When flute and saxophone meet

Attempts at combining various flutes and saxophones to find out how they sound.
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[@madisonw506]

"It might not be a good idea...I'm still gonna try it." You just summed up my life in one sentence.

[@user-bk7to8gn5l]

He just summed up my birth in one sentence.

[@stansethley3853]

I'd like but you're at 666 likes

[@f0cus.ins8]

Madison Skywalker i

[@petparadise6071]

Madison Skywalker lol.!.!.!.

[@petparadise6071]

Hahaha.!.!,,, yeah.!.!.

[@mackenzie.l-b8528]

*Looks at my flute and then my saxophone* Well, guess I know what I'm doing this weekend then.

[@MysheingXiong]

Mackenzie .B I'm about to do it right now!

[@alexosow]

I only have a saxophone :/

[@Gileswasneverhere]

@@alexosow Then use my sister’s flute! **borrows sister’s flute**

[@beastgamer1967]

@@alexosow same

[@magnus3139]

Me

[@fooferbob9230]

one time, at band camp...

[@gracefuller9554]

Foofer Bob this actually happened at band camp in my 5th year

[@dorkyoin]

Foofer Bob oh shit

[@Ellie-px2nf]

Foofer Bob This guy put a alto sax mouthpiece and neck on a shitty dollar store record.

[@Ellie-px2nf]

*recorder

[@faithwasicek4952]

Fandom Fusion I bet you can't play the SHITTY recorder for your life so shut up and get you names right PS I play the flute or shitty recorder as you call it idiot

[@menamiketrx]

I can remember back in 1970, fitting a Bassoon reed onto a Trombone and a Trumpet. It was horridly wonderful.

[@shantijohnson9245]

that sounds absolutely majestic

[@wesleypickles945]

lol you can get a gr8 wub sound if you slap a bari sax mouthpiece on a tuba I know because I watched some people do it when I was in marching band in high school xD

[@noname8354]

*calls trombone friend*

[@sqiew]

I *need* to try this right now

[@dizzyology7514]

Actually, Peter Schickele, of "P.D.Q. Bach" fame, did this and called the result a "tromboon." It can be found on some of the P.D.Q. Bach recorings.

[@samwolf6548]

All people being sensitive about him "ruining the instruments" stop. As a tenor sax and flute player i think it is perfectly fine. He did not break anything. In fact if he just took apart all of the instruments and put them back together they would be perfectly fine. He never tampered physically break anything.

[@osamamonkey6636]

Magical narwhal "I think I ruined the cork"

[@beaniesketch]

Inyo Butt the cork is easily fixable, plus as long as you still have like 70 percent of the cork you should be fine (i would know i have a sax)

[@island6733]

Magical narwhal right

[@gijodii]

I just joined beginning band and I play Tenor sax. I'm glad to see another member of the Tenor family lol.

[@Amedeus1756]

You're the Dr. Frankenstein of the wind instruments.

[@JDaTopo]

+Bongo Bop lol

[@sengroagers1111]

+Bongo Bop I'm pretty sure that title belongs to Trent Hamilton.

[@nichovin]

It's Alive!!

[@Moliminous]

There was a point we should of stopped, and we've clearly gone far past that.... But let's keep going to see what happens

[@anabear9485]

Moliminous Ay I didn't know you like instruments. Fancy meeting you on this part of youtube

[@kam-the-potato]

😂

[@user-fr1rg2hi1y]

Why I here fam

[@standardannonymousguy]

Moliminous such rich content! #internetjazz

[@MegaGermanShepherds]

Moliminous Great to see you in this part of KZbin!

[@togamitown504]

Have you ever wanted to hear hell? Put an alto sax mouthpiece on a trombone body! Its fantastically terrifying!

[@samwoods9836]

Dragon Doodler liking for eridan

[@togamitown504]

Everah Wolf Oh my pfp? Heh, thats a mashup of Kanaya and Eridan that I drew, because Eridan is my fav character but Im a Virgo ;)

[@samwoods9836]

Dragon Doodler ooh okay! It's super cute!

