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There are A few different types of clarinets. The most common one (B flat) is about 1.5 ft. Long
A bass clarinet, like all the different types of clarinets in it's family, have one reed.
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There's a heck of a lot of clarinet types. There's the piccolo clarinet (the highest),E flat, B flat (the main clarinet), Alto, Bass, Contralto, Contrabass, Octocontralto and Octocontrabass clarinets... there's a couple more i didn't name because they're not modern clarinets... they're mostly sax/clarinet hybrids... and they sound PRETTY BAD.
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Generally, 2 or 3
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There are fourty three clarinets in the IMEA band....I hope you mean in Illinois. I expect that A LOT try out though.
There may be up to three or four different types (different sizes and ranges) of Clarinet in a standard orchestra, depending on the particular music to be played. However, they would not be referred to as 'clarinet families'. The family to which clarinets belong is the 'woodwind family', which in a standard symphony orchestra also comprises flutes/piccolos, oboes, and bassoons. There are well over a dozen different types of clarinet, many of them very specialised, but you would not expect to find more than a few types occurring together in a standard orchestra.
There is the Bb Soprano Clarinet, Ab Piccolo Clarinet(rare), Eb Soprano Clarinet, D Soprano Clarinet, C Soprano Clarinet(rare, cos people thinks it's too bright), A Clarinet, Basset Clarinet, Basset Horn, Alto Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Contra-Alto Clarinet, and Contrabass Clarinet!
no the colored clarinets dont last as long as black ones
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