As a contrabass player, the reason it sounds so growly is because the vibrations from this thing are so strong that it shakes itself- that sound is all the metal parts rattling against each other
MistOfTheMountains true, if I play a Eb (right now I’m on bass but I want to play contra) and it’s almost impossible to get a clean, smooth sound, unless of course you can sit perfectly still.
Both amazing clarinets. The highest clarinet and the 3rd lowest clarinet! Who would've thought that these two polar opposites would sound good together?! It's amazing! I wonder how it would sound with the Ab clarinet and a Bb octocontrabass rather than a contrabass. Omg
+Kathryn Hunter hey... its true... srsly almost EVERYONE in my school asks me do i play saxophone when i play bass clarinet ;-; all i hear is "is that a saxophone?"
This makes me laugh. The piccolo clarinet makes me want to find a dog to hear the top notes, and the Contrabass clarinet makes me want to say "God bless you," and look for anti-gas medicine for his stomach. It's a great performance, of course.
Dorian Macgregor contrabass clarinets don't make your stomach hurt at all unless it's your first time playing an instrument and you're trying to be as loud as u can on it
I played the e flat contrabass clarinet the last half of my senior year. It did vibrate slightly. We did have a bflat contrabass but needed a lot of work
@@billstotts2346 there is. The bflat contrabass our school had looked like a big silver paperclip. The eflat contrabass looked like a taller version of bass clarinet (was black)
@@billstotts2346 I went to a very small school. They didn't have the money to update/buy new instruments and kept up very few of the school instruments they had. If they would've had money, I would have liked to play Bassett horn. (Looks like an alto clarinet but stood on stand like a bass clarinet. Was pitched in key of f)
When I played clarinet it already took a lot of breath to hit low notes I can only imagine how difficult it is on the contrabass clarinet It's like a playable bass drop
killer_ penguin41 i didn’t have too much of a problem hitting most notes high or low. Then summer break came and I didn’t have a bass clarinet for 3 months... couldn’t play for that long, felt like I was new. My friend convinced me to play tenor sax and here I am... why am I telling you my life story..?
i played the contra's little brother, the contralto. had most of the dark vibratey sound. took less air. contraltos are pretty reasonably priced on ebay and easier to find at said price in playable condition.
Artur Mandes, It's not horrible. These hard working people put their free time aside to work on this piece for your enjoyment, and you just put them down as if it doesn't matter at all to anyone. If you're going to say stuff like that then don't post comments at all. Be respectful and don't abuse youtube's tools to undermine other's hard work.
G.F.M Theories pretty hard to take someone with a fnaf profile picture seriously, and if nicole is 11 and plays the contrabass then he/she must be spoiled out of the shit because who in their right mind would spend thousands of dollars on a child, and i doubt his/her school provides such instruments
eksdee elemfaeoh OK first off the FNAF profile picture is my RUclips Channel photo and second off my parents didn't buy me that I bought it myself to keep your nose out of peoples lives
Duets like these between the smallest and largest members of an instrument family are always fun for the novelty, but they're rarely actually very listenable as they're just too far apart tonally. This isn't a slight on the players, who are no doubt masterful musicians; it's just that these instruments' timbres really don't complement each other in a vacuum like this--the Ab's piercing sweetness vs. the contra's ponderous grunting--and the extreme distance between their ranges leaves a lot of tonal and harmonic space that, as a listener, you're wanting to be filled. It's kind of a jarring effect, but on the other hand, there's always something to be said for defying expectations!
Well said! The two clarinets together do make a jarring sound. If the contrabass's part was played an octave higher, I think it would have complemented the piccolo clarinet a lot more.
I love Contrabass instruments ESPECIALLY the Contrabass Clarinet and I think they should be more common in like band and other sorts such as a clarinet sextet
They're actually mostly in tune! That's because no matter how low the contrabass goes, the higher player can still tune to its very clear overtones - something much harder to do with the more complex sound of the contrabassoon.
you would never see me playing that GIANT. I did formerly play clarinet though! Well, i'm back in school now so I do until December...then it's time for percussion!!!
For some reason the sound of the contrabass clarinet pierces my soul in a good way. I just love how low it is. Just like how I adore low male voices. I play C flute btw.
