We still refer to the lowest register of the clarinet as the chalumeau register. |
Early clarinets did not play well in the lower register, so chalumeaus continued to be made to play the low notes and these notes became known as the chalumeau register. |
The Adagio is in A-flat, dipping into the clarinet's low, chalumeau register and the through leaps and runs which it shares with the flute and bassoon. |
Madame chalumeau flopped her omelet again, slid it to a platter and set a carafe of cider on the table. |
The chalumeau instrument was designed to have a good chalumeau register with an almost nonexistent clarinet register. |
The effect of volume on timbre is most pronounced in the chalumeau register. |