What range of notes can a clarinet play?

Answer 1

The Clarinet is in Bb (if you play a B on the clarinet, it sounds as an A in concert pitch)

The lowest note is E below middle C (or D below middle C concert pitch) and it goes up 3 octaves and a 5th to C 3 octaves above middle C.

Answer 2

From D on the middle line of the bass staff to E-flat on the third ledger line above the treble staff is the normal range of the standard clarinet.

Specifically, the range depends upon the size of the instrument. The above-mentioned range is what is achieved at concert pitch. But some skilled players are known to obtain notes as high as B-flat on the fifth ledger line.

Answer 3

The accepted range of the clarinet from lowest to highest is the E below the third ledger line below the staff to the G an octave above the staff. It is possible to play up to a C higher than this, and, with some clarinets, it is possible to play down to an E-flat.

It is common for high school level musicians to be expected to play up to the G mentioned earlier. For college clarinetists, in the first year or two A above that is the expected range limit, and musicians beyond this should be able to go up to the C above the C above the staff (C7) with relative ease.

Answer 4

The basic range is from written E below middle C, to G an octave above the treble staff - three octaves plus a minor third.

Some clarinets have additional keys that extend the bottom of the range by one or more half steps, and advanced players can extend the upper range to at least the next C, an octave and a half above the staff.

On the most common clarinet, the Bb soprano, the pitches actually sound a step lower - from D at the bottom to F at the top.

Answer 5

The written range of an unmodified Bb clarinet is from E below middle C to approximately the third C above middle, depending on the clarinetist's control at the high end (sounding D to Bb). Some Bb clarinets have extensions allowing them to play low Eb, to simulate the range of an A clarinet, or to the C below (also known as a basset clarinet, used in some Mozart works).

Answer 6

The lowest register - from low E through middle line Bb is called the Chalumeau register (after a predecessor instrument); the middle register from middle line B through C above the treble clef is the Clarion (sometimes clarino) register; and the highest notes - C# through G - are the Altissimo register.

Answer 7

About 40 yards if you have a good arm.