[@MaskedMenace830]

I'm glad I looked that up. It is an unusually unnerving sound indeed

[@bogman78]

I put a trombone mouthpiece on a saxophone

[@lMeowstic]

Remember kids, tape makes anything possible!

[@benliu1556]

lMeowstic it can turn "no no no" into "MMMMPH MMMPH MMMMMMMPH!!"

[@unrielistic]

lMeowstic There is nothing sticky tape can't fix.

[@willywonka1236]

Not all, A Tape recording is tape but its not sticky.

[@reverseesrever2985]

lMeowstic that’s what the color guard taught me

[@mandira2001]

lol X-)

[@MathAndComputers]

It's a flaxophone! :D ...or a sute? I'll go with flaxophone.

[@OliseForel]

Fluxophone?

[@lucashoffses9019]

Flutosax

[@abyssabbison6266]

Flutophone

[@RequiemAct2]

Mr FlaxoBeat

[@stupid.loser2.052]

flaxophone is better

[@brianburrous4775]

flaxaphone! sounds healthy.

[@allaboutthatphatbass2968]

Brian Burrous heehee flax seed get it!? do ya get it? oh....no one cares......... badumm tissssss

[@jamessiggss8061]

All About That Phat Bass flax seeds are string

[@muzhiwaay]

Brian Burrous yup... wait these aren’t my laxatives

[@Kevin-vi9rj]

So this is what homeworld thinks of fusion

[@kaijosef3517]

Kevin Le SU❤️️❤️️❤️️🌚

[@Silly_Sulky_Seli]

it looks more like 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑢𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑑 instruments

[@greeblothegoblin]

Fusion is just a cheap tactic to make weak instruments stronger...

[@user-dt6xj7so3b]

It the cluster

[@aquincybradley7286]

Kevin Le you get me

[@SylvesterHyde]

All of you people who are saying he's ruining instruments and otherwise completely discouraging him are jerks! It's not affecting you in any way and he likes doing it. Also, him doing this and experimenting is amazing. This could be the next new instrument. Besides, you never know until you try. So how about you all shut up and let him do his thing!

[@saxboss9738]

amen.

[@mckitties8295]

PREACH IT

[@alanladd8296]

yea, exactly what he said

[@lukegreenslade7821]

Sylvester Hyde I agree

[@poly_g6068]

2:46 That actually sounds pretty decent

[@markovcornelius]

You're right

[@alansmithestay9636]

+Poly_G totally agree. i think im gonna get a sax mouthpiece just for this lol

[@ohiaio]

@@alansmithestay9636 I think you need the sax neck too

[@MrTheo4242]

That's a diy clarinet

[@emilyislate]

I do this all the time with my friends when ever we have nothing to do and it's hilarious. My favorite is the clarinet mouth piece on trombone slide yes just the slide XD

[@geoffreymelkonian2479]

Misaki The Potato same :3 hue

[@bethannrobbins9187]

WE DO THAT TOO

[@bethannrobbins9187]

our fave is the flute head joint in the tuba

[@rachelh3030]

ever tried a bassoon mouth piece and neck on a trombone

[@Kaiandherfloof]

Misaki The Potato I play clarinet and I can’t even imagine that 😂 I also play flute and this video killed me inside because I was taught to treat my flute like it’s glass china

[@ryuwilliston4232]

the Piccolo/Sax sounds like squidward's clarinet

[@alexissmith1397]

Ryu williston I WAS THINKING THE SAME THINGGG

[@brintmontgomery8323]

Finally, somebody ran all the experiments that my wandering mind came up with in jr. high band.

[@SuperLoveAG]

"thank you for wasting your time" 😂 this video is my favorite

[@adrey2149]

Right?? 😂😂😂

[@mellohomie1237]

As I horn player, I laughed very hard at all this XD

[@sydneyong3035]

SAME

[@Bren9431]

lol same

[@aligatornomnom1773]

same

[@alexbailey2500]

+Valy Mellark I play the Donald Trumpet

[@pendancer4994]

+Alex Bailey lmao

[@solarsniper0880]

Lel put a clarinet mouthpiece on a flute body 😂😂 -clarinet player

[@juliyanmartinez3785]

I did it it doesn't work whatsoever I guess the clarinet just isn't meant to have a metal body

[@katmusswoodwind]

there are metal clarinets out there, so that can't be it!

