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Less Common Instruments

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Piccolo Flute:
Gareth Davies of the London Symphony Orchestra
LSO Master Class - Flute and Piccolo

Bass Flute:
Pasha Mansurov, a Professional Flutist from Russia
Just Flutes JFB121 Bass Flute Demo

Subcontrabass Flute:
Stefan Keller, a Professional Flutist from Switzerland
Subcontrabassflute by Stefan Keller

Piccolo Clarinet and Contrabass Clarinet:
David Gould (Piccolo Clarinet) and Cyrille Mercadier (Contrabass Clarinet)
Piccolo A-flat clarinet and Contrabass cla...

Sopranino Saxophone and Bass Saxophone:
Jim Cheek (Sopranino Saxophone) and Scott Jenkins (Bass Saxophone)
Video

Subcontrabass Saxophone:
[No credit name given]
Video

Piccolo Trumpet:
Dr. Jack Burt, Associate Professor of Trumpet at the University of Maine
Piccolo Trumpet Playing Tips by Dr. Jack Burt

Bass Trumpet:
James Morrison, Professional Trumpeter from Australia
Video

Piccolo French Horn:
Marine Romo Vivancos, with Xavier Diaz Herrera on Sopranino Clarinet
Contradanza - Mini French Horn & Sopranino...

Contrabass French Horn:
John Elliott
The only Contrabass French Horn ever made!

Piccolo Trombone:
[No credit name given]
piccolo trombone

Contrabass Trombone:
Karl Wiederwohl
Contrabass Trombone: Saint-Saens

Big Carl the Tuba
Derek Fenstermacher
http://www.nytimes.com/video/nyregion...

20 Comments

@margaretredner5075 5 years ago (edited) Pinned

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Woodwind:
Piccolo Flute: 0:00
Bass Flute: 0:25
Subcontrabass Flute: 0:43
Piccolo Clarinet & Contrabass Clarinet: 1:01
Sopranino Saxophone & Bass Saxophone: 1:32
Subcontrabass Saxophone: 2:13
Sopranino Clarinet: 3:37
Brass:
Piccolo Trumpet: 2:41
Bass Trumpet: 3:07
Piccolo French Horn: 3:37
Contrabass French Horn: 3:53
Piccolo Trombone: 4:09
Contrabass Trombone: 4:27
Big Carl the Tuba: 4:53

@bamboocarver 5 years ago

Maybe if all these Contra instruments got together, they could make a contraband!

@mynamedoesntmatter9013 5 years ago

That subcrontrabss sax is just the more accomplished cousin of a fog horn.

@yungstallion2201 7 years ago (edited)

0:25
Every single movie had this sound before the 2000s

@stategeoduck3145 1 year ago

0:27 we had a bass flute for a solo in my first year of marching g band although they took it out late season because of problems

@useraccount333 6 years ago

"What instrument do you play?"

"I play the foghorn, uh, I mean subcontrabass saxophone."

@den26666 7 years ago

what we learned: piccolo= small version of any instrument. Bass= slightly bigger version of any instrument. Contrabass= big version of any instrument. Subcontrabass=huge version of an instrument.
Got it?

@davoniandracia7044 7 years ago

I wanna see a band composed of only contrabass instruments

@robertlinke2666 9 months ago

Associate Professor of Trumpet
now thats a title

@LiorentheBard 5 years ago (edited)

As a musician, I can safely say that the piccolo is not an uncommon instrument by any means. It's actually about as common as the regular flute, I'd say. Everything else is at least somewhat uncommon, though.