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Play clarinet online.

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Choose Play to tap or glide across the instrument. Choose Rotate to change your view. Use Play close-up for larger playing surfaces. The note controls below also work with your keyboard.

Your keys. Your rhythm.

Press two or more keys together for a chord.

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Try a tune

Hear it on clarinet, then make it your own.

Keep the beat

Set your tempo and play along.

The click is for practice and is not included in recordings.
PLAY. EXPLORE. REPEAT.

A closer look at the clarinet.

Guide updated

Play a free virtual clarinet with sampled reed tones. Explore a simple C3–E4 melody scale using touch, mouse, or computer keyboard controls.

Let a small melody speak clearly. Explore a smooth reed voice through ten diatonic note controls from C3 to E4, with short presses for a light phrase and held notes for a longer line.

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How do I play the online clarinet?

In 3D view, choose Play to tap, strum, or glide across a playing surface. Hold keys or wind surfaces to sustain a note. Choose Rotate to inspect the model; scroll or pinch to zoom. Use the labeled note controls or computer keys for chords and the full range. Classic view provides the original illustrated playing surface. Hold a labeled note control or computer key to sustain a pitch, then release it to fade. Move between neighboring notes to make a phrase. The displayed pitches are the notes you hear.

What sounds does the virtual clarinet use?

Clarinet samples from FluidR3 GM provide the reed timbre. The simplified melody scale is a studio control range, not an acoustic clarinet fingering chart or a representation of its full range; breath and embouchure are not modeled.

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TRY IT. LISTEN. MAKE IT YOURS.

Make a neighboring-note phrase turn smoothly

Climb four diatonic notes and return along the same route. A consistent note length makes the turning point easy to hear.

Starting tempo: 72 BPM. Use Keep the beat for a steady pulse.

  1. 1C3 (A)
  2. 2D3 (S)
  3. 3E3 (D)
  4. 4F3 (F)
  5. 5E3 (D)
  6. 6D3 (S)
  7. 7C3 (A)
  8. 8Release and rest
  1. Read the sounding pitches

    A, S, D and F play C3, D3, E3 and F3. These are the sounding pitches shown in the studio, not a transposed clarinet part.

  2. Use one note per beat

    At 72 BPM, play A-S-D-F-D-S-A. Release each key before the next so the phrase stays a single line rather than becoming a chord.

  3. Keep the turn unhurried

    Give F3 the same one-beat space as the other notes. Release for beat 8, then begin the next phrase on the next beat.

Try next: Hold F3 for two beats and omit the following E3. Notice how one duration change reshapes the same eight-beat phrase.

How do I record the clarinet in Resonant?

  1. Choose your playing controls

    Choose Play in 3D view or switch to Classic. Tap a playing surface, use the labeled note controls, or press a computer-key shortcut to enable sound.

  2. Record your idea

    Press Record above the instrument, then play your phrase. This records studio audio without using your microphone. Each take can last up to five minutes.

  3. Listen and keep a copy

    Press Stop, open Recordings, and listen to the take. Choose Download WAV or Original audio to keep a file. Saved takes stay on this device; clearing browser storage removes them.

A few useful notes about the clarinet

Are these written clarinet notes or the pitches I hear?

The labels show the sounding pitches, from C3 to E4 in a simplified diatonic scale. This is a studio layout, not a transposed B-flat clarinet part or a guide to acoustic fingerings.

How do I give a clarinet melody space?

Play two short notes, hold a third, then release it before repeating. Holding a control sustains the sample; pauses between notes help separate each phrase. No microphone is required.

Tap or press a key to enable sound