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Offline crazy_yellow_rhino

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Clarinet Family
on: December 24, 2004, 03:02:30 AM
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?

Offline dinosaurtales

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Re: Clarinet Family
Reply #1 on: December 25, 2004, 02:25:56 AM
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!

So much music, so little time........

Offline Sketchee

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Re: Clarinet Family
Reply #2 on: December 25, 2004, 08:42:54 AM
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".
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Re: Clarinet Family
Reply #3 on: December 25, 2004, 08:45:09 AM
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Offline Cecin_Koot

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Re: Clarinet Family
Reply #4 on: January 16, 2005, 08:28:12 AM
Interesting, very interesting

Offline Cecin_Koot

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Re: Clarinet Family
Reply #5 on: February 06, 2005, 05:41:27 AM
so does anyone here have anything to say about the clarinet or its large family? 

Offline Cecin_Koot

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Re: Clarinet Family
Reply #6 on: February 12, 2005, 11:04:27 PM
so no one here wants to talk more about clarinets

Offline Ashley_Steinway

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Re: Clarinet Family
Reply #7 on: February 12, 2005, 11:59:06 PM
Ermmmm, PianoForum.net? Gimme a 'P', gimme an 'I', gimme an 'A'... I think you can see where this is leading.  :)

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Re: Clarinet Family
Reply #8 on: February 19, 2005, 11:57:51 AM
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
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