Clarinet

(noun.) a single-reed instrument with a straight tube.

整理:桑娅

• It is really the presence or absence of overtones which enables us to distinguish the note of the piano from that of the violin, flute, or clarinet. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• The presence of high overtones in the oboe and the presence of odd-numbered overtones in the clarinet enable us to distinguish without fail the sounds given out by these instruments. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Variations in pitch are produced as in the clarinet by means of stops and varied breathing. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
• Folk would say--folk that knowed what a true stave was--'Surely, surely that's never the same man that I saw handling the clarinet so masterly by now! 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• Whenever a club walked he'd play the clarinet in the band that marched before 'em as if he'd never touched anything but a clarinet all his life. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• I went to their church, where I was entertained with good music, the organ being accompanied with violins, haut-boys, flutes, clarinets, &c. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.

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