[@katmusswoodwind]

I think the air pressure may be a little too high... plus there's not a very easy way of fixing the clarinet mouthpiece on owing to the fact that it's 'accepted' by the barrel, as opposed to wrapping around a cork, if that makes sense?

[@faroutJadabrick_tomato]

this time, on the trumpet sax. okay, nevermind.

[@MrBrowneyedBeast]

jada тowner Hahaha lol yeah a lot of people forget that the saxophone is also a horn instrument.

[@jeisandl]

Me and my friends in marching band do this so much! It doesn't work as good as it seem sadly

[@faroutJadabrick_tomato]

no.

[@DahBlindNinja]

+Mr.Browneyed Beast Trumpet is a brass instrument and saxophone is a woodwind. They have different ways of producing sound.

[@kennedy1853]

You mean your traxophone?

[@geckaway1147]

How to make a unique clarinet: alto sax neck with flute body

[@leopaschall2115]

now put a tiny brass mouthpiece in the flute

[@nicolemickelson8534]

Crazyorigamiman A brass piece in anything that isn't brass sounds shit.

[@leopaschall2115]

Laura Jones in just a normal saxophone it doesn't sound too bad

[@nicolemickelson8534]

Leo Paschall My friend tried the trumpet actually. It sounds terrible in my sax. Maybe a French horn mouthpiece would sound better.

[@leopaschall2115]

Laura Jones i think it actually was a French horn mouthpiece

[@MachineWashableKatie]

They're two different principles, it won't work, I've tried.

[@faunnyc.7678]

The flalto sax is my favorite instrument.

[@dr.jotarokujo5288]

This is pretty cool XD but the poor flutes

[@beeframen9101]

Gumi Vocaloid Poor flutes? poor sax!

[@dr.jotarokujo5288]

NotEden Booo XD I play flute that poor baby

[@beeframen9101]

Gumi Vocaloid I play sax..

[@dr.jotarokujo5288]

NotEden well then I guess that makes sense were your loyalty lies XD

[@dallinyauney3131]

I play sax and soon will play flute, and I'm really not sure which instrument got injured the most. It was likely the saxophone where the cork almost broke..

[@moviemadness2009]

I once put my tenor sax mouthpiece on a tuba. It sounds like a helicopter, especially if you put maximum amount of air through it.

[@luke1stars1masher]

Also, playing the Flute like a trumpet actually works fo lower pitches and sounds a bit like a french horn

[@The4MusketeersYT]

i can confirm. i’ve tried it before

[@Sofififlowertot]

"Hello Internet!" Did he just....

[@gabbyh8907]

I KNOW OMG

[@AImighty_Loaf]

what?

[@Sofififlowertot]

Almighty Loaf it's a danisnotonfire thing dw

[@ManhattanMadneSSSMusic]

Sophia Lytrides your profile pic perfectly depicts your triggerment

[@kathorror7103]

Sophia Lytrides IKR I WAA LIKE OMG PHANNNDOM

[@wave5994]

"Hello internet" hmmmm sonds familiar.

[@melaniemartinez2454]

[NUC] WAVE *cough* Hey Pham

[@ps1hagrid689]

Well that's just a theory, a phrase theory, thank for watching!

[@Usefulmusic]

Suggestion: play a few of those hybrid instruments at a Free-jazz jam - would not sound out of place.

[@katmusswoodwind]

Mary had a Little Lamb and he was hip as f***

[@brithelinejudge7722]

Dude, you just invented new instruments.

[@Yumabillion]

I want to combine my saxophone and clarinet now

[@faroshscale]

Matt Weiman the world isn't ready for that yet

[@Yumabillion]

Jamie Krouse lol

[@jenell469]

True

[@SlippyLegJones]

Can I combine a Trumpet and a Violin? Tune in next time to see 2 instruments randomly glued together.

[@Yumabillion]

The trumpalin

[@BSFilms1997]

What's with musicians and making frankenstein-esque instruments by combining them? When I was in band, we put french horn mouthpieces on saxophones and tuba mouthpieces on clarinets.

