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The Clarinet is a single reed instrument.

Most clarinets are tuned in B-flat and are transposing instruments, playing a tone lower than written.

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What are the notes in a dominant seventh in A for clarinet?

Concert pitch or instrument pitch? The dominant 7th in the key of A is E G# B D, but that's concert pitch. If the orchestra is in A, the clarinet is in B, and the dominant 7th would be F# A# C# E.


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What is the order in pich range from highest to loest in the woodwinds?

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Can you compare the flute and the clarinet?

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What are the clarinet concert pitches the clarinet?

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What is the difference between the flute and the concert flute?

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How is the bass clarinet related to the normal clarinet in size and pitch?

The Bb bass clarinet sounds an octave lower than the Bb soprano clarinet and so is approximately double the length (following the curves of the neck and bell). Many bass clarinets have additional notes at the bottom of the instrument - some extending to a low C, compared to the the soprano's low Eb. Basses with extended range will be a bit longer - more than double the length of the soprano.


What a Instrument family is the clarinet from?

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