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Clarinet in B♭

Flexible, with a dark chalumeau and bright upper registers.

Family

Woodwinds

Range

D3–B♭6 (sounding); written E3–C7

Transposition

In B♭: sounds a major second lower than written

Technique

Overblows a twelfth; register key and crossing the break.

Practice

Cross the break without an abrupt change of color.

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