 The Fingering Forum
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Author: Daryl
Date: 2001-06-02 05:06
I don't play double reeds myself, but this question has been nagging me for quite some time. I was looking at the contrabassoon fingerings on this website and I noticed that there was only one note that you couldn't hit on a regular bassoon. Is this really the case? Or does a contrabassoon read music the way a string bass does, the concert pitch being an octave lower than what's written, if that makes sense? Any bassoon experts out there please satisfy my curiosity before my head explodes!!!
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Author: saxy Boy
Date: 2001-06-09 03:34
Yes That note is the low concert A, which is available only on some models, this is the lowest known orchestral pitch known so far(Besides the OctoblhablahblahBassSumthinurother Clarinet), and yes it sounds an octave lower, so the low A is REALLY LOW. I find it produces quite a satisfying Rumble Way down in that register.
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Author: Bassoonbob
Date: 2002-01-30 00:18
yes the low is absolutly fantastic! i love it when someone else plays it and you put your stomack on the opening, well anyways.....the clarinte is called the octocontrabass and you can view it at the contrabass compendium or go to the lnks page on this site and its in there somewhere.a shame they dont have a recording!!
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