Contrabass clarinet

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  Alto clarinet

  The alto clarinet is a wind instrument of the clarinet family. It is a transposing instrument pitched in the key of E♭, though instruments in F (and in the 19th century, E) have been made. It is sometimes known as a tenor clarinet; this name especially is applied to the instrument in F. In size it...
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  Bass clarinet

  The bass clarinet is a musical instrument of the clarinet family. Like the more common soprano B♭ clarinet, it is usually pitched in B♭ (meaning it is a transposing instrument on which a written C sounds as B♭), but it plays notes an octave below the soprano B♭ clarinet. Bass clarinets in other...
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  Soprano clarinet

  The soprano clarinets are a sub-family of the clarinet family. They include the most common types of clarinets, and indeed are often referred to as simply "clarinets". Among the soprano clarinets are the B♭ clarinet, the most common type, whose range extends from D below middle C (written E) to...
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  Chalumeau

  This article is about the historical musical instrument. For the register on the clarinet that is named for this instrument, see Clarinet#Range. The chalumeau (plural chalumeaux; from Greek: κάλαμος, kalamos, meaning "reed") is a woodwind instrument of the late baroque and early classical era, in...
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  Piccolo clarinet

  The piccolo clarinets are members of the clarinet family, smaller and higher pitched than the more familiar high soprano clarinets in E♭ and D. None are common, but the most often used piccolo clarinet is the A♭ clarinet, sounding a minor seventh higher than the B♭ clarinet. Shackleton also lists...
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  Basset clarinet

  The basset clarinet is a clarinet, similar to the usual soprano clarinet but longer and with additional keys to enable playing several additional lower notes. Typically a basset clarinet has keywork going to a low (written) C, as opposed to the standard clarinet's E or E♭ (both written), and is...
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  E-flat clarinet

  The E-flat clarinet is a member of the clarinet family. It is usually classed as a soprano clarinet, although some authors describe it as a "sopranino" or even "piccolo" clarinet. Smaller in size and higher in pitch than the more common B♭ clarinet, it is a transposing instrument in E♭, playing a...
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  Basset-horn

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  Contra-alto clarinet

  The contra-alto clarinet is a large, low-sounding musical instrument of the clarinet family. The modern contra-alto clarinet is pitched in the key of EEb and is sometimes called the EEb contrabass clarinet. The unhyphenated form "contra alto clarinet" is also sometimes used, as is "contralto...

• Octocontrabass clarinet

  The term subcontrabass clarinet refers to any clarinet with range lower than that of the contrabass clarinet. Two such instruments have been built on a very limited basis. These instruments are named with the prefix octo attached to the name of the instrument whose range is an octave higher. The...