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    The contra-alto clarinet, E♭ contrabass clarinet, is a large clarinet pitched a perfect fifth below the B♭ bass clarinet. It is a transposing instrument...
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    contrabass clarinet (also pedal clarinet, after the pedals of pipe organs) and contra-alto clarinet are the two largest members of the clarinet family that...
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    Bass Clarinets — An octave below the alto clarinet, in between the bass and contrabass. EE♭ contra-alto clarinet, also called EE♭ contrabass clarinet. Rendall...
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  • The alto clarinet is a woodwind instrument of the clarinet family. It is a transposing instrument pitched in the key of E♭, though instruments in F have...
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  • Contra-alto, a musical term meaning low alto, may refer to: Contralto, a low female voice type Contra-alto clarinet, an instrument an octave lower than...
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  • 20th-century classical music. The E♭ clarinet, B♭ clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, and contra-alto/contrabass clarinet are commonly used in concert bands...
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  • clarinet Soprano clarinet (including E-flat clarinet) Basset clarinet Clarinette d'amour Basset horn Alto clarinet Bass clarinet Contra-alto clarinet...
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    A soprano clarinet is a clarinet that is higher in register than the basset horn or alto clarinet. The unmodified word clarinet usually refers to the...
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  • horn Alto clarinet Bass clarinet Contra-alto clarinet (E♭ contrabass clarinet) Contrabass clarinet Octocontra-alto clarinet Octocontrabass clarinet Diplica...
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  • the Sandinistas Iran–Contra affair, the Reagan administration selling weapons to Iran to fund the Contras Contra-alto clarinet Contrabass bugle, the...
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  • adjustable floor peg similar to that of the bass clarinet. The instrument maker Eva Kingma calls her contra-alto flute a "contr'alto flute in G," while Kotato...
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    The E-flat (E♭) clarinet is a member of the clarinet family, smaller than the more common B♭ clarinet and pitched a perfect fourth higher. It is typically...
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  • the term clarinet quartet can also refer to a combination of four clarinets of any size [including (contr)alto and (contra)bass clarinet, and basset...
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  • and after learning piano from the age of seven, went on to study clarinet and alto saxophone at the age of 16. He and his brother Sidney formed a band...
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    Alto flute, cor anglais, E♭ clarinet, alto clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, contrabass clarinet, contrabassoon, soprano saxophone, and bass saxophone...
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    Bass Clarinet is Marc Mellits's Black, with over 3,000 performances as of 2024. Many modern composers employ the bass along with the contra-alto and contrabass...
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    Austrian clarinet and basset horn player for whom Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote, amongst others, both his Clarinet Quintet (K 581) and Clarinet Concerto...
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    played (and recorded with) the bass saxophone, E-flat alto clarinet, E-flat contra-alto clarinet, and wooden flute. Bluiett was born just north of East...
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  • (percussion). Label: Reference Recordings Hindemith: Clarinet Chamber Music – John Bruce Yeh (clarinet), Easley Blackwood (piano), Amelia Piano Trio. Label:...
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    chalumeau is a folk instrument that is the predecessor to the modern-day clarinet. It has a cylindrical bore with eight tone holes (seven in front and one...
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  • The Boehm system for the clarinet is a system of clarinet keywork, developed between 1839 and 1843 by Hyacinthe Klosé and Auguste Buffet jeune. The name...
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  • Saxophone Alto saxophone Baritone saxophone Contrabass saxophone Soprano flute E♭ clarinet Alto Clarinet Contra-alto Clarinet Octocontra-alto clarinet E♭ cornet...
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  • The following are lists of makers of clarinets, clarinet mouthpieces, clarinet ligatures, and clarinet reeds. Note that some of the following are simply...
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  • The Clarinet. 2nd ed. London: Ernest Benn, 1957. Albert R. Rice From the Clarinet d’Amour to the Contra Bass: A History of Large Size Clarinets Oxford...
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  • soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, and bass saxophone, as well as the E-flat clarinet, alto clarinet, bass clarinet, contra-alto clarinet, piccolo, alto flute...
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    clarinet family. It will typically include E♭, B♭, alto, bass, and contra-alto or contrabass clarinets, although sometimes not all of these are included...
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    The basset clarinet is member of the clarinet family similar to the usual soprano clarinet but longer and with additional keys to enable playing several...
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    radio, Broadway musicals, and in studios. In addition to clarinet, he sometimes played alto saxophone and baritone saxophone. His first recording pressed...
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    simplify a part's key signature. The contrabass clarinet part is usually provided in both B♭ and E♭ (contra-alto). In most cases, if a soprano saxophone is...
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  • (A♭) clarinet is the highest-pitched instrument of the clarinet family still manufactured. It is just over half the length of the common B♭ clarinet and...
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