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  • Опубликовано: 7 дек 2014
  • Piccolo Flute:
    Gareth Davies of the London Symphony Orchestra
    • LSO Master Class - Flu...
    Bass Flute:
    Pasha Mansurov, a Professional Flutist from Russia
    • Just Flutes JFB121 Bas...
    Subcontrabass Flute:
    Stefan Keller, a Professional Flutist from Switzerland
    • Subcontrabassflute by ...
    Piccolo Clarinet and Contrabass Clarinet:
    David Gould (Piccolo Clarinet) and Cyrille Mercadier (Contrabass Clarinet)
    • Piccolo A-flat clarine...
    Sopranino Saxophone and Bass Saxophone:
    Jim Cheek (Sopranino Saxophone) and Scott Jenkins (Bass Saxophone)
    • Sopranino & Bass Saxop...
    Subcontrabass Saxophone:
    [No credit name given]
    • Video
    Piccolo Trumpet:
    Dr. Jack Burt, Associate Professor of Trumpet at the University of Maine
    • Piccolo Trumpet Playin...
    Bass Trumpet:
    James Morrison, Professional Trumpeter from Australia
    • Video
    Piccolo French Horn:
    Marine Romo Vivancos, with Xavier Diaz Herrera on Sopranino Clarinet
    • Contradanza - Mini Fre...
    Contrabass French Horn:
    John Elliott
    • The only Contrabass Fr...
    Piccolo Trombone:
    [No credit name given]
    • piccolo trombone
    Contrabass Trombone:
    Karl Wiederwohl
    • Contrabass Trombone: S...
    Big Carl the Tuba
    Derek Fenstermacher
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Комментарии • 11 тыс.

  • @margaretredner5075
    @margaretredner5075 2 года назад +5165

    Loved the sound of an instrument but can’t remember where it was? Search no longer!
    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

  • @misteroof
    @misteroof 4 года назад +6535

    Everyone gangsta until Big carl the tuba shows up

  • @bamboocarver
    @bamboocarver 2 года назад +13813

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

  • @Rai_S82
    @Rai_S82 Год назад +794

    Having grown up playing in orchestras, I don't feel like the piccolo (flute) should be on the uncommon list! ❤️

    • @1zzyhatesyoux
      @1zzyhatesyoux Год назад +7

      ME TOO!

    • @pabsiliogaming
      @pabsiliogaming Год назад +20

      It's in my non-orchestra band lol, it really isn't uncommon

    • @xmar._13
      @xmar._13 Год назад +1

      right

    • @anabellehrycko5036
      @anabellehrycko5036 Год назад +8

      Yeah! If you ask a school if you can rent a piccolo they let you. I play piccolo as a second instrument other than flute and it’s totally normal

    • @pularis1629
      @pularis1629 6 месяцев назад +3

      My band literally marches piccolo

  • @justleii
    @justleii Год назад +544

    Honestly, I really like the bass saxophone. I love it’s deep and jazzy sort of sound, they go really good together.

    • @rebotproductions9532
      @rebotproductions9532 Год назад +13

      i play bari sax rn and im going into highschool next year so if they have a bass saxophone which is unlikely im def playing it

    • @ajhauter5049
      @ajhauter5049 Год назад +4

      @ReBoT Productions Most high schools don't but the Thomann TBB-150 is only $2999

    • @mattbaker7035
      @mattbaker7035 11 месяцев назад +3

      Subcontrabass saxophone gang:
      👇

    • @justleii
      @justleii 11 месяцев назад +1

      Dangg never got this much likes before

    • @mattbaker7035
      @mattbaker7035 11 месяцев назад

      @@justleii ✋
      173rd like

  • @lilp264
    @lilp264 4 года назад +6144

    “Dude, what if this Instrument was, like, really big?”

  • @Ace-in8qr
    @Ace-in8qr 3 года назад +10305

    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.

    • @schnonk
      @schnonk 3 года назад +462

      Yeah, piccolo is really common. Sopranino clarinet is also pretty common

    • @Ace-in8qr
      @Ace-in8qr 3 года назад +186

      @@schnonk if you mean E-flat clarinet, then yeah it's pretty common.

    • @waltoncummins719
      @waltoncummins719 3 года назад +171

      Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the soprano saxophone also pretty common.

    • @schnonk
      @schnonk 3 года назад +219

      @@waltoncummins719 It showed a sopranino sax. They aren’t that rare, but they also aren’t as common as the main four saxophones (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone).

    • @waltoncummins719
      @waltoncummins719 3 года назад +20

      @@schnonk I'm a little rusty on my saxophones, my band has 1 alto sax and no others. Also, what's the difference between a soprano a sopranino saxophone?

  • @noah3138
    @noah3138 Год назад +327

    I love how comically small the piccolo clarinet is, especially when played by a bigger person

    • @cloudymccloud00
      @cloudymccloud00 Год назад

      Normal piccolo clarinet is in E♭ (a fourth higher than the standard B♭), but that is I think the very highest one, in A♭ -- another fourth higher.

