contrabassoon
Bassoon's lower sibling
A contrabassoon is the largest and lowest-pitched instrument in the double-reed woodwind family, sounding an octave below the standard bassoon.
Its tubing, if uncoiled, would extend over sixteen feet.
Orchestras use it to add depth and gravity to bass passages: The contrabassoon rumbled beneath the rest of the woodwinds.
Paired vibrating blades
- reedVibrating sliver for woodwinds
- oboeTwin-reed wind instrument
- clarinetSingle-reed woodwind instrument
- fluteTube blown sideways
piccolo · saxophone · bocal · crook · keywork · fingering · embouchure · bell
Deeply vibrating with sound
warm · booming · rumbling · thunderous · reedy · woody · hollow · powerful
Extended composition for orchestra
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- philharmonicLarge orchestra organization
- conductorOne who directs musicians
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
composition · orchestration · doubling · tutti · section · pit · winds · brass
Eight-note interval
- fundamentalForming the base
- pitchFrequency of sound
- rangeExtent of variation
- transpositionSwapping positions of elements
foundation · depth · lowest · tessitura
double-reed
Paired vibrating blades
- reedVibrating sliver for woodwinds
- oboeTwin-reed wind instrument
- clarinetSingle-reed woodwind instrument
flute · piccolo · saxophone · bocal · crook · keywork · fingering · embouchure · bell · joint
resonant
Deeply vibrating with sound
dark · warm · booming · rumbling · thunderous · reedy · woody · hollow · powerful · penetrating
symphony
Extended composition for orchestra
- ensembleUnified group or outfit
- philharmonicLarge orchestra organization
- conductorOne who directs musicians
score · composition · orchestration · doubling · tutti · section · pit · winds · brass · strings
octave
Eight-note interval
- fundamentalForming the base
- pitchFrequency of sound
- rangeExtent of variation
transposition · foundation · depth · lowest · tessitura
Ravel
- orchestraorchestra, symphony orchestra, philharmonic, strings, string orchestra
- instrumentsguitar, guitars, piano, pianos, drum
- wind instrumentsflute, clarinet, oboe, trumpet, saxophone
- bass instrumentstuba, sousaphone
- reed instrumentsoboe, clarinet, saxophone, English horn, alto sax
- woodwindsclarinet, oboe, flute, piccolo, saxophone
contrabassoonpiccolo
Small, high-pitched woodwind
flute · celesta · glockenspiel · fife · tin whistle
contrabassoonpiccolo
Small, high-pitched woodwind
harmonica · tin whistle · penny whistle · kazoo · ocarina