The Emergence Machine

Saxophone

physical · Music · Level 14 · E9

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

saxophone requires instrument-music, sound.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “saxophone” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Historical origin

Origin word
saxophone
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL14L13L12L11L8L6L2L1L0SaxophoneClarinetFluteInstrument MusicNoteSkillWind InstrumentBrassExperienceMemorySound… intermediate l…ConsequenceForceFormInformationActionChangeExistenceMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesSaxophoneL14BrassL6Wind InstrumentL8ClarinetL13E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • Brass L6 (requires) Music sense
    A brass wind instrument with a single reed, popular in jazz and contemporary music.
  • Wind Instrument L8 (requires)
    A brass wind instrument with a single reed, popular in jazz and contemporary music.
  • Clarinet L13 (requires)
    Single-reed woodwind instrument with a metal body -- prerequisite: clarinet