They are super awesome and mega popular!!!
The members of the clarinet family I am aware of are the B-flat (The most common), the A, the C, and the G. There is also the bass clarinet (In B-flat), the Contra-Alto clarinet, the Contra-Bass Clarinet, and other woodwind instruments.
There are bass, soprano, and alto. But there are more than Three sizes! There is the Eb soprano, Bb soprano (most commonly seen), Alto clarinet, Bass clarinet, Contra-alto clarinet, and contra-bass clarinet. There is also an A clarinet!
Piccolo clarinet From the smallest to the biggest, here it is: ~ Soprano clarinet ~ Basset clarinet ~ Basset horn ~ Alto clarinet ~ Bass clarinet ~ Contra-alto clarinet ~ Contrabass clarinet
The most popular members of the saxophone family are the soprano, alto, tenor and baritone saxophone. The soprano is based in the key of B-flat, the alto E-flat, the tenor B-flat and the baritone E-flat. There have been other variations of the saxophone as well, including the sopranino (e-flat), bass (b-flat) contra bass (e-flat) and c melody saxophone.
It's just like a B flat clairinet, or Bass Clairnet, you just put more air into it.... same keys, and same fingerings.
In a string orchestra, the instrument with the lowest pitch is the Bass (also called Double Bass, String Bass, Upright Bass, and Contrabass)
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.
1 Flute 2 Oboes (or optional Clarinets in A) 2 Bassoons (or optional Bass Clarinets in B-Flat) 2 Horns in F Violin Viola Cello Contrabass and i think there's a keyboard instrument.
Clarinets come in many keys. The most common key is Bb (B flat), in which the tuning note is C. There are many other kinds of clarinets including the alto clarinet, bass clarinet, Eb clarinet, and many more.
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There is 4 types of clarinet, the regular clarinet is the smallest and is the most popular. The alto clarinet is curved like a saxophone and slightly deeper than the regular clarinet. The bass is shaped like the alto clarinet but is bigger and deeper still. Last but not least the contrabass clarinet is the biggest of all the clarinets, shaped like the alto and bass clarinet and it's sound is very low.
they are a group of instruments that play with reads The woodwind instruments include flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon. They add color and dimension to the string sound which is the core of the orchestra.