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All about CLARINET
& duet
Siti Munira Maamor

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CONTENTS
Clarinet
Background history
The Manufacturing
Process
Preparing the body
Plastic models
Tone holes
Construction of keys
Mounting the keys
Finishing
Characteristics
Tone
Range
Materials
Construction
Mouth piece
Reed
Barrel
Upper Joint
Lower Joint
Bell
DUET
Duets for 2 Clarinets
Example video
Other Repertoires :
-Sonatine for 2 Clarinets by Heinz Irsen
- Duetto II, I. Allegro agitato ma non troppo
by Bernhard Crusell.

Duets for Clarinet & Bass Clarinet
Example video
Other Repertoires :
-Duo No. 1 arranged for Clarinet and Bass Clarinet
by Ludwig van Beethoven
-The Swan by Saint-Saens, Camille
Duets for Clarinet & Bassoon
Example video
Other Repertoires :
- Rondo for Clarinet and Bassoon
by Yuri Evgrafov
- Duet for Clarinet and Bassoon
by Alain Lefébure
Duets for Clarinet & Flute
Example video
Other Repertoires :
- Duet from Norma for Clarinet and Flute
by Luigi Cancani
- Triptych for Clarinet and Flute
by Sevastyanov, B
Duets for Clarinet & Violin
Example video
Other Repertoires :
- 2 Duos for Clarinet and Violin
by William Funk
- Acalanto No. 2 for Clarinet and Violin
by Paulinyi, Zoltan

Background History
of
Clarinet
The clarinet is a musical instrument that is a part of the woodwind family. The
name derives from adding the suffix -et (meaning little) to the Italian word clarino
(meaning a type of trumpet), as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of
a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single
reed. An instrument similar to the clarinet which is a cylindrical cane tube played with
a cane reed was in use in Egypt as early as 3000 b.c.
Instruments of this type were used across the Near East into modern times, and other
clarinet prototypes were played in Spain, parts of Eastern Europe, and in Sardinia.
A folk instrument found in Wales through the eighteenth century, called the
hompipe or pibgorn, was very similar to Greek and Middle Eastern cane single reed
instruments, but it was made of bone or of elder wood. Through the Middle Ages and
up to the seventeenth century such single reed instruments were played across Europe,
but they were almost exclusively peasant or folk instruments.
The modern clarinet seems to have been originated by a Nuremberg instrument
maker, Johann Cristoph Denner, sometime around 1690. Denner was a celebrated
manufacturer of recorders, flutes, oboes, and bassoons. His early clarinets (the word is
a diminutive of the Italian word for trumpet, clarino) looked much like recorders,
made in three parts and with the addition of two keys to close the holes.

The invention of the clarinet
A clarinet with a flared bell, like the modern clarinet, may have been made by
Denner's son. Parts scored for clarinet were soon found in the music of notable
eighteenth century composers, including Handel, Gluick, and Telemann. The early
clarinets were usually made of boxwood or occasionally plum or pear wood. Rarely,
they were made of ivory, and some used a mouthpiece of ebony.
After having experimented with chalumeaus for a long time, the instrument maker
C. H. Denner of Nuremberg, Germany, finally managed to build an instrument, that
would not only play the lower register but also the upper one, without sacrificing to
much of intonation (that is correctnes of the tone frequency). In order to do this he
added two additional holes close to the duodecime key. The remaining problems
with intonation the player had to correct with his embouchure.
Oldest description of clarinet, 1740

With every new musical and technical challenge craftsmen and players strived to
improved the new and by far not perfect instrument. This development is similar
to biological evolution of living species. Usually it was in small steps, shows forking,
interdependencies of workshops and sometimes dead ends. Today several
systems survived, on the one hand the German System (a step-by-step improvement
of Denner's System), that is played mainly in Germany and Austria. Then
there are forks that technically and from the looks remain German-style: the
Albert System or simple system that is used in Jazz and the oriental clarinet, both
are similar to a German clarinet of around 1870.

The Manufacturing Process

Characteristics
Tone
The cylindrical bore is primarily responsible for the clarinet's distinctive
timbre, which varies between its three main registers, known as the chalumeau,
clarion, and altissimo. The tone quality can vary greatly with the musician, the
music, the instrument, the mouthpiece, and the reed.
Range
Clarinets have the largest pitch range of common woodwinds. The intricate key
organization that makes this range possible can make the playability of some passages
awkward. The bottom of the clarinet’s written range is defined by the keywork on each
instrument; standard keywork schemes allow a low E on the common Bb clarinet.
The lowest concert pitch depends on the transposition of the instrument in question.
Nearly all soprano and piccolo clarinets have keywork enabling them to play the E
below middle C (E3 in scientific pitch notation) as their lowest written note, though
some Bb clarinets go down to Eb3 to enable them to match the range of the A clarinet.
With the Bb soprano clarinet, the concert pitch of the lowest note is D3, a whole tone
lower than the written pitch.

Materials
Clarinet bodies have been made from a variety of materials including wood,
plastic, hard rubber, metal, resin, and ivory. The vast majority of clarinets used by
professional musicians are made from African hardwood, mpingo (African Blackwood)
or grenadilla, rarely (because of diminishing supplies) Honduran rosewood and
sometimes even cocobolo.
The clarinet mouthpiece is made out of a kind of hard rubber called ebonite. The
keys are usually made out of an alloy called German silver. This is made from copper,
zinc, and nickel. It looks like pure silver, but does not tarnish. Some fine instruments
may be made with pure silver keys, and expensive models are available with gold-plated
keys.
The key pads require cardboard and felt or leather. The reed is made from cane.
Other materials used in the clarinet are cork and wax, for lining the joints, and a metal
such as silver or a cheaper alloy for the ligature, the screw clip that holds the reed in
place, and stainless steel for the spring mechanisms that work the keys.

Construction

Duet for 2 Clarinets

Duet for Clarinet & Bass Clarinet

Duet for Clarinet & Bassoon

Duet for Clarinet & Flute

Duet for Clarinet & Violin

All about CLARINET
& duet
The clarinet is a great instrument! Some great interesting knowledge and information that can be read
and watch. Included brief history about clarinet background from the materials that been used the making
process , to the tuning and maintainance.
A duet is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to
the piece, often a composition involving two Vocal or two instruments.It differs from a harmony, as the
performers take turns performing a solo section rather than performing simultaneously.
Together with numbers of repertoires performed by clarinet duet from clarinet with clarinet,
to clarinet & bass clarinet, clarinet & basson ,clarinet & flute also clarinet & violin.
ABOUT THE AUTHOUR
Siti Munira Maamor is a Malaysian writer who was born in Perak
and grown up in Selangor.Her work has appeared on bestsellers lists,
not only in Malaysia but also worldwide. She has appeared as soloist with numerous
orchestras, has performed throughtout the Asia, Europe and America.
Published by Synchronista LLC
munira@synchronusta.com
She enrolled her Bachelor Degree of Music Education in
UiTM Shah Alam, Malaysia. Master of Music Pedagogy in Institut Seni Indonesia,
Yogjakarta (ISI), Indonesia and her PhD in Music Education with a Focus on Music
Therapy in New York.
She has more experiences in Music Education, for the varieties
levels of education in Malaysia as well as worldwide.She known as one of the passionate
and influenced author and educator who love to give exposure and ideas to young
generations in towards appreciatiation, interpertation and understanding the
knowledge of music.
See latest from her at Muniramaamorj.com