    • @lightningstar0379
      @lightningstar0379 8 месяцев назад

      Yeah i can’t imagine playing a piccolo clarienet with how small it is

    • @gyrostabilizergracen
      @gyrostabilizergracen 7 месяцев назад +2

      I would say the piccolo french horn is funnier

    • @flickcentergaming680
      @flickcentergaming680 5 месяцев назад

      ​@@gyrostabilizergracenpiccolo trombone.

  • @Thompsongs
    @Thompsongs Год назад +243

    I really like the timbre of the contrabass clarinet. Moody, smoky, mysterious.

    • @penninna
      @penninna 11 месяцев назад +5

      It can even make a sound similar to the string bass!

  • @salamimami7720
    @salamimami7720 4 года назад +4387

    "I'm a musician."
    "Cool! What instrument do you play?"
    "The Big Carl."

    • @freddyfuzbear5639
      @freddyfuzbear5639 4 года назад +7

      Lol

    • @freddyfuzbear5639
      @freddyfuzbear5639 4 года назад +52

      Also crap my name is Carl i hope nobody plays me

    • @ariannagorbet6674
      @ariannagorbet6674 4 года назад +16

      Freddy Fuzbear No worries, I rather play the bassoon than you

    • @TheJustinator
      @TheJustinator 4 года назад +15

      There's only ONE in the WORLD.

    • @exi8550
      @exi8550 3 года назад +11

      I'd end up being the guy that has to hold it up

  • @wren7574
    @wren7574 7 лет назад +18570

    not gonna lie... the subcontrabass flute sounds like a guy spitting into a microphone

  • @oliviaegan6301
    @oliviaegan6301 9 месяцев назад +7

    The piccolo trombone is the cutest sounding instrument I have every heard in my life

  • @ChrisLeacock
    @ChrisLeacock Год назад +119

    As a trombone player myself, I can say that piccolo and contrabass trombone take a sh!t ton of air and control and those two men did it beautifully!!

    • @thatguyispsychoisnthuman4186
      @thatguyispsychoisnthuman4186 4 месяца назад +1

      Agreed, and the contrabass alone costs atleast like 9 grand, so I mean props to him for having that money in the first place lol

  • @ethanholland991
    @ethanholland991 3 года назад +5195

    what ive learned:
    piccolo in front mean small
    contrabass in front mean big

    • @jessecohen4517
      @jessecohen4517 2 года назад +334

      They are voicings. Originally meant to describe what kind of vocal range a singer has. Here are all of the voicings from highest to lowest: piccolo, sopranino, soprano, alto, tenor, baritone, bass, contrabass, and subcontrabass.

    • @gwgwgwgwgwgwgwgwgw
      @gwgwgwgwgwgwgwgwgw 2 года назад +228

      @@jessecohen4517 yeah, so, piccolo in front mean small, contrabass in front mean big

    • @jessecohen4517
      @jessecohen4517 2 года назад +69

      @@gwgwgwgwgwgwgwgwgw pretty much

    • @flipinchae2577
      @flipinchae2577 2 года назад +79

      And we know that subcontrabrass is massive af

    • @K0MBIAN
      @K0MBIAN 2 года назад +63

      Congratulations, you are now a classically trained musician.

  • @audreyrandom8328
    @audreyrandom8328 5 лет назад +6512

    The subcontrabass flute is what I see during sleep paralysis

    • @anonymoustrash9243
      @anonymoustrash9243 4 года назад +44

      I have sleep paralysis too... (I think)

    • @LittleBeeEden
      @LittleBeeEden 4 года назад +81

      J&M Videos sleep paralysis isn’t something you have. It’s something you experience, kinda like a sickness, but not as bad

    • @leosmusicroom824
      @leosmusicroom824 4 года назад +125

      Forget seeing it, hearing that in the middle of the night makes you shit yourself

    • @leonardomedina3139
      @leonardomedina3139 4 года назад +30

      The subcontratas saxophone always rolls towards me like the indiana jones boulder in my nightmares

    • @brettcannon6051
      @brettcannon6051 4 года назад

      @KN1F HUNT3R r/woooosh

  • @waxwinged_hound
    @waxwinged_hound 9 месяцев назад +99

    For some reason that Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy duet at 1:00 was hysterical. Probably because of the juxtaposition of a teeny instrument with high pitched doots and a large instrument with deep heavy doots. Though the Piccolo Trumpet had to be my favorite, maybe just because of how amazingly it was played, but I love the sound. I feel like I've heard both it and the Piccolo Trombone, and just didn't recognize either of them for what they were.

    • @ianjellison6688
      @ianjellison6688 7 месяцев назад +4

      I like to imagine that the low notes are coming from the piccolo clarinet and vice versa

    • @dltechnic6525
      @dltechnic6525 2 месяца назад

      Does anyone know what the melody is called which the clarinet is playing?

