Contrabass and Subcontrabass Instruments

Posted by Miss Cellania in Music on May 8, 2009 at 8:07 am



Look at the size of that saxophone!

Pitched one octave below bass, contrabass and subcontrabass instruments are about as low as most instruments go. Aside from those massive pipe organs, they’re also about as big as most instruments get.

See and hear the biggest flutes, clarinets, saxophones, and more in this collection of videos. Link -via the Presurfer


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9 comments to "Contrabass and Subcontrabass Instruments"

  1. Gauldar
    May 8th, 2009 at 8:22 am

    SAXAMAPHOOOOOOOONE!

  2. Ray Strobel
    May 8th, 2009 at 10:45 am

    Hey, you forgot the contrabass trombone! --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2D2I3xvK60

  3. nickolas_warner
    May 8th, 2009 at 11:00 am

    Think he's compensating for something with that saxophone?

  4. Xinavera
    May 8th, 2009 at 2:28 pm

    Dude! I'm glad I didn't have to lug one of those to band practice every day. Cool sounds though.

  5. Kalel
    May 8th, 2009 at 3:25 pm

    They appeal to my bassist desires....

  6. Matt M
    May 8th, 2009 at 7:09 pm

    damn, I thought I had played all the saxaphones. That is awesome!!

  7. MightyCow
    May 8th, 2009 at 11:52 pm

    I need a trumpet that big, which is not a tuba.

  8. Noelegy
    May 9th, 2009 at 4:15 pm

    One of my best friends in high school played contrabass clarinet. Not only was it an awesome-sounding instrument, he had to sit on two or three chairs stacked together to get himself to the proper height. :)

  9. Allen Garvin
    May 9th, 2009 at 5:02 pm

    I like the recorder. I've played a few F contras, both Renaissance and modern, but they're a few feet shorter than that, which I assume is a 5th below the lowest I've played. Kung makes a great contra F that's about 7 feet tall, with plenty of keywork that ensures that even someone with small hands can get the reach. I'm partial to the historical models, though their ranges are rarely more than an octave and a 4th.


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