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JessWoodWinds
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Okay, I may sound dumb but I have no idea what a contrabass clarinet is. This is sorta sad since I play the bass clarinet but hopefully I'm not the only one. If you know what this intsrument is, how it looks, and how its sounds please tell. I love trying new instruments and this may be the next one. :D thanx
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JessWoodWinds
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OMG!! Thank you so much. I love how kool that instrument looks. Its alot bigger then I thought it would be but oh well. Since its alot taller then me though, I might not play it for awhile =P lol. I like the sound of it too. Once again thanks so much.
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laeta_puella
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I play contrabass clarinet in clarinet choir. It's REALLY fun. The thing that bothers me the most is that it doesn't hvae as many keys. For instance, the four side keys on teh right, opperated by the pointer finger? It has one long one, which plays Eb.
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altoclardude
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Are you referring to the plastic Vito contrabass? The only one I've seen in live perfomances was the straight metal Leblanc, I think it had all the keys.
Have any of you contrabass players tried playing Rose/Klosé/Baermann etudes on it?
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iloveclarinet
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So I'm pretty much in love with the contrabass after recently switching to it.
The uber low sound is great!
I play the coiled version, so it's not much taller than me.
But it is VERY heavy to haul around.
And the reed is like huge.
It's awesome.
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suzie
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ICK! ICK! ICK! I ALWAYS hated the contrabass. Even worse when it was time (about 2 weeks after learning the fingerings for clarinet!) to play for all-country tryouts to find out that the school's Selmer Paris #37 clarinet went into the shop the same day and I had to lug the giant paperclip contrabass Leblanc-- ick ick ick! I've never liked the contrabass and it made me even hate the bari sax as well. *cringe* Good luck with the contrabass! A somewhat-local school had one of the Selmer Paris rosewood contrabasses. Now THAT thing was PRETTY and almost tempting to play. The others= *shudder*.
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Lera
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I never got to play on Contra clarinets, but I did play on contra saxophone.
its awesome.
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