| 单词 | alto clarinet |
| 释义 | > as lemmasalto clarinet alto clarinet n. a clarinet between a soprano and bass in size, usually pitched in E flat, and having a range between G in the second octave below middle C and the middle of the second octave above it.Also called tenor clarinet (see tenor clarinet n. at tenor n.1 and adj. Compounds 2), although the latter is more commonly used to mean an instrument pitched in F. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > wind instrument > woodwind instruments > [noun] > reed instrument > clarinet > types of alto clarinet1831 basset-horn1835 tenor clarinet1879 chalumeau1880 pedal clarionet1891 1831 Harmonicon 9 38/1 The bass-clarinet stands in the same relation to the clarinet in B flat, and to the basset-horn or alto-clarinet, as the violoncello does to the violin and viola. ?1854 C. N. McFarren tr. in A. H. Wehrhan & C. N. McFarren tr. A. B. Marx Music 19th Cent. viii. 71 The characteristic basset horn (corno di bassetto) has been supplanted [in the orchestra] by the poorer alto clarinet. 1984 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 30 July c20/5 Craig Harris on trombone and Mr. Bluiett on baritone saxophone and alto clarinet played strong solos. 2003 JazzTimes Sept. 108/3 Brötzmann sets a tone that could be called contemplative were it not for..the foreboding tone of his alto clarinet. < as lemmas |
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