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Altissimo vs Clarinet - What's the difference?

altissimo | clarinet |

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

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (music) The highest register of a woodwind instrument, or a specific note in this register
  • * {{quote-news, 2007, January 14, Ben Ratliff, Michael Brecker Dies at 57; Prolific Jazz Saxophonist, New York Times citation
  • , passage=He could fold the full pitch range of the horn into a short solo, from altissimo to the lowest notes, and connect rarefied ideas to the rich, soulful phrasing of saxophonists like Junior Walker. }}

    See also

    * (wikipedia "altissimo") ----

    clarinet

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (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).
  • Derived terms

    * clarinetist * contrabass clarinet * bass clarinet * alto clarinet * soprano clarinet

    See also

    * chalumeau

    Anagrams

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