Oral Presentations
Location
Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall
Access Type
Open Access
Entry Number
74
Start Date
4-10-2019 11:00 AM
End Date
4-10-2019 11:15 AM
College
Lynchburg College of Arts and Sciences
Department
Music
Abstract
The clarinet, coming from simple cane instruments with a slit cut into the cane to create a reed, to the modern clarinet with scientific advancements in the instrument and reed making process, not only shows how the clarinet has evolved, but how technology itself has evolved over hundreds of years. With the intent of improving music pedagogy and performance, the purpose of this research is to investigate how the clarinet evolved to become the modern clarinet. The particular problems of this study were to (1) trace historical development of the clarinet, (2) identify mechanical and stylistic characteristics between the Basset horn and the clarinet, and (3) to make a clarinet in order to understand the math behind the instrument.
The clarinet evolved from the simple cane reeds to the modern clarinet, invented by Johann Denner in 1700. The Basset horn, like the clarinet, made in different keys and popular in the Classical era, provided stark differences to the clarinet in tone color. I made a clarinet to understand the wavelengths of the fundamental pitch of the clarinet. Knowing how to make the clarinet can provide teachers with a future lesson plan.
Faculty Mentor(s)
Dr. Cynthia Ramsey
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The Clarinet from Antiquity to Today
Sydnor Performance Hall, Schewel Hall
The clarinet, coming from simple cane instruments with a slit cut into the cane to create a reed, to the modern clarinet with scientific advancements in the instrument and reed making process, not only shows how the clarinet has evolved, but how technology itself has evolved over hundreds of years. With the intent of improving music pedagogy and performance, the purpose of this research is to investigate how the clarinet evolved to become the modern clarinet. The particular problems of this study were to (1) trace historical development of the clarinet, (2) identify mechanical and stylistic characteristics between the Basset horn and the clarinet, and (3) to make a clarinet in order to understand the math behind the instrument.
The clarinet evolved from the simple cane reeds to the modern clarinet, invented by Johann Denner in 1700. The Basset horn, like the clarinet, made in different keys and popular in the Classical era, provided stark differences to the clarinet in tone color. I made a clarinet to understand the wavelengths of the fundamental pitch of the clarinet. Knowing how to make the clarinet can provide teachers with a future lesson plan.