Clarion (instrument)

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Clarion (from the Latin word, clarus "clear," "penetrating," "loud," "shrill") is a type of trumpet used by cavalries as a signal during war. It had a narrower, and perhaps shorter, tube and produced a more acute shrill and tone than the common trumpet.

Clarin or Clarino also came to refer to melodic playing in the upper register of the trumpet "with a soft and melodious, singing tone, as distinct from 'principale playing' (Principalblasen), which meant to play with a powerful, blasting tone [in the lower register]."^[1]

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• This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
• Reine Dahlqvist and Edward H. Tarr, "Clarino," Grove Music Online, http://grovemusic.com [Accessed: 23 November 2006].

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