clarinet
Clarinets use a reed and a cylindrical bore. This topic is part of Musical Instruments within Music. This page currently draws on 10 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
clarinet trivia questions
A clarinet belongs to which instrument family?
Answer: Woodwind
Bonus fact: Clarinets use a reed and a cylindrical bore.
What vibrates to create sound in a clarinet?
Answer: Single reed
Bonus fact: The reed vibrates against the mouthpiece.
The common B-flat clarinet is what type of instrument relative to written pitch?
Answer: Transposing instrument
Bonus fact: Written C sounds as B-flat on a standard B-flat clarinet.
A clarinet uses what type of reed?
Answer: Single reed
Bonus fact: The reed vibrates against the mouthpiece.
What device holds the clarinet reed onto the mouthpiece?
Answer: Ligature
Bonus fact: The ligature secures the reed while allowing it to vibrate.
Traditional clarinet reeds are commonly made from what plant material?
Answer: Cane
Bonus fact: Arundo donax cane is widely used.
Which of these is a woodwind instrument?
Answer: Clarinet
Bonus fact: The clarinet uses a single reed.
What instrument did Benny Goodman play?
Answer: Clarinet
Bonus fact: His clarinet playing helped define his band's sound.
Which woodwind instrument is generally said to have been invented by Johann Christoph Denner at the start of the eighteenth century?
Answer: Clarinet
Bonus fact: Yamaha identifies the chalumeau as an important predecessor of the clarinet.
Which woodwind instrument usually uses a single reed and is often black?
Answer: Clarinet
Bonus fact: The clarinet has a single-reed mouthpiece.