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Look - this is a flute which can go down to C0!!
Full Version: Hyperbass Flute - And I Thought The Contrabass Was Big
wow!
Thats pretty big!
look at this contrabass sax!
look at this contrabass sax!
OMG!
Not good if you have a back problem!
Not good if you have a back problem!
QUOTE(Appassionata @ Jan 22 2006, 03:40 PM) 
Not good if you have a back problem!
Spoken like a true musical physiotherapist
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I think a hyperbass flute you really would only feel the notes instead of hearing them! Unlike say a contrabass clarinet or sax or (bass)oon
Talking of bass instruments, have a look at the recorder jo.clarinet (nearest the camera) is playing here.
When I first saw one of these ( a Paetzold great bass, I think, ot it might be a contra) I thought it was the carrying case rather than the recorder.
When I first saw one of these ( a Paetzold great bass, I think, ot it might be a contra) I thought it was the carrying case rather than the recorder.
QUOTE(YetAnotherPianist @ Jan 22 2006, 03:40 PM)
QUOTE(Appassionata @ Jan 22 2006, 03:40 PM)
Not good if you have a back problem!
Spoken like a true musical physiotherapist
.LOL!!!
QUOTE(andante_in_c @ Jan 22 2006, 06:07 PM)
Talking of bass instruments, have a look at the recorder jo.clarinet (nearest the camera) is playing here.
When I first saw one of these ( a Paetzold great bass, I think, ot it might be a contra) I thought it was the carrying case rather than the recorder.
That's a contra I think, the SRC are due to get a new contra as the current Paetzold contra is terrible!
QUOTE(IrisH - LoonY @ Jan 22 2006, 07:21 PM)
QUOTE(andante_in_c @ Jan 22 2006, 06:07 PM)
Talking of bass instruments, have a look at the recorder jo.clarinet (nearest the camera) is playing here.
When I first saw one of these ( a Paetzold great bass, I think, ot it might be a contra) I thought it was the carrying case rather than the recorder.
That's a contra I think, the SRC are due to get a new contra as the current Paetzold contra is terrible!
Yes, I had another look and I think it's definitely a contra, as it's above Jo's head.
QUOTE(Saxophonist @ Jan 22 2006, 03:31 PM)
Thats pretty big!
look at this contrabass sax!
Actually, the performer is very small.
QUOTE(andante_in_c @ Jan 22 2006, 08:23 PM)
QUOTE(IrisH - LoonY @ Jan 22 2006, 07:21 PM)
QUOTE(andante_in_c @ Jan 22 2006, 06:07 PM)
Talking of bass instruments, have a look at the recorder jo.clarinet (nearest the camera) is playing here.
When I first saw one of these ( a Paetzold great bass, I think, ot it might be a contra) I thought it was the carrying case rather than the recorder.
That's a contra I think, the SRC are due to get a new contra as the current Paetzold contra is terrible!
Yes, I had another look and I think it's definitely a contra, as it's above Jo's head.
Wow!!! I wonder what the case to that would be like....
I wonder what the case to that would be like....
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Jan 23 2006, 03:56 AM)
http://www.robertofabbriciani.it/INDEX%20E...20iperbasso.JPG
Look - this is a flute which can go down to C0!!
Is C0 the lowest C? How many octaves down would that be? I'm assuming the Cs are numbered C0, C1, C2 as they ascend...
QUOTE(IrisH - LoonY @ Jan 23 2006, 06:27 AM)
I think a hyperbass flute you really would only feel the notes instead of hearing them! Unlike say a contrabass clarinet or sax or (bass)oon
On the very very low notes on the bassoon, you can hear them, but boy can you also feel them!
QUOTE(JuliaR @ Jan 24 2006, 03:04 AM)
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Jan 23 2006, 03:56 AM)
http://www.robertofabbriciani.it/INDEX%20E...20iperbasso.JPG
Look - this is a flute which can go down to C0!!
Is C0 the lowest C? How many octaves down would that be? I'm assuming the Cs are numbered C0, C1, C2 as they ascend...
I think so
omgosh, I'm small so I think I'd fall into the mouthpiece! Also...It looks like piping you get at the side of a house! *ponders ~ maybe I can make my own hyperbass flute* 
Wow!!! I wonder what the case to that would be like....
This reminds me - totally irrelevent to woodwind, but A friend of a friend was on the tube with his double bass on his back, and the train came to a halt and he fell forward, but he couldn't get up because his DB was too heavy on him..Had me in stitches just imagining this grown man fighting to get up like a fish with this great big DB on his back
QUOTE(fluteandbassoon @ Jan 23 2006, 07:57 PM)
Wow!!!