Old comment but going from sax anything to clarinet anything isn't a very big transition, oboe would be a step and French horn would be mostly starting from square one...
@@stinkymart3173 y, I learned the hard way that I hate playing Oboe, amd ended up sticking to sax 💀. Sadly the director didn’t let me switch into another instrument I can already (atleast piscatto style) play, being contrabass
Orchestra Kid: Hey, man. Me: Yeah? Orchestra Kid: Is that a saxophone? Me: That's a Bass Clarinet, and I play the trumpet. Go back to your strings, and kiss your bows, w i m p s.
I've clearly been giving my low wind players far too many pauses for breath. If a contrabassoonist can do this, no-one else is even worth worrying about.
A flat not Ab, Ab is not a key in which a instrument can play nor is it any musical key at all. I am sorry that you cannot use the flat key on a computer but b is not flat. You can have b flat though. Lol
+yo momma shut up, you are objectively incorrect on this. how else would you stylize a flat symbol? jesus. If you think he means a-b or something, i dont know, then you're just plain wrong. sit down.
The high school I went to has an e flat contrabass clarinet and it was SUCH a roller coaster and a HUUUUUGE honor that I got to play is for 2 years in a row.... I married it and named it Clarissa... unfortunately I did graduate but now I’m in the same towns community band playing the b flat bass clarinet and couldn’t be happier!!!! ( and I’m a pretty kick ass player to 😎😋)
here we see the small, young and vulnerable baby clarinet on its first hunt, being mentored by its
war-hardened grandfather.
Omfg yesssss
lpanldemonium awwww
YES
Why is it true
They are hunting for the majestic but rare bass flute.
My last two functioning brain cells when I’m studying
Bryce Platzer these are mine during the SAT’s
Mine during finals
Isnt it coincidence you writ the same thing as some one else here
Isn’t it coincidental you think you can roast us with bad grammar and bad speech?
@@bilalkhan8996 I am from the great mother land of russia and learning English Черт возьми, задавай вопросы после
That contrabass sounds so sinister.
ikr
When I got put on contra for a concert it seemed sinister to play
Demon instrument
Why thank you!
*Best regards, Contrabass Clarinet. :)*
Damm right
2 unlikely instruments preform so greatly together
zachary lee IKR
zachary lee I think they are likely instruments category wise
ikr
why wouldn't two clarinets not perform well together? Especially a piccolo and a bass? The staple of all music ground work?
We have 3 contras in our band
As a contrabass player, the reason it sounds so growly is because the vibrations from this thing are so strong that it shakes itself- that sound is all the metal parts rattling against each other
MistOfTheMountains true, if I play a Eb (right now I’m on bass but I want to play contra) and it’s almost impossible to get a clean, smooth sound, unless of course you can sit perfectly still.
@@sylvie_on i play b flat soprano and bass clarinet i want to play the whole family because it’s so interesting
I think that’s octocontrabass that does that not contrabass
Sounds just like an 808
@@betlaux656 nah, the only subcontrabass doesn't work. This is a paperclip model contrabass.
pip BRAP pip BRAP pip BRAP pip BRAP pip BRAP pip BRAP pip BRAP pip BRAP
pipipip pip pip pip pipipip pipipip pipipip pipipipipip
BRARARARAAAMMMM
tootootoot toot toot toot pipipip pipipip pipipip pipipipipip
BRARARARAP
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Bruno Vicente lol
I think that as very accurate except for the few extra pips
Son of the soprano and sopranino soprano is the dad btw
BRAAAAAAAAAAP
Teacher: Don’t puff out your cheeks
Me:
@@sylvie_on ? I have extremely tiny lungs and with one count of breath I can get through 5-6 measures before I have to breath on bass clarinet.
you guys are weak. I can play for so long on bass clarinet before needing to take a breath.
I2 axis when did this become a competition you weirdos
Mynti Girl yeah I play the contra and it takes air like crazy, I can only get like 2-3 measures on a breath,.
HYBR3D for me it’s like 8 measures playing on fortissimo. Lmao it’s like 12 playing on piano too. But I’ve been playing for 5 months now
A-flat clarinets are soooooooo hard to get...
but they r fucking adorable but very high
+Nyctinus Trying to find one now... only four companies that i could find make them! O.o
It sounds like a whistle.
