1. By Braeana White and Tesia Worsley
The Bb Clarinet
By Braeana White and Tesia Worsley

2. What is the Full Name of Your Instrument?
Bb Clarinet

3. Are there any other names for your instrument maybe in a different language or in a different culture?
(Use word art or type each name in a fun color. If you find a picture of that instrument from a different culture, add it to the left.)

4. What family of instruments does it belong to?
The Clarinet Family.

5. Which section of the band does it belong to
Which section of the band does it belong to? Woodwind, Brass, Percussion?
Woodwind

6. When was your instrument first invented/discovered/used?
As of the 18th century the chalumeau was converted to one of the first clarinets and became disused.
This development is usually attributed to a German instrument maker named Johann Christop Denner, though some have suggested his son Jacob Denner was the inventor.

7. Pictures of very, very old versions of my instrument.

8. When was the modern form of your instrument discovered or invented?
An instrument similar to the clarinet—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.

9. Famous Clarinet Players
Anton Stadler
Benny Goodman
Heinrich Baermann

10. Music Made Especially For Clarinets
Music: Songe d'un Nuit de Sabbat Composed by: Hector Berlioz
Music: Episode de la vie d'un Artiste...en cinq parties
Composed by Hector Berlioz

11. Why did we chose the Clarinet?
Braeana: “I chose the Clarinet because I didn’t want a instrument that was too high and I didn’t want one that was too low. I did want a instrument that could do both.”
Tesia: “I choose the Clarinet just because I liked the way it looked and it looked easy!”

12. Why is your instrument the best?
The clarinet is the best instrument, because it has an awesome sound.
It’s not too low
It’s not too high
It’s not too heavy
It’s just right!

13. Pictures!

14. Fun Facts! In 1818 the first metal clarinet was created.
In 1869 the first machine made reeds were made.
In 1803, J. F. Semiot claims to have made a 12-keyed clarinet, sadly, his work was not well known.

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