I wonder what the case to that would be like....This reminds me - totally irrelevent to woodwind, but A friend of a friend was on the tube with his double bass on his back, and the train came to a halt and he fell forward, but he couldn't get up because his DB was too heavy on him..Had me in stitches just imagining this grown man fighting to get up like a fish with this great big DB on his back
QUOTE(Singing_La @ Jan 25 2006, 02:15 PM)
omgosh, I'm small so I think I'd fall into the mouthpiece! Also...It looks like piping you get at the side of a house! *ponders ~ maybe I can make my own hyperbass flute*
QUOTE(fluteandbassoon @ Jan 23 2006, 07:57 PM)
Wow!!!
I wonder what the case to that would be like....This reminds me - totally irrelevent to woodwind, but A friend of a friend was on the tube with his double bass on his back, and the train came to a halt and he fell forward, but he couldn't get up because his DB was too heavy on him..Had me in stitches just imagining this grown man fighting to get up like a fish with this great big DB on his back
That's a pretty large flute that is.......
Imagine how much air that would require, considering how much a normal flute requires.
Thats really quite a big flute...
Speaking of big instruments, I thing it would be really fun to play an octo-contrabass clarinet...
Although there's only one in the world, in Mr. LeBlanc's personal collection, but there are still pieces written for it...
Just to show how big it is, here is one next to a normal contrabass:
Also... to show you how big a contrabass is anyway:
Speaking of big instruments, I thing it would be really fun to play an octo-contrabass clarinet...
Although there's only one in the world, in Mr. LeBlanc's personal collection, but there are still pieces written for it...
Just to show how big it is, here is one next to a normal contrabass:
Also... to show you how big a contrabass is anyway:
QUOTE(JuliaR @ Jan 24 2006, 04:04 AM)
On the very very low notes on the bassoon, you can hear them, but boy can you also feel them!
i think A0 on a contrabassoon (ie bottom note) is 22.5 Hz, and human hearing can only reach down to ~20Hz, so it's just within the range - but certainly, an ff bottom A would make your rib cage shake a bit!
Well i just looked up that the octo-contrabass clarinet goes down to 15ish Hz... thats fairly low
the reed would need to be like a floorboard or something!
QUOTE(JuliaR @ Jan 24 2006, 04:04 AM)
On the very very low notes on the bassoon, you can hear them, but boy can you also feel them!
Sounds like the lad who plays tuba at band - the whole hall floor vibrates
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I think a hyperbass flute you really would only feel the notes instead of hearing them!
Good ol' infrasound. I believe some of the pipes of the Royal Albert Hall organ give out infrasound. Apparently some people find it very unsettling, they say it makes a room feel as though its haunted.Trivia fact: Elephants communicate to each other over long distances using infrasound.
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On the very very low notes on the bassoon, you can hear them, but boy can you also feel them!
A good double-bass will do the same
How goes the bass, Amanda?
QUOTE(benjaminja @ Jan 22 2006, 09:24 PM)
QUOTE(Saxophonist @ Jan 22 2006, 03:31 PM)
Thats pretty big!
look at this contrabass sax!
Actually, the performer is very small.
LOL!! very true! he does look small!
QUOTE(deviless @ Apr 18 2006, 11:59 AM)
QUOTE(benjaminja @ Jan 22 2006, 09:24 PM)
QUOTE(Saxophonist @ Jan 22 2006, 03:31 PM)
Thats pretty big!
look at this contrabass sax!
Actually, the performer is very small.
LOL!! very true! he does look small!
Wow, what a pic!
QUOTE(nicki_flute @ Jan 22 2006, 03:56 PM)
http://www.robertofabbriciani.it/INDEX%20E...20iperbasso.JPG
Look - this is a flute which can go down to C0!!
Now this is just silly
I only looked at this thread a couple of days ago and was quite surprised to find that I'm on it (on page 1)!
Yes, it is my beloved contrabass - not as pretty as the conventional ones, certainly, but a good deal less expensive, easier to carry about, and the sound is a lot fuller than that on most traditional contrabasses. I really enjoy playing it.
Yes, it is my beloved contrabass - not as pretty as the conventional ones, certainly, but a good deal less expensive, easier to carry about, and the sound is a lot fuller than that on most traditional contrabasses. I really enjoy playing it.
You're famous, Jo
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