Not at all! The fingerings are exactly the same on the E-flat or piccolo Clarinet. The mouthpiece is smaller, so the embouchure must be a little tighter, and the windstream is a little faster. Of course, the fingers are just a little closer together, but all of these differences are barely noticeable and very quickly adapted to.
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
snare drum, timpani, cymbals, bass drum
While not impossible, it takes time and effort. I made the switch in a little under a semester of a school year, but I am usually good when it comes to that sort of thing. You have to practice, practice, PRACTICE!!
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.
Piccolo Flute Oboe E-flat clarinet B-flat clarinet Alto clarinet Bass clarinet Bassoon Saxophone Trumpet Horn Trombone Euphonium Tuba Percussion
My Yamaha b flat clarinet is 26 inches tall. :-)
On C instruments (flute, piccolo, oboe, bassoon, low brass, all strings), concert F is their written F. On B-flat instruments (clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano and tenor saxophone, trumpet/cornet), concert F is written G. On F instruments (English horn, F horn), concert F is written C. On E-flat instruments (alto and baritone saxophone, alto clarinet), concert F is written D. On A instruments (A clarinet, piccolo trumpet), concert F is written A-flat. On G instruments (alto flute, G bugle), concert F is written B-flat.
Clarinet in A and Clarinet in B flat
difference: They are in different size, which makes different tones and pitches. For example: a piccolo clarinet makes a higher sound than b-flat clarinet because it is small.similarity: They are still clarinets, they look similar and are made of the same material(Some materials are wood, plastic)
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The clarinet is played in the key of B flat
In an orchestra, the "normal key" is C. So, if you are playing a C note on a C clarinet it will sound as a C. On a B(B flat) clarinet, when you play C it will sound B flat. On an A clarinet a C will sound as if A was played and consequently on a G clarinet a C will sound as a G. So for the clarinets B, A and G, music needs to be transposed (changed), so that we play the correct notes. This is done so we can switch between different clarinets. Otherwise we would need to learn different fingerings for all the different clarinets. The C clarinet is not transposed and we play it as it is. I hope this makes sense... :)