the saxophone is made of metal, brass to be exact, it is a woodwind instrument." ”

"So the saxophone came along to fill the midrange of the wood-metal tone of the symphony, isn't it great?" Manhof sold a pass: "But the students have all seen the opera "The Ring of the Nibelungen", does the symphony orchestra in it have saxophones? ”

A schoolgirl raised her hand, "Long live the Führer!" Report! I've never seen a saxophone in a symphony orchestra! ”

"Very good, this female classmate is right, there is no saxophone in the symphony orchestra now, why? This starts with the battle for the founding of the German Empire - the Franco-Prussian War, as we all know, our great Third Reich was formerly known as the Weimar Republic, the predecessor of the Weimar Republic was the German Empire, in 1871 the German Empire won, in Paris Versailles Palace, this war is not only a military and political contest, but also a collision of culture and art, Belgium is the Grand Duchy of the French Empire, representing French art, and the wooden metal music instrument on the side of the German Empire is the clarinet oboe that everyone is also familiar with, The defeat of France led to the decline and decline of culture, and the clarinet and oboe of the German Empire replaced the saxophone as the backbone of the orchestra's alto section. The students were fascinated by the Mainhoff's recounting of the saxophone's journey, and their patriotic fervor made them proud that German art had replaced French art.

Sergeant Hutter raised his hand: "Long live the Führer!" Report! After a complete failure, why did the saxophone re-emerge as the most romantic instrument representing love? ”

Maninhoff recognized Sergeant Hutter in civilian clothes at a glance, because that kind of military temperament could not be covered with a shirt, and he said with a smile: "This classmate is right, the saxophone has failed, it has failed so much that only military bands can find its figure, and it is not a melodic instrument, it is just a drum beat, and there are fewer and fewer people playing the saxophone, and there is not even a meter of land on the entire European continent that belongs to this beautiful instrument that is ignored by everyone." ”

Manhhoff put on the saxophone, put the mouthpiece in his mouth, and a song "Autumn Leaves" fluttered throughout the classroom, this piece of music with a touch of sadness made many people cry, Manhoff's fingertips flowed on the buttons, and the image of a father who gave everything for his children, like the autumn leaves floating for the trees, immediately three-dimensional.

"This is an American piece of music, the name is "Autumn Leaves", if you are interested in the specific content, you can ask me separately, at the beginning of this century, Americans found that the saxophone can perfectly express all emotions with lip trembling, lip shifting and roaring, especially on behalf of romance, melancholy, melancholy, maybe a little sadness, the saxophone can be played to the extreme, making people cry."

Manhoff wrote the words "New Orleans" on the blackboard, "This place is the second hometown of the saxophone, an immigrant city in Louisiana, USA, where there are white Europeans, Mexicans, Cubans, Costa Ricans, and blacks, and a variety of cultures and arts are integrated here, and the saxophone has gradually grown up in this environment and has become a romantic musical instrument in people's mouths." ”

In 1912, the saxophone, who had become a household name in the United States, returned to the European continent and held a grand concert at the Château de Fontainebleau in France.

"From the invention to the real fame of the world, the saxophone has gone through a full hundred years, in these hundred years, there have been glory, there have been lost, there have been doubts, there have been abandonment, there have been crying, there have been despair, there have been hope, there have been fusion, and finally ushered in the dawn." With his hands raised, the students, who had already listened infatuated, reacted for two or three seconds, and burst into warm applause.

Because the experience of the saxophone reminds each of them of themselves, the war is still going on, and the war does not know when it will burn here, maybe, just like the saxophone, after experiencing despair, there will be hope and see the dawn......

Outside, the bell rang for the end of class, and Mannhoff disassembled the saxophone, closed the box, and raised his hand: "Long live the Führer, class!" ”

"Whoa!" The students stood up together, and the folding chairs behind them retracted into a unified sound, but this sound was quickly overshadowed by the students' slogan: "Long live the Führer!" Thank you, teacher! ”

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