The contrabassoon and contrabass Clarinet act as the lowest voices of the woodwind ensemble. The Guinness Book of World Records lists the octocontrabass clarinet as having the lowest range of any orchestral instrument, capable of playing B♭-1 concert pitch (the B♭ below the lowest note of the piano).
Buffet 1193 Prestige Low C Bass Clarinet
Nope. Other way around. The bass clarinet IS twice as long as the Bb one, and IS an octave lower.
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there was one very famous person that played the bass clarinet and was known throughout the world,that person surprizingly was a women it was YOUR MOTHERRR
Bass. In choral fashion the Bass section is divided into Baritones (Bass 1) and Basses (Bass 2), Bass 2 being the lowest.
a double bassoon
The bass bassoon
Clarinet
The woodwind family includes the following from highest to lowest. Piccolo, flute, oboe, English horn, clarinet, E flat clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon and contrabassoon
I believe that the lowest-pitched woodwind instrument is the contra-bassoon.
No. It's a woodwind; related to the clarinet and oboe. :)
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The bass clarinet is a woodwind cause it requires you to blow into it to play.
The Bassoon produces the lowest note in the woodwind family.
Rule of thumb: Brass instruments look like they're made of brass. Think Trumpet or trombone, the exception being saxophone, which is a woodwind instrument. An oboe is also a woodwind instrument.
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no the bass clarinet is