+Shadow Freddy Contras clarinets are a lot easier to find than smaller clarinets in my opinion :)
***** Really? I play BBb Contrabass Clarinet in highschool and I've seen many others.
Both amazing clarinets. The highest clarinet and the 3rd lowest clarinet! Who would've thought that these two polar opposites would sound good together?! It's amazing! I wonder how it would sound with the Ab clarinet and a Bb octocontrabass rather than a contrabass. Omg
There are higher clarinets
lol there have been smaller ones made
vito made a lot of personal peices for himself. The one im talking have very few and even have a name, but you can find videos of it. Its really high.
oh sorrybruh :/
NONAMEINSANE e is octocontrabass btrabass exists but it's broken and that's the only one made.
i hate it how people say, oh, u play clarinet, "whats that", or they would say, "oh, like squidward". ehh.
I get called Squidward all the time lmao
+Kathryn Hunter aka "things a basic bitch would say"
+utaWOLF stut ur mouth, and stop being so rude
+Kathryn Hunter hey... its true... srsly almost EVERYONE in my school asks me do i play saxophone when i play bass clarinet ;-; all i hear is "is that a saxophone?"
+utaWOLF "Is that a saxophone?"I feel your pain I play bass clarinet too.
This makes me laugh. The piccolo clarinet makes me want to find a dog to hear the top notes, and the Contrabass clarinet makes me want to say "God bless you," and look for anti-gas medicine for his stomach. It's a great performance, of course.
Dorian Macgregor it's an A-flat clarinet
It's also mainly called a piccolo clarinet.
Dorian Macgregor contrabass clarinets don't make your stomach hurt at all unless it's your first time playing an instrument and you're trying to be as loud as u can on it
I think his point is that it sounds like a fart.
Dorian Macgregor hhhhh
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It’s BLAYT you uncultured
*swine*
@@JackalSniperSnipez *It was 2 years ago, you late swine.*
😅
OMG I'VE NEVER SEEN A CLARINET THAT SMALL!!!
Haylee_ Anime157 It's like a baby sized clarinet and I want one 😍
That's what she said.
Quinn The Quartz lmao
greenarrowjaxon Meanwhile he said it was A Flattery.
Thats a piccolo clarinet
Finally, a clarinet small enough for my hands
Holly Peters ME
Small and can fit in places ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Donald?
SRY4FLEEXNIN OH OH OH OH OUHHH
For me it would be the contra
I'm a die-hard Contrabass Clarinet fan, and this duet was OUTSTANDING!!
IKR!!!! I just started playing Contra at school and I'm so hyped
My god, that contrabass! Take me now baby!
I wish it was an octacontra
I think there's only one of those in the world. I could be wrong on that though.
Skarate no, contrabass clarinets are standardized
@@igs1065 They only ever made 1 octocontrabass clarinet and it is in a museum in France in unplayable condition.
Chris K I k’neeedddd to seeeee ittttt
コントラバスクラ（であってる？）のベルの場所意外すぎる！！！！！
それなぁ！
Ikr I was like “where can I find on of those” then I looked and one does not simply have 6k sitting around
I played the contrabass clarinet in high school orchestras. I really enjoyed it. Thank you Mr. Henderson, my band teacher.
I played the e flat contrabass clarinet the last half of my senior year. It did vibrate slightly. We did have a bflat contrabass but needed a lot of work
@@sueklimes6111 I didn't know there is an Eb and a Bb!
@@billstotts2346 there is. The bflat contrabass our school had looked like a big silver paperclip. The eflat contrabass looked like a taller version of bass clarinet (was black)
@@sueklimes6111 Thanks! I played the paper clip.
@@billstotts2346 I went to a very small school. They didn't have the money to update/buy new instruments and kept up very few of the school instruments they had. If they would've had money, I would have liked to play Bassett horn. (Looks like an alto clarinet but stood on stand like a bass clarinet. Was pitched in key of f)
sensational and intriguing. Just wish i could afford a contrabass clarinet.
