Clarinet's families
Bass regions of musical instruments of the clarinet belonging from the upper register are abundant in kinds.
Small acoustic equipment is 25. The length exceeds 2m when becoming the biggest musical instruments.
It is the one that the length of the tube was changed to change the compass respectively, and the fingerwork etc. are almost the same.
A standard type is a soprano clarinet, and the soprano clarinet is usually indicated when only calling the clarinet.
As for the tonality, it prepares and it is [ga] general, and, besides this, used a lot of [monogaari] and the orchestra etc. of [i] (A) preparing for strangeness [ro] (B♭).
E♭ clarinet
It is called, alias "Es [esukura]".
A very important role also is "Fantastic Symphony", "Bolero", etc. and has a lot of scenes of important solo in the orchestra that emits the sound to which a high, sharp sounds do Caen four degrees higher than the soprano clarinet of B♭.
Soprano clarinet (B♭)
The soprano clarinet is usually indicated when only calling the clarinet.
Strangeness [ro] (B♭) tonality ..preparing.. [i] (A) ..[ga] general.. besides this [monogaarimasu] of preparing.
The tone is very soft at the pianissimo, it sounds intensely and dramatically in the fortissimo, and musical instruments to which power of expression was very abundant.
The position of the B♭ clarinet in a symphonic orchestra is very important.
Alto clarinet (E♭)
Tubes take charge of the tone longing than clarinets as a bass part with a compass important ..the composition of profound harmony.. to put out a low interval by the middle size of the soprano clarinet and the bass clarinet.
The alto clarinet is not used for the orchestra, and used chiefly with music for wind instruments and the clarinet ensemble, etc.
Basset horn (F)
The basset horn is the woodwind of a single lead that it is larger than the clarinet, [kudatai] more curved by the vicinity of the mouthpiece, and like to the clarinet well.
It is not a horn though the horn and the name are given. The basset horn was invented in the latter half of the 18th century.
The sounds overflow very attractively four degrees lower than the B♭ clarinet in tones as for tones, and Mozart has taken these musical instruments to religious music willingly.
Bass clarinet (B♭)
It is musical instruments of ..preparing.. [no] of [ro] ..strangeness.. (B♭) that have it as for the length twice almost of the clarinet of a standard type (soprano clarinet) these musical instruments.
The sound of the lower register is emitted from the alto clarinet further.
As for the sound, the low, mellow, rich sound feature.
The interval of the hole suppressed because the tube is long has broadened, too.
Contrabass clarinet (B♭)
Strangeness [ro] (B♭) prepares and is musical instruments the contrabass clarinet with the length 1.5 times [no] bass clarinet that emit the lowest sound, and has depth in which it is richly uncommon in the bass region.
It plays an important role in music for wind instruments and the clarinet ensemble, and indispensable musical instruments in the chamber music of six clarinet duets etc. especially.
