clarinette contrebasse

a tube-shaped musical instrument that is played by blowing through a single reed (= thin piece of wood) and pressing keys on its front to produce notes, or this type of instrument generally; a woodwind.

Range: The contrabass clarinet has a practical (useable) range from at least written low Eb (below the treble staff) to high C (above the treble staff), corresponding to Db1 (the lowest Db on the piano) to the Bb below middle C.

The contra-alto clarinet is higher-pitched than the contrabass and is pitched in the key of E♭ rather than B♭.

The contrabass clarinet has a range from B♭0 to D4.

A clarinet is a musical instrument of the woodwind family in the shape of a pipe. You play the clarinet by blowing into it and covering and uncovering the holes with your fingers.

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Alberto Ginastera - Variaciones concertantes. Variation 2. (Variazione in modo di Scherzo) may have the most difficult orchestral passages ever composed for the clarinet.

The clarinet has a range of four octaves! On the clarinet, playing C and blowing hard produces a high G. The clarinet is the only wind instrument that can reach such high notes. With more tone holes than the recorder and an extended register, the clarinet takes full advantage of this property.

The contrabassoon, or double bassoon, is an ungainly double-long bassoon playing an octave lower, which is very long and low indeed.

What is a contralto? The contralto or alto is the lowest female voice type. In the industry there are many women who have been classified as altos in their choir, though their voice type is really that of a mezzo-soprano or soprano. This is due to the lack of true altos.

The contra bass clarinet is noted in B flat, the Contra Alto in E flat. Often - like in US literature - the Alto instrument is referred to as Contra bass clarinet, too, but you can identify it by the key. The instruments I played on were traditional German models on which only the lower register was really good.

E Clarinets have the largest pitch range of common woodwinds. Nearly all soprano and piccolo clarinets have keywork enabling them to play the E below middle C as their lowest written note.