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Encyclopedia > Soprano clarinet
Soprano clarinet
Soprano clarinet
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The soprano clarinets are a sub-family of the clarinet family. They include the most common types of clarinets, and indeed are often referred to as simply "clarinets". Picture taken by: John Mittler Original at: 777Life. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. ... A woodwind instrument is a wind instrument in which sound is produced by blowing through a mouthpiece against an edge or by a vibrating reed, and in which the pitch is varied by opening or closing holes in the body of the instrument. ... A single-reed instrument uses only one reed to produce sound. ... The playing range of a musical instrument is the region of pitch in which it can play, i. ... Image File history File links Range_clarinet. ... A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified with the purpose of making music. ... The piccolo clarinets are members of the clarinet family, much smaller and higher pitched than the more familiar soprano clarinets. ... The basset-horn is a musical instrument, a member of the clarinet family. ... The alto clarinet is a wind instrument of the clarinet family. ... The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. ... A family of musical instruments is a grouping of several different but related sizes or types of instruments. ... The clarinet family is a musical instrument family including the well-known Bâ™­ clarinet, the slightly less familiar Eâ™­, A, and bass clarinets, and other clarinets. ... Two soprano clarinets: a Bâ™­ clarinet (left) and an A clarinet (right, with no mouthpiece). ...


Among the soprano clarinets are the B♭ clarinet, the most common type, whose range extends from D below middle C (written E) to about F two and a half octaves above middle C; the A and C clarinets, sounding respectively a semitone lower and a whole tone higher than the B♭ clarinet; and the low G clarinet, sounding yet a whole tone lower than the A, rare in western music but popular in the folk music of Turkey. While some writers reserve a separate category of sopranino clarinets for the E♭ and D clarinets,[1] these are more usually regarded as soprano clarinets as well. The sopranino clarinets are members of the clarinet family, smaller and higher pitched than the more familiar soprano clarinets but larger than the rare piccolo clarinets. ... Eâ™­ clarinet with Oehler system keywork. ...


Clarinets in C are common in music of the classical period and in some later music, particularly opera. The Classical period in Western music occurred from about 1730 to 1820, despite considerable overlap at both ends with preceding and following periods, as is true for all musical eras. ... The Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Italy. ...


There have also been soprano clarinets in C, A, and B♭ with curved barrels and bells marketed under the names Saxonette, Claribel, and Clariphon. A saxonette is a woodwind musical instrument and a member of the clarinet family. ...


Shackleton lists also obsolete "sopranino" clarinets in (high) G, F, and E, and soprano clarinets in B and A♭. The G "sopranino", only a half step lower than the A♭ piccolo clarinet, was popular during the Biedermeier period in Vienna for playing Schrammelmusik. The piccolo clarinets are members of the clarinet family, much smaller and higher pitched than the more familiar soprano clarinets. ... In Central Europe, Biedermeier refers to work in the fields of literature, music, the visual arts and interior design in the period between the years 1815 (Vienna Congress), the end of the Napoleonic Wars, and 1848, the year of the European revolutions and contrasts with the Romantic era which preceded... Vienna (German: , see also other names) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ...


The graphic regarding the playing range are not entirely accurate. Meaning that the "soprano" clarinet can reach much higher than the high C displayed.


References

  1. ^ Nicholas Shackleton. "Clarinet", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed 21 February 2006), grovemusic.com (subscription access).


 

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