Description: The Clarinets - The Key System
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The clarinet (French: clarinette , German: Klarinette , Italian: clarinetto or clarino ) is a woodwind instrument with a single reed and a cylindrical body and bore. It is used in classical as well as in popular music and in jazz and played by hundreds of thousands of professionals and amateurs alike, world wide.
With this page I want to give you lots of hopefully interesting and useful information. It is my intention to serve the beginner as well as the experienced players. This is a not-for-profit project by one amateur clarinet player, so it's neither sponsored by the instrument industry nor is it trying to sell you anything except maybe the author's enthusiasm. There are some Google Ads - they make the site pay for the server; but they are clearly separated from the contents. Ads are no recommendations by the au
The original German web site dates back to the mid nineties. There was no similar page in the web in English, and several people from all over the world mailed me and asked me to translate it. In 2003 I caught a serious infect and hat to spend a month in hospital for treatment - it was boring indeed, and I had a lot of time, so I started the translation. Nevertheless the German site is usually a bit more up-to-date and more sophisticated in appearance, plus the language is more elaborate, but I always try t