clarinet parts

there are many parts to the clarinet. first we have the mouthpiece,then we have the barrel,next we have the upper section,after we have the lower section, and finally we have the bell. there are many parts to the clarinet and many notes and keys. i love playing the instrument,if you are interested in playing i highly recommend it. its not that hard to learn how to play and you catch on the the notes and keys pretty fast. its a lot of fun and you get a lot of musical opportunities. its good for business and people look at you differently after they have heard your wonderful music. they will appreciate the great sounds that exit the clarinet. i love it and i learned playing it when i was younger. i was in the 4th grade when i first started playing, i was so scared and nervous at fist cause it looked so big and hard and i thought that i would not be able to play it but i have more information about it. The clarinet is a woodwind instrament consisting of a cylindrical wood, metal, or ebonite pipe with a bell-shaped opening at one end and a mouthpiece at the other end, to which a thin reed is attached. The clarinet has five different sections, the mouthpiece, the barrel, the upper section, the lower section, and the bell. The length of the entire instrument is 60 cm long. The mouthpiece section consists of a slotted cylinder, to which a reed is attached by a metal clamp called a ligature. The mouthpiece plugs into the next section which is a barrel. The barrel is simply a connecting cylinder to which the mouthpiece and the upper section plugs into. The upper section is a cylindrical pipe consisting of 4 holes and 9 keys placed in different locations along the pipe. On the back of the pipe there is a hole and a key that is used by the thumb. The lower section plugs into the upper section and is also connected via a special bridge key. This piece consists of 3 holes and 8 keys. On the inward facing side of the pipe, there is a protruding piece of metal called a thumb

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