🪈 Woodwind family
Clarinet
🔊 How it makes sound
A single reed on the mouthpiece vibrates against it. It is usually made of dark wood.
🎼 Range and clef
A very wide range, over three octaves. Reads treble clef and is usually a B♭ transposing instrument.
🎨 Its timbre colour
Smooth and chocolatey down low, bright and singing up high.
Timbre is the "colour" of a sound, the idea from Lesson 0. A violin and a flute can play the same note, but you can still tell them apart!
🎧 Listen to
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, slow movement
💡 Fun fact
The clarinet plays the cat in "Peter and the Wolf".