When I played clarinet it already took a lot of breath to hit low notes
I can only imagine how difficult it is on the contrabass clarinet
It's like a playable bass drop
I have the opposite problem on my bass clarinet because i cant hit the high notes.
killer_ penguin41 i didn’t have too much of a problem hitting most notes high or low. Then summer break came and I didn’t have a bass clarinet for 3 months... couldn’t play for that long, felt like I was new. My friend convinced me to play tenor sax and here I am... why am I telling you my life story..?
I played eflat contrabass my last half of senior year. It was hard to keep higher notes in tune
i played the contra's little brother, the contralto. had most of the dark vibratey sound. took less air. contraltos are pretty reasonably priced on ebay and easier to find at said price in playable condition.
Important to note: they're in a different key than the contrabass usually. Altos are E flat instruments and basses are B flat
33 flutes disliked
some people -_-
Niraa Tae-nkYou I'm flute I liked
You mean saxes?
I'm a bass clarinet player and I so badly want to play contrabass!! I loved this video and it was probably the saxophones who disliked 😂
contrabass is super fun :D! but dealing with its weight gets annoying
This combination is an instant good mood. It’s so silly! I love it!
For all clarinettists who Always wondered how a squeak on a contrabass clarinet sounds like, here you go: 0:27
sounds like a voice crack
Artur Mandes, It's not horrible. These hard working people put their free time aside to work on this piece for your enjoyment, and you just put them down as if it doesn't matter at all to anyone. If you're going to say stuff like that then don't post comments at all. Be respectful and don't abuse youtube's tools to undermine other's hard work.
The contra player’s smile at the end is just so wholesome
I’ve watched this videos over 20 times and it still fascinates me
どっちもピッチ合わせるの難しいんだろうなあ
そして最後可愛い
i currently play the contrabass clarinet.... its soooo hard but its certainly fun to play
G.F.M Theories same but it's not that hard for me and I'm 11
pretty sure both of you guys are lying
eksdee elemfaeoh why would you think were lying
G.F.M Theories pretty hard to take someone with a fnaf profile picture seriously, and if nicole is 11 and plays the contrabass then he/she must be spoiled out of the shit because who in their right mind would spend thousands of dollars on a child, and i doubt his/her school provides such instruments
eksdee elemfaeoh OK first off the FNAF profile picture is my RUclips Channel photo and second off my parents didn't buy me that I bought it myself to keep your nose out of peoples lives
Fantastic! Gorgeous gorgeous! Fascinating! A contrast of so different timbres that gave super sure. Very good. Congratulations.
"Don't puff your cheeks" they said
なんだこれ笑笑
最後見つめあってニコニコしちゃうのうける
とんがりボウシと魔法の街…
わかるwww
なっついなwこの音楽聴くと地味に怖い思いしながら珍しい生き物狩ってたわw
Yes?
I play contrabass and contra alto clarinet and both are awesome. this duet is amazing
Duets like these between the smallest and largest members of an instrument family are always fun for the novelty, but they're rarely actually very listenable as they're just too far apart tonally. This isn't a slight on the players, who are no doubt masterful musicians; it's just that these instruments' timbres really don't complement each other in a vacuum like this--the Ab's piercing sweetness vs. the contra's ponderous grunting--and the extreme distance between their ranges leaves a lot of tonal and harmonic space that, as a listener, you're wanting to be filled. It's kind of a jarring effect, but on the other hand, there's always something to be said for defying expectations!
Well said! The two clarinets together do make a jarring sound. If the contrabass's part was played an octave higher, I think it would have complemented the piccolo clarinet a lot more.
The contra isnt the largest instruent in the clarinet family , close third lol
The smallest clarinet is B flat piccolo and the largest is octo contrabass clarinet
The contra isn't the biggest clarinet in the family. The octocontralto is
Yeah I played twinkle twinkle little star on my double bass and my friend played it on violin and it was majestic.
The Giant & The Dwarf
I love Contrabass instruments ESPECIALLY the Contrabass Clarinet and I think they should be more common in like band and other sorts such as a clarinet sextet
I could see this adding a new dimension and texture when doubling double bass, tympani, tuba, and bass drum parts. Cool axe!
Very interesting combination!
