Piccolo clarinet
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The piccolo clarinets are members of the clarinet family, much smaller and higher pitched than the more familiar soprano clarinets. None is common, but the most often used piccolo clarinet is the A♭ clarinet, playing nearly an octave higher than the familiar B♭ clarinet. Shackleton also lists obsolete instruments in C, B♭, and A. Some writers call these sopranino clarinets or octave clarinets.
See also
References
- Nicholas Shackleton. "Clarinet", Grove Music Online, ed. L. Macy (accessed 21 February 2006), [grovemusic.com] (subscription access).
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