Clarinet
[klærɪ'net] or [,klærə'nɛt]
Definition
(n.) A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band.
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Examples
- It is really the presence or absence of overtones which enables us to distinguish the note of the piano from that of the violin, flute, or clarinet. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The presence of high overtones in the oboe and the presence of odd-numbered overtones in the clarinet enable us to distinguish without fail the sounds given out by these instruments. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Variations in pitch are produced as in the clarinet by means of stops and varied breathing. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Folk would say--folk that knowed what a true stave was--'Surely, surely that's never the same man that I saw handling the clarinet so masterly by now! Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Whenever a club walked he'd play the clarinet in the band that marched before 'em as if he'd never touched anything but a clarinet all his life. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I went to their church, where I was entertained with good music, the organ being accompanied with violins, haut-boys, flutes, clarinets, &c. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
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