clarinet

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Despite having taught bassoon and playing it professionally for 20 years, Susan Hess admits the clarinet is a more romantic instrument.

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  1. noun A woodwind instrument having a straight cylindrical tube with a flaring bell and a single-reed mouthpiece, played by means of finger holes and keys.

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  • He cited the case of a 54-year-old investment banker in New York who recently signed up for lessons on the clarinet, an instrument she studied as a child. —  The Financial Express
  • The bass clarinet was added after the initial recording session, Keezer seeking to double the basslines through overdubs; Sofia's voice was also overdubbed in the studio, a session that can be observed via ArtistShare.
  • Klezmer music by Marc Simons, clarinet, and Sergiu Popa, accordion —  The Chronicle
  • If this song had been around when I was learning the clarinet, then there's every chance I would have stuck at it a bit longer in an effort to master that solo ..... so I suppose we should be grateful that I wasn't born 10 years later. mp3: —  THE VINYL VILLAIN
  • If you require medical equipment such as a clarinet, you ... —  Latest News - UPI.com
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  1. French clarinette, feminine diminutive of Old French clarin, clarion, clarion; see clarion, or of Provençal clarin, oboe (from Old Provençal clar, clear, from Latin clārus; see clear).

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  1. Also clarionet (resting on clarion); = D. Danish klarinet = German clarinet = Swedish klarinett, from French clarinette, from Italian clarinetto ( = Spanish clarinete = Portuguese clarineta), diminutive of clarino: see clarino.
 

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/ˈklærɪnɛt/
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