The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word clarino meaning trumpet, as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed. (See Characteristics of the Instrument) Clarinets actually comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches. It is the largest such instrument family, with more than two dozen types. The unmodified word clarinet usually refers to the soprano ...

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Clarinet - Classical music. In classical music, clarinets are part of standard orchestral instrumentation, which frequently includes two clarinetists playing individual parts — each player usually equipped with a pair of standard clarinets in B flat and A. Clarinet sections grew larger during the 19th century, employing a third clarinetist or a bass clarinet. In the 20th century, composers such as Igor Stravinsky, Richard Strauss and Olivier Messiaen enlarged the clarinet section on occasion to up to nine playe ...

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The contrabass clarinet is the largest common member of the clarinet family. It is a Bb; instrument, although the Eb; contra-alto clarinet is sometimes referred to as the Eb; contrabass clarinet. The contra, as it is sometimes called, sounds two octaves below the "standard" Bb; soprano clarinet, and one octave below the Bb; bass clarinet. While larger clarinets have occasionally been constructed [1]—including the rare EEEb octocontralto, and a single instance of a BBBb octocontrabass, or double contrabass, clarinet (sounding ...

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The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like standard clarinets, it is usually pitched in B flat (meaning it is a transposing instrument where a written C sounds as B flat), but it plays notes an octave below the "normal" B flat clarinet and an octave above the contrabass clarinet. Bass clarinets in other keys, notably A, also exist. Bass clarinet - Description. Most modern instruments are straight-bodied (the body most often being made of grenadilla or African Blackwood), with a s ...

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The acoustic bass guitar is an acoustic string instrument based on the configuration of the electric bass pioneered by Leo Fender's electric Fender Precision Bass. Acoustic bass guitar - History. The first modern acoustic bass guitar was developed in the early 1970s by Ernie Ball of San Luis Obispo, California. Ball's aim was to provide bass guitarists with a more acoustic-sounding instrument that would match better with the sound of acoustic guitars. About his invention, Ball stated: "I ...

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Unlike the electric bass guitar, which is generally a solid body instrument, the acoustic bass guitar usually has a hollow wooden body similar to (though usually somewhat larger than) that of the steel-string acoustic guitar. The majority of acoustic basses are fretted, but a significant number are fretless instead. Semi-fretted versions also exist, although they are rare. Like the Fender Precision Bass and the double bass, the acoustic bass guitar commonly has four strings, which are normally tuned E-A-D-G, making it an octave below ...

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An acoustic guitar is a modern form of guitar descended from the Classical guitar, but generally strung with steel strings for a brighter, louder sound. Much heavier construction is required to withstand the added tension. Sometimes the term steel-stringed guitar or folk guitar is used to differentiate from the classical guitar. The term "acoustic guitar" is a retronym, since before the invention of the electric inst ...

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The alto clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. It is a transposing instrument usually pitched in the key of E♭, though instruments in F have been made. In size it lies between the soprano clarinet and the bass clarinet, to which it bears a greater resemblance in that it typically has a straight wood or plastic body but a curved neck and bell made of metal. In appearance it strongly resembles the basset horn, but usually differs in three respects: it is pitched in E♭, it lacks an extended lower ra ...

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The contra-alto clarinet is a large, low-sounding musical instrument of the clarinet family. The contra-alto clarinet is pitched in the key of E-flat and is sometimes called the E-flat contrabass clarinet. It is the second-largest member of the clarinet family, larger than the bass clarinet but not as big as the B-flat contrabass clarinet. Like other clarinets, the contra-alto clarinet is a wind instrument that uses a reed to produce sound. The keys of the contra-alto are similar to the keys on smaller clarinets, and are played in the same way. The range of the contra-alto clarinet is fr ...

