Talk:Clarinet Family/@comment-148.182.52.148-20130521011318

C clarinets allow playing music written for C instruments such as flute, piano, oboe, violin without needing to transpose. They are smaller than the Bb clarinet but larger than teh Eb clarinet. Clarinets in the key of A are used for some orchestral music. They are slightly larger than the Bb clarinet and play a semitone lower. The advantage of an A clarinet is that music that in the key of A (concert) ie. 3 sharps, would be written in C (no sharps) for the A clarinet but would be in B (5 sharps) for a Bb clarinet. Thus making music with a lot of sharps easier on the A clarinet. Alto clarinets are between a Bb clarinet and a bass clarinet is size and are in the key of Eb. Turkish clarinet players often play clarinets in G. These are larger than A clarinets.