[@zappy595]

morbid curiosity

[@zazkegirotron]

well that instrument actually exist amd its called clarinet.-.

[@jennyoyster5054]

zazke_girotron Bruh, lol....😂😂😭😭.

[@onebigoof4918]

I'm a clarinetist and I approve this message

[@vrgtz]

Dude's fucking talented

[@mrjamesiii]

Thank you all for watching. If you enjoyed this please do have a look at my channel, there will be roughly one new thoroughly useless video on a random topic for you every weekend. Follow me on twitter for channel updates @jamesmaswhat. TIME-WASTERS ONLY

[@KermitFrogMan]

mrJames will do

[@jeenocastellano9173]

mrJames do clarinet and saxophone

[@hellfire9145]

I don't think any flutes or saxes were harmed in the making of this video..were they? He looks totally bonkers, but then so did Adolphe sax, who had the bright idea of adding a reed mouthpiece to a flute,,,,,,,and the rest is history, That's why the saxo-flute worked - the fingering of both is pretty much the same! And why so many sax players double on flute ! We need more inventors !!!!

[@rileysmith9105]

Alto flutophone

[@monicastephenson1744]

XD

[@SotR59]

the flute/sax sounded like a clarinet with some pad leakage issues.

[@magicmonkey7075]

Silver Jag “Pad leakage issues” sounds very strange out of context.

[@BobGreenwadeForReal]

A couple of those actually had interesting sounds. The first (alto sax on piccolo) in particular caught my ear as something not quite like anything else. The alto sax on concert flute has a somewhat clarinet-like sound (which stands to reason, being basically the same single reed/cylindrical bore setup).

[@jacksonburkett7403]

first one sounds like a gay duck

[@marannebbeling9799]

This made me laugh way too hard, you´re so right

[@CRAZYMOPPO]

How do you now a a gay duck sounds?

[@matthewlockyer5571]

Justin Jaeger he knows from experimenting

[@nostalgiakarlk.f.7386]

LOL

[@matthewlockyer5571]

its not homophobic because in not saying being gay is bad and i not offending gay people in any way.

[@waleogundare]

all these instruments we are enjoying today are results of invention and experiments of some genius,saxophone actually was invented and made with wood before later converted to a brass by the man Adolph Sax,so i dont think anybody should blame you for trying this,believe in yourself you might make it real...cheers bro.

[@anitashandilya8984]

Our ancestors thought there would be flying cars, robot boxing, teleportation in the future but what we have is flaxophonute

[@bowserfan1011]

Piccolonophone

[@euphoniumlife5902]

Was awful

[@Soldierdoesgaming567]

The Alto fluteaphone sounds nice

[@estoniaman]

Altosax mouthpiece+flute has really soft sound, nice indeed.

[@Mikeological]

You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could, you didn't stop to think if you should

[@evilherojain4412]

But can it djent?

[@AlexRider7789]

That was both the funniest and most beautiful thing I have ever seen... I love your sense of humor! I might have to try a few combinations like these sometime

[@joechalfant235]

Science was too busy wondering whether or not we could and didn't think if we should.

[@mysticsanta3714]

OMG!! In my band class, my friend Aiden, who plays the saxophone, asked to see my flute and put hem together... he played it very well... we called it the saxoflute

[@AlanSturgess]

The world would be a far sadder place without wonderful weirdness like this. Makes me want to get out my recorders, LittleSax etc. to see what happens when I switch things around. Thanks for a very enoyable 6 minutes.

[@vampcaff]

this is the worst thing marijuana does

[@emobean]

"Sounds like a distorted clarinet" bruh have you ever heard a distorted clarinet sounds like.....

[@brianabbinanti7021]

You were so preoccupied with weather or not you could, you never stopped to consider weather or not you should.

[@chair547]

Brian Abbinanti and wasn't even in the ballpark of thinking about how to spell whether

[@morganfreeman544]

@@chair547 hahaha😂

[@ghostie1345]

To the people complaining about him "ruining" the instruments: if people like him didn't experiment with instruments you would have all of the ones we have today.

