Altissimo vs Clarinet - What's the difference?
altissimo | clarinet |
(music) The highest register of a woodwind instrument, or a specific note in this register
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(musici) A woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).
As nouns the difference between altissimo and clarinet
is that altissimo is the highest register of a woodwind instrument, or a specific note in this register while clarinet is a woodwind musical instrument that has a distinctive liquid tone whose characteristics vary among its three registers: chalumeau (low), clarion (medium), and altissimo (high).altissimo
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