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Contrabassoon

The contrabassoon, also known as the double bassoon, is a larger version of the bassoon, sounding an octave lower. Its technique is similar to its smaller cousin, with a few notable differences.

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Differences from the bassoon

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Range, notation and tone

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Developed
Mid 18th century
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
422.112–71 (Double-reeded aerophone with keys)
Other names
double bassoon · Kontrafagott (DE) · contrafagot (SP) · controfagotto (IT) · contrebasson (FR)

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Differences from the bassoon

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Contrabassoon

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Contrabassoon

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related to Current use · 25
Contrabassoon → Apprentice, Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Composers, Coronation Mass, Dmitri Shostakovich, Fifth Symphony, Frequent, Handel, Haydn, Igor Stravinsky's The Rite, Janissary, Mahler, Most, Mozart, Music, Paul Dukas' The Sorcerer's, Richard Strauss, Royal Fireworks
related to Baroque era – present · 24
Contrabassoon → American, Arlan Fast, Bach's St, Benedikt Eppelsheim, Both, Chip Owen, Contraforte, England, For, Fox, Generally, Guntram Wolf, Handel's L'Allegro, Heckel, Heckel's, In, It, John's Passion, Music, New York Philharmonic
related to Notable solos and soloists · 24
Contrabassoon → Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, CDs, City, Concerto, Erb, Falling Down, For, Gregg Henegar, Gunther Schuller, John Woolrich, Kalevi Aho, Lewis Lipnick, Lewis Lipnick Bergen Symphony, London Symphony Orchestra, Margaret Cookhorn, Michael Tilson Thomas, Most, National Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra, Orchestra One
related to Range, notation and tone · 11
Contrabassoon → A0, At, C5, D4, Donald Erb, It, Kalevi Aho, Like, Richard Bobo, The, Tulsa Symphony
related to Historic · 9
Contrabassoon → Buffet Crampon, Cabart, Czechoslovakia, German, Keywork, Lignatone, Lorée, Paris, These
related to Precursors · 9
Contrabassoon → Austria, Baroque, England, Examples, France, Frankfurt, Germany, Precursors, There
related to Current · 8
Contrabassoon → AmatiFoxHeckelKronwalt, As, Guntram Wolf, Kontraforte, MoosmannPüchnerTakeda, Mönnig-AdlerMollenhauer, Rudolf Walter, Schreiber
Other names · 5
Contrabassoon → contrafagot (SP), contrebasson (FR), controfagotto (IT), double bassoon, Kontrafagott (DE)
related to Period Instruments · 5
Contrabassoon → Eichentopf, Guntram Wolf, Most, There, Uhlmann
related to Differences from the bassoon · 4
Contrabassoon → Contrabassoons, However, In, The

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instrument bassoon register century octave use double lower bass also instruments differences sounding reed bassoon's often parts similar keys tone

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ContrabassoonDevelopedMid 18th century1.00infobox
ContrabassoonHornbostel–Sachs classification422.112–71 (Double-reeded aerophone with keys)1.00infobox
ContrabassoonOther namesdouble bassoon1.00infobox
ContrabassoonOther namesKontrafagott (DE)1.00infobox
ContrabassoonOther namescontrafagot (SP)1.00infobox
ContrabassoonOther namescontrofagotto (IT)1.00infobox
ContrabassoonOther namescontrebasson (FR)1.00infobox
Contrabassoonis avery deep-sounding woodwind instrument that plays in the same sub-bass register as the tuba0.90text
Contrabassoonis asupplementary orchestral instrument and is most frequently found in larger symphonic works0.90text
Gunther Schullerinstance ofalthough some modern composers0.80text
Donald Erbinstance ofalthough some modern composers0.80text
Michael Tilson Thomasinstance ofalthough some modern composers0.80text

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