SOPRANOCLARINET

Soprano clarinet

The soprano clarinets are a sub-family of the clarinet family. The B clarinet is by far the most common type of soprano clarinet—the unmodified word "clarinet" usually refers to this instrument. Other types of soprano clarinets include the instruments in A and C, sounding respectively a semitone lower and a whole tone higher than the B instrument, and the low G clarinet—rare in Western music but popular in the folk music of Turkey—sounding a whole tone lower than the A. While some writers reserve a separate category of sopranino clarinets for the E and D clarinets, these are more usually regarded as soprano clarinets as well. All have a ...

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