Clarinet Family

[crazy_yellow_rhino]

Hi.  i need to know all of the clarinets in the clarinet family.  Someone has told me there is one from E down until A for every leter.  Some one else told me that there is E flat, B flat, A, Alto in E flat and Bass in B flat.  Can anyone comfirm these for me?

[dinosaurtales]

You have the bulk of it already!  I may not get every single one, but here goes:

E-flat :  tiny, high.  The super-soprano of the band.
B-flat :  your basic, garden variety clarinet.  Used in both band and orchestra. 
A : Similar to B-flat, but some orchestra music calls for the A.  If you have both it beats the hell out of transposing your part!
E-flat alto:  Neither fish nor foul, plays in the middle range.
B-flat bass:  The basic big clarinet - I've never played one, but they look like lots of fun! 
Contrabass: Even bigger than the bass!
There are also others with purposes I am not sure of:  like:

C clarinet - Popular in Europe, but not sure of the application.
 There may be some others that I don't know about!

[Sketchee]

Contra-Alto clarinets are one octave below the Alto. It's sometimes called an Eb Contrabass, with the normal Bb Contrabass being the "Sub Contrabass".

[Sketchee]

See here for 26 clarinets: https://hem.passagen.se/eriahl/clarinet.htm

[Cecin_Koot]

Interesting, very interesting

[Cecin_Koot]

so does anyone here have anything to say about the clarinet or its large family? 

[Cecin_Koot]

so no one here wants to talk more about clarinets

[Ashley_Steinway]

Ermmmm, PianoForum.net? Gimme a 'P', gimme an 'I', gimme an 'A'... I think you can see where this is leading. 

[Cecin_Koot]

Ermmmm, PianoForum.net? Gimme a 'P', gimme an 'I', gimme an 'A'... I think you can see where this is leading. 

i wasnt asking for people to say that i should let this topic die.  if you are going to say somthing unhelpful then dont say anything