The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The name derives from adding the suffix -et meaning little to the Italian word clarino meaning a particular trumpet, as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed.

Clarinets actually comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitches. It is the largest such instrument family, with more than two dozen types. Of these many are rare or obsolete, and music written for them is usually played on one of the more common size instruments. The unmodified word clarinet usually refers to the Bb soprano, by far the most common clarinet.

For much more information, visit the Clarinet entry of Wikipedia.

In general, a fanlisting is just a place for fans of a certain thing, such as a TV show, a band or in this case, a musical instrument, to come together to share their love. For more fanlistings, please visit TheFanlistings.org.

I adopted this fanlisting for the clarinet because I have played the clarinet since the fifth grade. In high school, I was the first chair clarinet for two years and the section leader for three. I still play in a band in the summer and I love the clarinet. The name Woodwind was chosen because generally describes the family to which the clarinet belongs. As for the layout, I used a picture of the clarinet that I found online. Links to brushes and patterns used can be found here.