Me at 3:00 am on a Tuesday night: watching piccolo A-flat clarinet and contrabass clarinet duo
こんなに音低いとチューナーが音拾わないだろうなあ、、
詳細 確かに！
This is the most comically beautiful thing I’ve experienced
I hate when clarinets think that they can't play bass clarinet music. I MEAN THE NOTES AND FINGERINGS ARE THE SAMEEEE
Maybe they can't produce enough air to play the low notes :/
EXACTLY
I moved from clarinet to bass clarinet a few weeks ago, it was so easy
The only hard part was getting over the break with a different mouthpiece lol
@M.nalatgn Fnaf contra is easier than bass is wym
No, because the base clarinet has more keys
I can't help but imagining a tiny goofy bird dancing around this big spooky one and it is so freaking cute.
I told one of my friends I play clarinet and they said the clarinets real I thought it was only spongebob
cring
I like the idea.. And a great show. I love Clarinet. And will have to say.. This must be my first time to hear these kind of Clarinets. ❤
This was the only thing on my mind during my test today and I got a whole 78
They're actually mostly in tune! That's because no matter how low the contrabass goes, the higher player can still tune to its very clear overtones - something much harder to do with the more complex sound of the contrabassoon.
you would never see me playing that GIANT. I did formerly play clarinet though! Well, i'm back in school now so I do until December...then it's time for percussion!!!
YEAH!!! PERCUSSION FOR LIFE!!!!!!
OH YEAH YOU GOT IT! *high fives through the screen*
*high fives back*
heh
@Jaidan Pearce-Cameron I've played bass sax , and now on contrabass clarinet . Low instruments are the best
i really want to play the piccolo clarinet. this is awesome. two of the rarest clarinets!
When the piccolo player wants to do a duet with the tuba player
Liv Magaro Done. I will post a video of my composition for piccolo and tuba titled “The Song of Vekoma”
There is a piccolo tuba duet at the very end of Gustav Holst's Second Suite in F
Well, that was effing awesome. The sound of the contrabass clarinet is something else!
Any other clarinets watching this while wanting to play the small clarinet?
Yes
For some reason the sound of the contrabass clarinet pierces my soul in a good way. I just love how low it is. Just like how I adore low male voices. I play C flute btw.
SO GOOD WHAT BASTERDS UNLIKED
Flutes...
+some kid from band maky hah lol they dint like piccolo being even close to the claranet heh
Maria Villalobos wow bad grammar you have
People who are jealous of these clarinets and all clarinets
BIGSMOKE lmao you cant say they have bad grammar if you talk like yoda
Wooo I wasn't even imagining so small clarinet!!! Also I love Tchaikovsky. In polish it's "Taniec cukrowej wieszczki" by Czajkowski! 💓💓
The two best kinds of farts.
I play that big contrabass clarinet at school. The only one in my school...
Also those grins to each other at the end😃😂😂
Honestly when I get good at sax I plan on switching to either
A.French horn
B.contrabass clarinet
C.oboe
And contrabass is pretty high up
very ambitious
oboe reeds suck and are expensive, rest of the instrument is fine though it would be nice if it had more alternative fingerings like the clarinet
Old comment but going from sax anything to clarinet anything isn't a very big transition, oboe would be a step and French horn would be mostly starting from square one...
@@stinkymart3173 y, I learned the hard way that I hate playing Oboe, amd ended up sticking to sax 💀. Sadly the director didn’t let me switch into another instrument I can already (atleast piscatto style) play, being contrabass
Wow, it's been a while since I've come back to this video! 😄🎶
コントラバスクラリネット音程低すぎてわからん
ボェ”ェ”ェ”
Uhh sure
CHESTER!! Great to see you on RUclips, Dave!
I play a trombone so this makes me like woodwind instruments even more
it sounds perfect im crying with tiers of joy
I wanna buy a piccolo clarinet but can't find one! I wanna play it marching band!
sameeeeeeeeee :(
That's funny ,they don't make Ab clarinets anymore and why would you want to march it , disgusting just no
@@Noah-wv4td go big or go home right , I agree but meh
its crazy to see this just a couple weeks after i had a master class with Dr. Gould. very cool
Does anyone know where I can find clarinets like these? They are hard to find unused.
Frederick Johnson why not buy used then
The_Great_Benzoni I dont want to buy anything that has been in other people's mouths
Frederick Johnson then use your own mouthpiece
Nathan McCuistion exactly!
