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What is contrabass?
Contrabass is anything lower than bass, eg. contrabass sarrusophone
Why is a contrabass bigger than an ukulele?
To provide for deeper/lower sounds that you can't get from the short strings of an ukulele.
Which of the saxophone plays in the lower range?
Generally the Bari Sax, Bass Sax, and Contrabass Sax play in the lower range.
What key is a Contra built in?
Contrabass bugles are in key of G, which is lower than B flat. However B flat contras are becoming more common. Convertable tubas are the hot ones now in B flat.
What is a contrabass?
Its so fun.
What are two lower woodwinds?
Assuming "slow vibrations", means low frequency, then any instrument that plays in the bass register would fill that bill. Bass clarinet (or the lower and rarer contra-bass), bassoon, baritone saxophone (or the much rarer bass sax) come to mind.
Is the oboe or poccolo the largest woodwind?
The oboe is larger than the piccolo. The largest woodwind instrument is the contrabass saxophone.
Types of saxophones?
Soprillo, Sopranino, Soprano, Alto, C melody, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, Contrabass, Sub contrabass.
What makes an instrument a contra-instrument?
It has to sound lower than the bass instrument in that family, eg. contrabass saxophone. You can go one better: the subcontrabass. Don't expect to see one in your local orchestra anytime soon, they're very rare.
Is a C tuba and a contrabass tuba the same thing?
No, the contra-bass tuba is much larger than the C tuba.
Is baritone sax the same as an alto sax?
The baritone sax is quite a bit larger and has a much lower sound than the alto sax. They both play in the same key, though, the key of E flat, which makes it easy to read the music for both instruments.
Is contra bass bigger than double bass?
No, the double bass is the largest and lowest.
