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In music, the bore of a wind instrument (including woodwind and brass) is its interior chamber. This defines a flow path through which air travels, which is set into vibration to produce sounds. The shape of the bore has a strong influence on the instrument's timbre .
The clarinet's cylindrical bore is the main reason for its distinctive timbre, which varies between the three main registers (the chalumeau, clarion, and altissimo). The A and B ♭ clarinets have nearly the same bore and nearly identical tonal quality, although the A typically has a slightly warmer sound. [9]
The clarinet family is a woodwind instrument family of various sizes and types of clarinets, including the common soprano clarinet in B♭ and A, bass clarinet, and sopranino E♭ clarinet. Clarinets that aren't the standard B♭ or A clarinets are sometimes known as harmony clarinets.
The invention of the alto clarinet has been attributed to Iwan Müller and to Heinrich Grenser, [2] and to both working together. [3] Müller was performing on an alto clarinet in F by 1809, one with sixteen keys at a time when soprano clarinets generally had no more than 10–12 keys; Müller's revolutionary thirteen-key soprano clarinet was developed soon after. [3]
An example of a pear-shaped bell from a modern clarinet d'amore. In comparison with the B ♭ and A soprano clarinets, the clarinet d'amore has a similar shape and construction, but is generally larger, usually pitched in G. [a] The clarinet d'amore has proportionally smaller tone holes and a proportionally smaller bore compared to the soprano clarinet, generally around the same size as the ...
Size comparison, left to right: A♭, E♭, and B♭ clarinet Reeds, left to right: B♭, E♭, and A♭ clarinet Due to its small size and more compact key work, the A♭ clarinet is usually constructed with a one-piece body that combines the separate upper and lower joints and the barrel found on larger clarinets.
422.121 With cylindrical bore. 422.122 With conical bore. 422.2 Single reed instruments - The pipe has a single 'reed' consisting of a percussion lamella. 422.21 (Single) clarinets. 422.211 With cylindrical bore. 422.211.1 Without fingerholes. 422.211.2 With fingerholes. Clarinets. Piccolo clarinet in A♭ Sopranino clarinet (in E♭ or D))
The contra-alto clarinet [2] is largely a development of the 2nd half of the 20th century, although there were some precursors in the 19th century: . In 1829, Johann Heinrich Gottlieb Streitwolf [], an instrument maker in Göttingen, introduced an instrument tuned in F in the shape and fingering of a basset horn, which could be called a contrabasset horn because it played an octave lower than it.