Talk:Contrabass clarinet

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[edit] Machine for Contacting the Dead

Can anyone substantiate that the composition "Machine for Contacting the Dead" is appropriate for the list of notable uses of the contrabass clarinet? From this page I see the contrabass is indeed one of the 27 instruments used, and it apparently is somewhat prominent in the final moments of the piece. But is this really a significant piece in the contrabass repertoire? -- Rsholmes 02:12, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

A week later, no response; deleted. -- Rsholmes 01:43, 10 December 2006 (UTC)

i just recently started to play the contra from the bass calrinet i am an experenced bass clarinetest and if any one has any hints they would be appriciated

Miniwheats1 00:50, 26 May 2007 (UTC)miniwheats1

(comments given at User_talk:Miniwheats1) -- Myke Cuthbert (talk) 01:12, 26 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dave Matthews' use

Upon hearing the noted track "So Right," the instrument called a contrabass clarinet in this article is in fact a Bass Saxophone. Unfortunately, I have no citation but its tone alone tells me its a sax not a clarinet. Saxes have wide, reedy tones while the CB clarinet, also reedy, has much more tone albeit slightly more muffled. It's hard for me to put in words but I am extremely sure it's a sax. Arc88 (talk) 05:26, 24 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Written, Sounding Range

Could some one please post an image of Written and Sounding Range (Bass/Treble Clef respectively) for the BB♭ Contrabass Clarinet? The Bass Clarinet, Basoon, and Contrabasoon pages have that. And why can we not get a proper image of a modern-used Contrabass clarinet, one in paperclip design (Leblanc 340) and one in the bass clarinet design (Leblanc 342)? Just a question for you Wikipedians.

(Oliverkahnnr1 (talk) 01:24, 22 January 2008 (UTC))