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A clarinet concerto is a concerto for clarinet and orchestra. Clarinet concerto - Famous clarinet concertos. Malcolm Arnold's Clarinet Concerto No. 1 (1948) and Clarinet Concerto No. 2 (1974) Elliott Carter's Clarinet Concerto (1996) Aaron Copland's Clarinet Concerto (1948) Bernhard Henrik Crusell's Clarinet Concerto No. 1 (date unknown), Clarinet Concerto No. 2 (1808), Clarinet Concerto No. 3 (1807) ([1]) Gerald Finzi's Clarinet Concerto (1949) Wol ...

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Acoustics is a branch of physics and is the study of sound, mechanical waves in gases, liquids, and solids. A scientist who works in the field of acoustics is an acoustician. The application of acoustics in technology is called acoustical engineering. There is often much overlap and interaction between the interests of acousticians and acoustical engineers. "... acoustics is characterized by its reliance on combinations of physical principles drawn from other sources; and that the primary task of modern physical acoustic ...

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A clarinet sonata is a sonata for the clarinet, often with piano accompaniment. Clarinet Sonata - Famous Clarinet Sonatas. This list is approximately in chronological order. Max Reger's Clarinet Sonata No. 1, Clarinet Sonata No. 2 (both 1900) and Clarinet Sonata No. 3 (1909) Arnold Bax's Clarinet Sonata (1934) Paul Hindemith's Clarinet Sonata (1939) Leonard Bernstein's Clarinet Sonata (1942) Johannes Brahms' Clarinet Sonata No. 1 a ...

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Mozart's Clarinet concerto in A major, K. 622 was written in 1791 for the clarinetist Anton Stadler. It consists of the usual three movements, in a fast-slow-fast form: Allegro Adagio Rondo: Allegro The concerto is frequently described as 'autumnal' due to the lyrical Adagio and the emotive passages in minor keys in the outer movements. It was also one of Mozart's final completed works (he died in the December following its completion). The concerto is notable for its delicate ...

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Resonance is an important consideration for instrument builders as most acoustic instruments use resonators, such as the strings and body of a violin, the length of tube in a flute, and the shape of a drum membrane. Acoustic resonance - Resonance of a string. Lute (harp, guitar, piano, violin etc.) strings have a fundamental resonant frequency directly related to the length and tension of the string. The wavelength that will create the first resonance on the string is equal to twice the length of the string. This frequency is related to the speed v of a wave trave ...

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In acoustics, a beat is an interference between two sounds of slightly different frequencies, perceived as periodic variations in volume whose rate is the difference between the two frequencies. For example, let's take a guitar (an electric one, so that the sound lasts longer), and pick for example the two treblest strings, B and E. Our ear hears the two notes separately, and realizes that the total sound is even pleasant. Suppose now we start to tighten the B string more and more, to raise its frequency up to the E. Sup ...

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Acoustic theory is the field relating to mathematical description of sound waves. It is derived from fluid dynamics. See acoustics for the engineering approach. The propagation of sound waves in air can be modeled by an equation of motion (conservation of momentum) and an equation of continuity (conservation of mass). With some simplifications, in particular constant density, they c ...

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Architectural acoustics is the science of controlling quality of sound in buildings. The main concerns of architectural acoustics are: Building's Noise Insulation Envelope Inter-space noise control Building's Internal Acoustics ACMV Noise control in Buildings (also HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning)) Building's Noise Insulation Envelope - the science of limiting and/or controlling noise transmission from building exterior to interior and vice versa. The main noise paths are roofs, eaves, walls, windows, door and ...

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The acoustic impedance Z (or sound impedance) is the ratio of sound pressure p to particle velocity v in a medium or acoustic component. Distinction has to be made between: the characteristic acoustic impedance Z0 of a medium, usually air (compare with characteristic impedance in transmission lines). the impedance Z of an acoustic component, like a wave conductor, a resonance chamber, a muffler or ...

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Absorption refers to the absorption of sound waves by a material. The Absorption is the "missing piece", when comparing the total reflected and transmitted energy with the incident energy. It is the property of a material that changes acoustic energy into usually heat energy. A material or surface that absorbs sound waves does not reflect them. Absorption of a given material is frequency dependant as well as being affected by the size, shape, location, and mounti ...

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