[@ghostie1345]

Wouldn't*

[@Peter111ization]

That's how innovations begins.

[@zombiepm3762]

d o y a ' l i k e j a z z? - Barry b benson

[@nicolasgt1479]

Its like mixing m&m's and skittles in the same bowl

[@mipgreybeard3759]

Good fun. Whilst doing my physics degree at uni I did a course on the physics of music. The bore of the tube is an important part of an instrument, as is the nature of the vibrating system. Flutes and recorders behave like a resonating tube open at each end. Reed instruments behave like a resonating tube closed at one end. Parallel and conical tubes overblow in different modes ... that's why it's easier to overblow a sax than a clarinet. The trumpet family can only produce a good sound when used with a closed tube: That's why there aren't any trumpet-mouthpiece recorder hybrids. But a nice experimental video. Thanks.

[@polterkat]

Yikes! Everyone is so upset. I say if you got two, and your not compromising them or you are lucky enough to have extra.. Stick em together! Have a go.. See what comes out. Everyone is complaining about the noise it makes. How it isn't right. WHO CARES?! NO instrument was "right" ever.. Until it was. If you can make more than one pitch, it's an instrument. And yeah this guy is just doin this little "jotting-down-ideas"-video, but who knows? Maybe some random kid halfway across the world watches this video, and they are inspired to combine some of the instruments they have around the house. Fifteen years later after a whole lot of creativity and a viral KZbin video...suddenly we are hearing some masterpiece out of a ridiculous contraption none of us ever would have considered. Something some wrong that none of these aforementioned "engineers" would ever come up with.. Who knows? The world is a strange place, and far stranger things than that have happened. Repeatedly. In the meantime..all you people need to get off your high horses, and back away from your keyboards a bit. You are all SO strongly offended by experimenting with different instrument part combinations that you ALL feel the need to overlap your opinions of disgust?? Yeesh... Music is supposed to be one of the creative arts. When did you all become so against playful creativity??

[@jenniferbesler72]

Okay, coming from someone who plays BOTH saxophone and flute I found this VERY funny! I don't think that he was trying to ruin the instruments purposely and honestly, damaging the cork on a saxophone (which he didn't I might add) is not a major deal because it cost nearly nothing to get fixed! Haters are gonna hate, but I just thought I would let ya'll know from someone who plays both instruments that this was meant as comical relief! Thanks!

[@cheesentman1515]

I love when people do this because this shows that there's no limit to instruments and there's always gonna be a new instrument

[@jubjub1286]

the sax mouthpiece with flute body sounds very similar to a clarinet because it pretty much is one the only/main difference between sax and clarinet is that the body of a sax is shaped like a cone (starts at a small diameter and gets bigger), and clarinet is shaped like a cylinder (same diameter the whole way through) this ‘sax-flute’ is a single reed mouth piece attached to a cylinder, i.e. a clarinet

[@everfluctuating]

you look like the nostalgia critic

[@LowHimari]

i tought the same, i was like "hey, i know that dude holy fuck"

[@rassilontdavros3004]

... shit, now I see it too

[@huncake]

guys .... I have something to say.... I'm Bandsexual .. I just cane out to a lot of ppl .. shit... xD

[@MariaPereira-ct8zt]

What!!!

[@notjord4n]

KPOPIS MYSHIT XD OMG........ ME TOO!!!!

[@amanda6869]

Bubbly Sebaek BISECTIONAL

[@shkedovb]

I think that the flute mouthpiece into sax didnt work because a flute is a cylindrical pipe and not a conical one, so all vibes that usualy work in a cylinder-shaped instrument, are fading into the conical shape, and therefore a reed mouthpiece is needed, there isnt sufficent power in the little windstorm that happens in the flute mouthpiece to drive the conical air-pole. And thats why a reed mouthpiece into the flute would work.

[@rockclaudiagb]

This is what the internet is for. I feel the alto neck and mouth piece on the flute could lend itself to some cool Phillip Glass style composition.

[@juanpiedrahita7156]

This guy really likes tape

[@ronnieanand]

Couldn't you get a pair of scissors to cut the tape ?

