The clarinet started life as a small instrument called the chalumeau. Not much is known about this instrument, but it may have evolved from the recorder. The chalumeau had a similar reed to the modern clarinet, but lacked the register key which extends the range to nearly four octaves, so it had a limited range of about one and a half octaves. It also lacked certain chromatics. Like a recorder, it had eight finger holes, and usually ...

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Clarinet - Tone. The clarinet has a distinctive liquid tone, resulting from the shape of the bore, whose characteristics vary between its three registers: the chalumeau (low), clarion or clarino (middle), and altissimo (high). Of all the wind instruments the clarinet has the widest compass, which is showcased in much wind band and orchestral writing. Additionally, improvements made to the fingering systems of the clarinet over time have enabled the instrument to be very ...

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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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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 - Extended Family of Clarinets Clarinet - History Clarinet - Famous clarinetists Clarinet - Manufacturers

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The clarinet started life as a small instrument called the chalumeau. Not much is known about this instrument, but it may have evolved from the recorder. The chalumeau had a similar reed to the modern clarinet, but lacked the register key which extends the range to nearly four octaves, so it had a limited range of about one and a half octaves. It also lacked certain chromatics. Like a recorder, it had eight finger holes, and usually ...

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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 - Characteristics of the instrument
Clarinet - Range Clarinet - Construction and acoustics
Clarinet - Usage and repertoire of the clarinet
Clarinet - Classical music Clarinet - Concert bands Clarinet - Jazz Clarinet - Klezmer Clarinet - Groups of clarinets
Clarinet - Extended Family of Clarinets Clarinet - History Clarinet - Famous clarinetists Clarinet - Manufacturers

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Denis Buffet-Auger began making quality clarinets in Paris, France in 1825. The company expanded under Jean-Louis Buffet and his wife Zoe Crampon. Louis Auguste Buffet, a relative of Jean-Lous, worked with famous clarinetist Hyacinth Klose to develop the Boehm system for clarinet, adopting a moveable key system from the flute. In 1850, Buffet-Crampon established its headquarters at Mantes-la-Ville. The company continued to expand its range and quality in instrument production, beginning saxophone production in 1866, and winning numerous awards. The company began to take root in the American ...

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Concertos for the harpsichord were written throughout the Baroque era, notably by Johann Sebastian Bach (see list of compositions by Johann Sebastian Bach for a list). These harpsichord concertos are often performed with a piano as the solo instrument. As the piano developed and became accepted, composers naturally started writing concertos for it. This happened in the 18th century, and so corresponded to the Classical music era. The most important composer in the development of the form in these ...

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A classical piano concerto is often in three movements. A quick opening movement in sonata form including a cadenza (which may be improvised by the soloist). A slow expressive movement A faster rondo Examples by Mozart and Beethoven follow this model, but examples abound which do not. Many composers have introduced innovations - for example Liszt's single-movement concertos. ...

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Concertos have been written where the piano is not the only solo instrument. A famous example is the Triple concerto (for piano trio and orchestra) by Beethoven. There also exist a number of compositions for piano and orchestra which treat the piano as a solo instrument while not being piano concertos. Examples of such works include George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Liszt's Totentanz. The last two of these works are each in variation form, based on the 24th Caprice for solo violin ...

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Instrumentation for the wind band is not standardized; composers will frequently add and/or omit parts. Indented entries are frequently-used doublings for each instrument family; instruments in parentheses are less common but still often used. Flutes 1,2,3 Piccolo (Alto Flute, Bass Flute) Oboes 1,2 English Horn Bassoons 1,2 Contrabassoon Clarinets 1,2,3 in B flat E flat Clarinet, Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet (Cont ...

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The orchestra consists of one piccolo, two flutes, two oboes, one English horn, two clarinets, one bass clarinet, two bassoons, one contrabassoon, four horns, three trumpets, three trombones, one bass trombone, timpani, percussion, glockenspiel, xylophone, bass xylophone, tubular bells, celesta, two harps, organ, first and second violins, violas, cellos, and double basses. Additionally, there are parts played onstage or backstage for two alto saxophones, six horns, three trombones, ...

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Instrumentation for the wind band is not standardized; composers will frequently add and/or omit parts. Indented entries are frequently-used doublings for each instrument family; instruments in parentheses are less common but still often used. Flutes 1,2,3 Piccolo (Alto Flute, Bass Flute) Oboes 1,2 English Horn Bassoons 1,2 Contrabassoon Clarinets 1,2,3 in B flat E flat Clarinet, Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet (Cont ...

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Like clarinets, saxophones use a single reed. Saxophone reeds are wider than clarinet reeds. Each size of saxophone (alto, tenor, etc.) uses a different size of reed. Reeds are commercially available in a vast array of brands, styles, and strength. Each player experiments with reeds of different strength (hardnesses) to find which strength suits his mouthpiece and playing style. Strength is usually measured using a numeric scale that ranges from 1 to 6 (though one rarely sees a reed at either end of this spectrum). Unfortunately, this scale is far from standardized between brands; thus a Rico #3 reed is decidedly soft ...

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Like clarinets, saxophones use a single reed. Saxophone reeds are wider than clarinet reeds. Each size of saxophone (alto, tenor, etc.) uses a different size of reed. Reeds are commercially available in a vast array of brands, styles, and strength. Each player experiments with reeds of different strength (hardnesses) to find which strength suits his mouthpiece and playing style. Strength is usually measured using a numeric scale that ranges from 1 to 6 (though one rarely sees a reed at either end of this spectrum). Unfortunately, this scale is far from standardized between brands; thus a Rico #3 reed is decidedly soft ...

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From the 10th century on, angelica was cultivated as a vegetable and medicinal plant, and achieved great popularity in Scandinavia in the 12th century and is still used today, especially in Samic culture. A flute-like instrument with a clarinet-like sound can be made of its hollow stem, probably as a toy for children. Linnaeus reported that Samic peoples used it in reindeer milk. Other usages include spices. In 1602, angelica was introduced in Niort, which had just been ravaged by the plague, and it has been popular there ever since. ...

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Band leaders: Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Fletcher Henderson, Jean Goldkette, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Gene Krupa, Glenn Miller, Chick Webb Clarinet: Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw Trumpet: Louis Armstrong, Roy Eldridge, Harry Edison,... Piano: Count Basie, Earl Hines, Art Tatum, Teddy Wilson, Jelly Roll Morton ...

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The work is among Grieg's earliest important works, being written in 1868 in Sollerod in Denmark, during one of Grieg's visits there to benefit from the warmer climate than that of his native Norway. It is written for solo piano, two flutes, two oboes, two clarinets, two bassoons, four horns, two trumpets, three trombones, timpani, violins, violas, cellos and double basses. It is in three movements: Allegro molto moderato Ada ...

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In the baroque period, a sonata was for one or more instruments with continuo. After the baroque most works designated as sonatas specifically are performed by a solo instrument, most often a keyboard instrument, or by a solo instrument together with a keyboard instrument. Beginning in the early 19th century, works were termed "sonata" if the felt to be in a particular form, even if not labelled as "sonata". In the classical period and afterwards, sonatas for piano solo were the most common genre of sonata, with sonatas for violin and ...

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