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Re: Contra Alto Clarinet

Author: Chris P
Date: 2011-04-13 17:21

Contra-altos built to low C will descend to concert Eb a semitone below that of a double bass and the ones built to low Eb will descend to F#/Gb just above that - so a very useful contrabass register instrument to have if you're lacking tubas, string basses or bassoons.

If you play bari sax, then using bari sax fingerings for the low register on a bass or BBb contra will equate to concert pitch bass clef when reading from concert pitch bass clef parts. But it can start to get tricky when you get to the middle of the bass clef and higher which is where some fast thinking has to take place.

Former oboe finisher
Howarth of London
1998 - 2010
The opinions I express are my own.

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