Double clarinet

<p>The term double clarinet refers to any of several <a href="/facts/Woodwind_instrument/JBMxaxyM">woodwind instruments</a> consisting of two parallel pipes made of <a href="/facts/Arundo/wDo2mEtV">cane</a>, <a href="/facts/Bird/RJF6zwLP">bird</a> <a href="/facts/Bone/kwJaR6IQ">bone</a>, or <a href="/facts/Metal/PT8hNX6R">metal</a>, played simultaneously, with a <a href="/facts/Single_reed/fwvqPEX3">single reed</a> for each.  Commonly, there are five or six <a href="/facts/Tone_hole/AMETNGzh">tone holes</a> in each pipe, or holes in only one pipe while the other acts as a <a href="/facts/Drone_(music)/kFLTvxqa">drone</a>, and the <a href="/facts/Reed_(music)/uCu3W3pQ">reeds</a> are either cut from the body of the instrument or created by inserting smaller, slit tubes into the ends of the pipes.  The player typically uses <a href="/facts/Circular_breathing/pG3gIwj4">circular breathing</a>.
</p><p>The double clarinet is not a <a href="/facts/Clarinet/57a45Ia7">clarinet</a> in the modern western sense of the term, since it lacks a <a href="/facts/Register_key/R3qne72M">register key</a>; in this regard it is more closely related to the <a href="/facts/Chalumeau/1VkaujDE">chalumeau</a>.
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Double clarinet