[@Feef_von_Smoomsheym]

NO

[@Sasfoot]

It's amazing how the sax parts made the flute actually sound like a sax. As a sax player, I love that.

[@OrbiliusMagister]

«Thanks for wasting your time!» That's the smartest phrease I have heard in the last week: great!

[@skylzv]

honestly i like the sounds some of them make. -a saxophonist 👀

[@frog9334]

This is why we can't have nice things.

[@Vermilion_Red]

Alto sax mouthpiece + piccolo flute body sounds nice but the Alto sax mouthpiece and neck + C flute body is my favorite

[@luci_datum]

THIS TAKES OUR SECTION JOKE TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL

[@fabiomontini2449]

Next step double reed on sax?

[@pinkponyofprey1965]

flaxophute? that was kind of cool so I watched all the way to the end and subscribed! :D

[@CrokedBlueCreeper101]

I was just looking up what a contrabass was and somehow I ended up looking at monster trumpets and then this...

[@colelipe4072]

I skipped the trumpets, but I started out with contrabass searching too.

[@cyberrabbitone]

the first one you made is basically what I play it's like a flute with a reed it's called a Xaphoon (pocket sax)

[@jefffletcher1695]

I'm that one trombone that stumbled across this

[@phyiir1322]

Jeffrey Fletcher yes...yes you are

[@sageofsixpaths4794]

Jeffrey Fletcher Brother!

[@zombiepm3762]

Jeffrey Fletcher I'm the only trombone in my band class *only one*

[@trevonm3940]

i play tuba wth

[@LethalChicken77]

it's a saxoflute

[@timothyhuff6007]

Lethal Chicken A flutaphone

[@volvagianintendo6465]

Ha ha ha ha ha! I love the squicky sounds of the piccolo flute with a saxophone's mouthpiece.

[@maxmanor6659]

SOMEONE MADE A SAXOFLUTE?!?! IS THIS HUMANITY'S GOLDEN AGE???

[@merlina5965]

Max Manor YES I THINK

[@wingless__]

I did this with my recorder mouth piece and my flute one time XD

[@juancpgo]

flutsophone or saxolute?

[@JerryAttric42]

this musical experiment (for some reason) reminds me of driving through the western US years agoand seeing all these signs advertising the FLYING JACKALOPE exhibit just ahead. this mutationbeing the result of mating an antelope with a jack rabbit. (sorry if I'm missing the point.)

[@baktpr0ductions493]

+Juan Gonzalez flaxophone

[@maddiemalone4312]

+Juan Gonzalez flutsophone!!! haha Lmao :)

[@emilyziraily1005]

HA!😂😂😂

[@Bren9431]

sexyphone?

[@patcotsman866]

I love it when someone dares to be different. Thanks James.

[@U014B]

1:08 Congratulations. You just invented the duduk.

[@Sphere723]

He we was so concerned about whether or not he could, he didn't stop to think if he should.

[@harriheinsoo]

time wasted, but.. piccolo flute & alto mouthpiece sounds pretty good, it worked with the soprano mouthpiece as well... and regular flute with alto mouthpiece seems to be a pretty musical combination too :D

[@anthony-wo2rg]

Saxaflute! I used to twist my mouthpiece to the right, and hold my Saxophone like a flute, and play that way.

[@Gamma_Radiation]

when a flute and saxophone meet, someone does from a blow from a blunt instrument.

[@schelsullivan]

love this. liked and subscribed. I smiled the whole video.

[@egonkurz5886]

Hi James, which song is it you start to play from 2:50 on the flute with alto neck & mouthpiece??? Thanks and kind regards Sebastian

[@ohiaio]

Did you find the song?

[@youmuqututube4248]

I want to know as well

[@CowTipper898]

I don't know why this is a thing but it's great.

[@DJBuenafe]

Alright, youtube, I watched it, now would you PLEASE stop suggesting this to me every bloody time I watch an instrument-related video?

[@Zomb33]

all about that flatosax

[@Blahaj-wy3sr]

im a brass player haha

[@miguelruiz1122]

I used to watch this video in middle school while in band, Good memories :) showing my fellow band mates and Director and we’d laugh so hard