clarinet

     

The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woowind family. The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word clarino meaning a particular type of trumpet, as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed.

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  • When Benny Goodman was doing his swinging, it was usually with this woodwind in his mouth
  • Reed all about it:ARC INLET
  • New Orleans jazz great Pete Fountain began playing this as a child to strengthen his weak lungs
  • It was Benny Goodman's instrument
  • Licorice stick is a slang term for this woodwind instrument
  • The first music for this reed instrument now usually tuned in B flat appeared in Amsterdam in the early 1700s
  • Greek cafe music features a lute called a bouzouki & this woodwind heard here
  • Greek cafe music features a lute called a bouzouki & this woodwind, the klarino
  • Big band leaders playing this woodwind included Artie Shaw & Woody Herman
  • Stravinsky's 1945 "Ebony Concerto", written for Woody Herman, was primarily for this instrument & jazz band
  • Bela Bartok wrote a trio called "Rhapsody" for this woodwind whose sound opens "Rhapsody In Blue"
  • This instrument heard here is popular in both jazz & classical ensembles
  • Benny Goodman
  • This woodwind instrument was invented by Johann Christoph Denner around 1700
  • Without this invention of Johann Cristoph Denner, a Benny Goodman would be hard to find
  • Richard Stoltzman, who went from playing Dixieland to Mozart, is a virtuoso on this woodwind
  • Perfected by Johann Denner, this woodwind now comes in many pitches, including the B-flat soprano
  • From the Latin for "clear" comes the name for this woodwind instrument

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