Woodwind Instruments

Clarinets are a vital part of any woodwind section, and thus are in high school bands. Sometimes colleges will march clarinets, as well, but sometimes they only take brass and percussion. DCI never marches woodwinds, though, because it is a drum corps, and a drum corps, by definition, only has brass and precussion.

No, they do not. When a clarinet player plays a "C" it actually sounds a "B-flat". The two instruments can play together if the clarinet part is written a whole step higher than the piano part.

The bigger version is the contrabassoon, which plays one octave lower.

The timbre varies in the register played. The low register is rich and reedy, the middle register can have a more open, hollow sound, good for blending and harmonizing while the high register can be quite clear and piercing. All around a versatile instrument.

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A clarinet, because your thumbs are held horisontly

Soprano saxophone(It doesn't even look like a saxophone) Contra-bass flute(it sounds like a tuba and it is HUGE) Bass flute Bass oboe contra-bass clarinet(it is even lower than a contra-bass flute!) Eb clarinet(it's so tiny) These are some of the weirdest woodwinds.

Various end blown flutes were used during this time. I don't know that recorders were used during the whole time, but they were definitely used for much of it. Flageolets were also used, as were other instruments of this type.

Side blown flutes might not have been used in Europe as early as 600, and I have seen articles indicating they were not. It is hard for me to believe, however, because they existed in prehistory elsewhere.

Panpipes were used throughout the time.

Pipes of the time included hornpipes, shawms, and crumhorns.

Bagpipes of various kinds were probably used during the entire period.

Some of the horns, such as the cornetto, were made of wood and had holes so they could be fingered like recorders. I mention this because they looked like woodwinds even though they were sounded by lip vibration.

http://www.jimmyr.com/mario/mariotheme.pdf

It's for piano, but if you use one of the treble clef lines it sounds fine.

NO WAY HOJEY!!!!

Clarinet= http://www.scribd.com/doc/14547104/Mario-Theme-Song-Sheet-Music ... Normal keys and everything

THE MOST EXPENSIVE CLARINET I HAVE SEEN IS THE BUFFET TOSCA MODEL,SELLING AT A MUSIC STORE IN AUSTRALIA.....COST...$11,300 AUST. DOLLARS...SHUCKS..DO I GET A FREE REED WITH THAT...I AM SURE THE INSTRUMENT WILL SPENT ITS LIFE IN THE DISPLAY CASE...

They are called woodwinds because of the reeds the reeds are made out of wood so therefore they are called woodwind instruments and brass instruments don't use use reeds so they are not woodwind instruments

To play "In the Jungle" on an Alto Saxophone, you only have to use four different keys: D#, E#, F#, and G# (you also use one A# at the end). They go in this order:

D#, E#, F#, E#, F#, G#, F#, E#, D#, E#, F#, E#, D#, F#, E#, A#

This might be easier

g a b a b c b a g a b g low d b a high d b a b high d c b a g a b g low d b a

to play a low e, have all fingers on and bottom left and right little fingers on as well. to play a middle e, put the first two fingers of your left hand plus your thumb on the appropriate holes
to play a higher e make sure u have the speaker key down and put all fingers on the left hand on, and then the first two fingers on the right.
to play high high e, don't put the first left hand finger down, but put the thumb finger and the bottom two down and then don't put any down on the right hand. Remember to also have the speaker key on and sqeaze really tight! x

The first "clarinet" was created around the turn of the 18th century, in Germany by J. Denner (father or son not known for sure). But the clarinet developed from a Baroque instrument called the chalumeau, similar to the recorder but with a single reed mouthpiece similar to that of the modern clarinet and a cylindrical bore.

Bb clarinet is really 26&3/8ths in length

from tip of mouthpiece to bottom of bell.

Anyone who has played , taught or made

clarinets for decades would realize that

there are different pitch standards and bore

dimensions for each generic size. Further one should specify what

general key the clarinet is in, when and where it was made,

and whether it has bottom range extension, before answering this question.

Row, Row, Row Your Boat is a nursery song. Its pretty simple to play it.

G, G, GAB | BABCD| GGG (high G) DDD BBB GGG (lower G) | DCBAG.

Sol, Sol, Sol la ti | ti la ti do re| sol sol sol re re re ti ti ti sol sol sol | re do ti la sol

For beginners, a Hite is good.

For more advanced, I would recommend Vandoren first. Try a Vandoren M15, or if you're looking for a bigger sound, an M30.

I use a hand-made Richard Hawkins B. It's great!

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A student can't go wrong with a Hite Premier, Fobes Debut, Pyne, Yamaha or Runyon. Differences are subtle. Student mouthpieces provide special construction features that enable students to play easier, such as wider rails.

Vandoren and Selmer mouthpieces are expensive, particularly for a young beginner that may or may not play beyond the first year -- or even beyond the first month or two. I include them because they are so often recommended by well-meaning mid/high school teachers, many of whom are not really that familiar with woodwinds. The second list also provides a good comparison in tip openings to the less expensive student mouthpieces.

Be aware that Vandoren models vary considerably from sample to sample and it is best to try a few.

Check and compare the larger on-line merchants for pricing and in regards to their usually generous return policy.

Here's some other inexpensive mouthpieces for beginners (in order of tip opening):

Hite Premier (0.95)

Fobes Debut (1.00)

Yamaha 3C (1.00)

Yamaha 4C (1.05)

Pyne Polycrystal (1.075)

Yamaha 5C (1.10)

Runyon 22 #3 (1.14)

Runyon 22 #4 (1.19)

Moving up in price:

Selmer HS* (1.00)

Selmer B* (1.05)

Vandoren 5RV (1.06)

Vandoren 5RV Lyre (1.09+ Vandoren's specs!)

Selmer C* (1.10)

Selmer C** (1.15)

Selmer D (1.20)

I am pretty sure that it is a high F. Played with thumb on octave key and key hole, middle finger, and the ring finger on that tiny little key in between the two bottom holes on the left hand used for alternate E flat

The main body can be either wood (the more expensive kind) or plastic (the slightly cheaper kind). The keys are either silver metal or sometime silver plated ( more common) and the reed is a double reed made of cane.

The clarinet has its roots in single-reed instruments used during the middle ages in Europe and the Middle East. Between the middle ages and the 18th century, the modern day clarinet was developed from a Baroque instrument called the "chalumeau."

This is a basic physics concept. The longer an instrument, the lower the frequency of the sound waves coming out of it, and therefore a lower pitch. The Oboe is a small, short instrument. The bassoon, on the other hand, is a large instrument. Because it is longer, you get a lower pitch. This principle applies for all instruments.

Most woodwinds were originally made from wood (hence the name), such as flutes, clarinets and oboe. Now, the main part of woodwinds that are actually wood is the reed. Saxophones are most often made out of brass, clarinets out of plastic, and concert flutes out of metals. the mouthpieces can be out of plastic and metal. The most common metal in all instrument categories is brass.