the clarinet

The clarinet

The clarinet is a musical instrument of the family of the aerophones, of wind wood. Inside the orchestra, it is in the section of the wind - wood, close to the flute, the oboe, the corno Englishman and the bassoon.


The clarinet is a type ofwoodwind instrument that has asingle-reed mouthpiece, a straight cylindrical tube with an approximately cylindrical bore, and a flaring bell. A person who plays the clarinet is called aclarinetist or clarinettist. The clarinet is mostly used to play Jazz, as Pete Fountain did.