double bass clarinet

double bass, also called contrabass, string bass, bass, bass viol, bass fiddle, or bull fiddle, French contrebasse, German Kontrabass, stringed musical instrument, the lowest-pitched member of the violin family, sounding an octave lower than the cello.

The double bass is the largest string instrument in the orchestra and with its warm, deep tones it is often thought of as the supporting the rest of the orchestra.

: a large clarinet that is lower in pitch by an octave than the ordinary B-flat clarinet.

Extreme depth: Contra Clarinets Usually the composer employs this instrument for special effects. The effects are not only acoustically, contra clarinets are optically impressive, too. It's extremely deep tone is comparable to that of a string base. In modern wind band compositions you can find that part frequently.

A typical double bass stands around 180 cm (6 feet) from scroll to endpin. Whereas the traditional "full-size" (4⁄4 size) bass stands 74.8 inches, the more common 3⁄4 size bass (which has become the most widely used size in the modern era, even among orchestral players) stands 71.6 inches from scroll to endpin.

Heavy, weighty, dark, weightless, wafting, somber, earthy, resonant, rasping, broad, hollow, dull, mighty, menacing, violent, mellow, sustaining, aspirate.

The locations of pitches on a stopped fingerboard are determined logarithmically by ratios, so every pitch on the double bass is significantly further apart than the frets of a bass guitar and the finger positions of a cello.

6 Brain Benefits to Playing the Upright Bass

• Learning The Bass Can Help Your Child Read Better.
• The Double Bass Is Good For Your Memory.
• Playing Can Make Your Brain Healthier.
• The Double Bass Is Good For Physical Health As Well.
• The Bass Can Open Professional Doors.
• The Double Bass Is Good For Stress.

It is larger than a soprano clarinet (the most common type of clarinet) and produces lower notes, but the bass clarinet is played just like a clarinet, with many keys operated by the player's left and right hands. The reed that vibrates to produce sounds is somewhat larger than that of a clarinet.

There is no doubt that the bass clarinet has recently become a very important instrument. The changing role of the instrument in the orchestra, in chamber music, and as a solo instrument during the 20th century is a fact.

Modern contrabass clarinets are transposing instruments pitched in B♭, sounding two octaves lower than the common B♭ soprano clarinet and one octave below the bass clarinet. Some contrabass clarinet models have extra keys to extend the range down to low written E♭3, D3 or C3.

Also a rare instrument, very few Contra Bass clarinets are present in the same area. It is pitched two octaves below the Bb Clarinet. Only three of these were ever made. They are pitched three octaves below the standard Eb Clarinet.