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    “Experimental Improvisation with: Kjell Nordeson & Peter Kuhn”. The concert was performed in Mesa College Music building. Peter Kuhn had three instruments with him a bass clarinet, saxophone, and a Bb Clarinet. He used the bass clarinet and the saxophone during his first piece, and the clarinet on the second piece. Kjell Nordeson was on the drum but had a lot of instruments with him. Sometimes he would play the drums as a drums set but sometimes he would put some sort of objects on top of the drum to create

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    The clarinet is a single-reed woodwind instrument with a cylindrical tube. The clarinet is a very interesting instrument that plays good music. It is typically used in band ensembles. It is made out of either plastic or wood. The reed is a part of the clarinet that it can't be played without. The clarinet was originated a long time ago and it has an interesting manufacturing process. The clarinet originated around 2700 B.C. in Egypt. The Egyptians created this instrument called the zummara (sometimes

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    Tithe Music Concert

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    was tithe “wind symphony”. The name of the performers was Chamber Ensemble, The Orchestra, The Wind Band and Jazz Ensembles. During the concert Timothy Harris was the conductor, Gray Hill the guest conductor while Joe Bonfiglio, the soloist. The instrument of the ensembles were Horns, Trumpet, Trombones, bass trombone, Harp, percussion, Clarinets and Bass Clarinet, Bassoons and contrabassoon, 1st violins, 2nd violins , flutes and piccolo, Oboe and English Horn, viola, Bass, cello, double bass, wind

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    The Chalumeau and the Clarinet Essay

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    This paper will explore the early instrument known as the chalumeau and the various types of instruments that have evolved from it. The chalumeau group of instruments were folk instruments that were played with a single reed and the chalumeau itself is most commonly known as the predecessor to the modern-day clarinet. The instrument has only eight tone-holes on its cylindrical bore. There are many other single reed instruments that resemble the chalumeau and were in existence during the same time

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    Britten Sections

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    sections, continues with individual instruments, and ends demonstrating musical vocabulary. Each variation showcases different instruments ranging from the woodwinds to the percussion. The woodwind section consists of flutes, piccolos, oboes, clarinets, and bassoons. Woodwinds were traditionally made of wood, hence their name. These instruments can only produce one note at a time. Some woodwinds use a reed. The clarinet, saxophone, and bass clarinet are single-reed woodwinds. The oboe, English horn

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    Lab Report Physics

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    The experiment was measured in terms of its pitch in order to find the best tone from the clarinet. The pitch and the sound of clarinet is really dependent on its reed. (3) There are several different sizes, or thicknesses, of reeds and the 3½ reed would be able to produce the most in-tune pitch. The sound stays as important matter in our life; it is the natural potential of most organisms and also the one that would used the most essentially. Sound is the awareness produced by stimulation of an

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    will substantially increase your prowess as a woodwind, particularly clarinet, player. The clarinet is a woodwind instrument that has a single reed mouthpiece. Johann Christoph Denner invented the clarinet in Germany around the turn of the 18th century by adding a register key to the earlier Chalumea. Having a correct embouchure is vitally important to playing woodwind instruments. Structure 1. Embouchure. 2. Different types of embouchures in different people. 3. Research into different kinds

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    the clarinet began in the 1600’s. It was an improved version of the Chalumeau - the first narrow reed instrument. The difference between the two instruments was that, the clarinet now had two extra keys, and it contained a higher range by over two octaves! He also invented a better mouthpiece, and a slightly improved bell. 1690, the clarinet was created. It is known to be a “single reed woodwind instrument with a cylindrical tube”. All the credit for this creation goes to Johann Christopher Denver and

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    Clarinet Research Paper

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    The Clarinet is a woodwind musical instrument that evolved from Chalumeau, a single reed woodwind instrument of the late baroque and early classical time. The Clarinet formed by a craftsman in Nuremberg named Johann Christoph Daniel. Before he invents the clarinet, only some national instrument and organ use the reed. Originally, people just use the clarinet to substitute the Trumpet for the treble, after Daniel to add some keys and an individual mouthpiece, also flared pipe may be better still,

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    Symphony Number 5 Essay

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    turns, which still manage to sound graceful. These solos will forever be remembered in the history of music, whether or not people know the musician or even the instrument playing said solo or not. The oboe’s piercing yet beautiful sound is caused by the double reed that is used instead of mouthpiece like other woodwind instruments. A double reed is simply a piece of cane that is folded over, tied to a tube of cork called a staple, trimmed, and shaved. This sounds like a simple process, but it actually

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