+Moose bear Squad Or there is some spray that is for that i think.
beaucoup d'humour David!!! au plaisir de te revoir.... stéphane
Orchestra Kid: Hey, man.
Me: Yeah?
Orchestra Kid: Is that a saxophone?
Me: That's a Bass Clarinet, and I play the trumpet. Go back to your strings, and kiss your bows, w i m p s.
Loved playing the contrabass in school, we had only one for the whole school district and I was the lucky one to use it
小さいクラってエスクラじゃないんですか?
誰か教えてください🙏
るはる
EsClより高い音のでるピッコロクラリネットとゆうものですよ
EsClとは別物です
左の人の最後の笑顔が優しいおじいちゃんみたいで好き
一回でいいからコントラバスクラリネット吹きてぇ...
低音ほかっこいい
As a fellow woodwind enthusiast the sound of the pads and keys makes my soul happy. Clicky click click
I'm scared... from the clarinet...😳
DanIsNotOnTop but they are both clarinets
That was tremendous. Thank you for recording this for everyone to enjoy
My last 2 brain cells when I’m taking a test
ZΞDDØC Two intelligent brain cells!
This is awesome!
dat clarinet has some creepy vibesss OooooOOoOOoOO
Which one
pastel cringe The fucking Piccolo Clarinet.., W H I C H O N E DO Y O U T H I N K
@@diminuendo61 contrabass clarinet
There's one word for this: Awesome!!!
I've clearly been giving my low wind players far too many pauses for breath. If a contrabassoonist can do this, no-one else is even worth worrying about.
That's awesome!
only I liked this A-flat clarinet bass? xD 0:15
I play the regular bass clarinet and they are really good
I want that Ab clarinet..
A flat not Ab, Ab is not a key in which a instrument can play nor is it any musical key at all. I am sorry that you cannot use the flat key on a computer but b is not flat. You can have b flat though. Lol
yo momma true, but isn't the flat sign simply a stylized "b"?
+yo momma shut up, you are objectively incorrect on this. how else would you stylize a flat symbol? jesus. If you think he means a-b or something, i dont know, then you're just plain wrong. sit down.
Beautiful one of my two favorite instruments.
OMFG THATS SO LOW
the contrabass clarinets low range is nothing compared to the octocontrabaas clarinet
*octocontrabass
+some kid in band m'kay ت I believe it's called octocontrallo
+DerfGaming oh yea sorry
It's kinda low compared to octocontralto clarinet which God low
The high school I went to has an e flat contrabass clarinet and it was SUCH a roller coaster and a HUUUUUGE honor that I got to play is for 2 years in a row.... I married it and named it Clarissa... unfortunately I did graduate but now I’m in the same towns community band playing the b flat bass clarinet and couldn’t be happier!!!! ( and I’m a pretty kick ass player to 😎😋)
Piccolo Clarinet Vs Soprillo Sax
+EndErPuppy That would be quite the showdown! But I'll have to side with soprillo, thanks to Nigel Wood's fantastic playing.
I played contrabass in college. Would have loved to have played this piece.
Hi random person scrolling through the comments 👋🏻😄
Nicole Jensen hello
Nicole Jensen good evening
hey.
I found a new arch nemesis. My 5th. You, the neighbors stupid corgi, the bagger at my local Kroger and my brother’s devil gerbil
Why hello
I played the contrabass clarinet in high school. Loved it!
Me: *yelling at my Brain to focus during a math test*
My brain: at 0:07
People are saying the flutes disliked this video, I play the flute and I loved this.
Meh Potato I know! I play the flute and I thought this was amazing.
Dat ambusher dou
*That
Embouchure*
Though*
icantcomeupwithaname
Way to ruin my fun 2 years after the fact
icantcomeupwithaname Boi
This was absolutely beautiful....
So no ones going to speak on the contrabass clarinet🤦🏽♂️
I'm gonna start playing it Monday, I'm actually hyped
The contrabass is just a novelty instrument. Nobody actually says they're a contrabass clarinet player.
Ahhh I loved playing that contra part! :D
¡¡GO CLARINETS!!
*Like if you play clarinet*
I do
Disliked by the flute player lol
I disliked because I am an organist.
I LOVE THE CLARINET. i also play the clarinet. THIS IS SO GOOD!!!!