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Where did clarients come from?

Updated: 8/17/2019
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It was derived from adding the suffix -et, (little), to the Italian word 'clarino', (a type of trumpet). The first clarinets sounded like a trumpet with a strident tone. The clarinet is the largest woodwind family, even though much of them are obsolete or rare.

The clarinets roots are from the early reed instruments, another name was hornpipes, from Europe and the Middle East since the Middle Ages. From the European classical music era came the Baroque type of instrument, called the chalumeau, (which is from the Greek kalamos, meaning reed), it had a single-reed mouthpiece and a cylindrical bore. The chalumeau converted one key into a register key making the first clarinet in the 18th century. I hope that this was what you were looking for. :>) Made from a German maker. The first Clarinet had even lesser keys and was later developed...

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