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Author: jack
Date: 2005-05-07 04:46
This sounds lame, but anyway I am trying out a clarinet that is said to be a Contrabass, but I realize that I cannot tell a Contrabass from a Contralto. It is a Selmer Rosewood. The insignia reads Henri Selmer Paris. Below that there is an R, below that. Serial number is E 3256.
So is there a sure fire way to tell which it is?
Thanks.
Jack
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Author: pewd
Date: 2005-05-07 05:06
play a C into a tuning meter.
If it registers Eb, its a contra-alto
if it registers Bb, its a contra-bass
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: Merlin
Date: 2005-05-07 05:07
Play a C. Check it against a piano.
If it comes out Eb concert, it's a contra-alto. If comes out as a Bb concert, it's a contrabass.
Selmer's Rosewood contrabass also descends to low C. The contra-alto does not.
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Author: pewd
Date: 2005-05-07 05:09
great minds think alike
- Paul Dods
Dallas, Texas
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Author: Contra
Date: 2005-05-07 22:10
There's an easy way to tell without using a tuner at all!
If it breaks your back in two places, it's a contra-alto. If it breaks your back in three or more places, it's a contrabass.
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Author: contragirl
Date: 2005-05-08 08:52
Well, in some cases, ppl call the contralto a contrabass... but they have to say "EEb contrabass" so they don't confuse the educated clarinetists. :P We just call them contralto.
Contrabasses usually go over your head when you stand, and most are metal since wooden ones are rare/expensive. lol.
Me love some contras.
--CG
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Author: Iacuras
Date: 2005-05-08 15:44
Yeah, when I played contra-alto last year in my band, my band teacher always called it the Eb Contrabass.
Steve
"If a pretty poster and a cute saying are all it takes to motivate you, you probably have a very easy job. The kind robots will be doing soon."
"If you can't learn to do something well, learn to enjoy doing it poorly."
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Author: Contra
Date: 2005-05-08 16:21
I still call mine the Eb contrabass. Come to think of it, so does my music. The ones that don't say Eb baritone saxophone or tuba, anyway.
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Author: jim S.
Date: 2005-05-08 16:31
The Rosewood BBb has a bell that looks like an old Frence urinal.
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