  • @Biddy-ho9re
    @Biddy-ho9re Год назад +56

    The bass sax and sopranio sax played so good I loved it

  • @thesaltiestspoon
    @thesaltiestspoon 4 года назад +1900

    Subcontrabass flute: *makes farting noises*
    Me: art.

    • @yeehawyeehaw7636
      @yeehawyeehaw7636 4 года назад +8

      That is me favorite instrUment

    • @f.l.oslayer7128
      @f.l.oslayer7128 4 года назад +23

      No no fART

    • @evilstratton
      @evilstratton 4 года назад +4

      Your comment wins the internets

    • @Voxelize
      @Voxelize 4 года назад +2

      Saw one used in a Moonhooch show right over my head. It was an unreal sound like a bass synth.

    • @twmax4137
      @twmax4137 4 года назад +1

      F art

  • @LimeGreenTeknii
    @LimeGreenTeknii 4 года назад +728

    Broke: Calling your instrument a "bass" version of it. Woke: Calling it a "contrabass" version. Genius: Calling it a "subcontrabass." 4th dimensional chess: Calling it "Big Carl."

    • @thorgodofthunder5086
      @thorgodofthunder5086 4 года назад +13

      LimeGreenTeknii god level: calling it 🅱️ A S S

    • @highgroundproductions8590
      @highgroundproductions8590 4 года назад +9

      @@thorgodofthunder5086 We must S L A P P it

    • @coschy
      @coschy 4 года назад +1

      Thor God of Thunder SLAPERS!

    • @Aakraos
      @Aakraos 4 года назад +2

      @@thorgodofthunder5086 *E P I C O*

    • @kaycee5796
      @kaycee5796 4 года назад

      w o k e

  • @hannahprince3512
    @hannahprince3512 9 месяцев назад +7

    What a beautiful collection of ship's horns

  • @icycoldiesnowviala7265
    @icycoldiesnowviala7265 Год назад +90

    Contrabass clarinet actually sounds like the contrabass itself...
    Also, I didn't know SUBcontrabass instruments exist... It's actually MINDBLOWING how huge some of those instruments are... And all of the hugest instruments are basses...Now I see of playing them all🤣

    • @seal_audioedits500
      @seal_audioedits500 Год назад +5

      more tubing= lower sound

    • @ladyravendale1
      @ladyravendale1 Год назад +2

      @@blossom5097Comparatively to sub sub woofers, you don’t see a lot of explosions in contemporary music.

    • @EchannelYT
      @EchannelYT Год назад +2

      Oh yeah just saying but the clarinet family has one of a kind octocontrabass and octocontraalto clarinets that are now forever in a museum

    • @rocketcello5354
      @rocketcello5354 Месяц назад

      have you seen an octobass. it's ludicrously large, and can reach above a full octave below double bass en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octobass

  • @davoniandracia7044
    @davoniandracia7044 5 лет назад +12997

    I wanna see a band composed of only contrabass instruments

    • @andrewnicholas9672
      @andrewnicholas9672 4 года назад +747

      Contrabass trombone is just a tuba but with a slide

    • @jakebickham123
      @jakebickham123 4 года назад +325

      Those wouldn't work as the overtone series is not so nice to low harmony

    • @sylvie_on
      @sylvie_on 4 года назад +159

      _on it._

    • @johnchoi4627
      @johnchoi4627 4 года назад +594

      The whole entire concert hall would start shaking

    • @climateinsight2749
      @climateinsight2749 4 года назад +32

      Andrew J an easier tuba :D

  • @suawdthedude8583
    @suawdthedude8583 3 года назад +3755

    Was waiting the entire time for “piccolo piccolo”

  • @dontdriveoffledges267
    @dontdriveoffledges267 Год назад +29

    The Piccolo Trombone brought back memories. My instructor would always play it during my lessons while I was practicing on my Trombone

  • @MBiz.
    @MBiz. 5 месяцев назад +5

    0:46 i love how you can hear the voice of the guy playing it.

  • @SkintelNKeychain
    @SkintelNKeychain 4 года назад +2434

    How to make a new instrument:
    Option 1: make an existing instrument REALLY, *_R E A L L Y_* big
    _or_
    make it itty bitty little witty sitty pitty vin bo bitty

    • @psychoblink9046
      @psychoblink9046 4 года назад +58

      Skintel N.Keychain or combine a saxophone, flute, and clarinet. You get a clariflax, or flaxinet

    • @fuitbythefoot
      @fuitbythefoot 4 года назад +52

      i want to see a *r e a l l y **_b i g_* harmonica

    • @capitalisticpea
      @capitalisticpea 4 года назад +13

      That would be the Big Horeleo the Harmonica.

    • @willstasik280
      @willstasik280 4 года назад +9

      Vin bo bitty

    • @Lawn_Clippings29
      @Lawn_Clippings29 4 года назад +4

      And add picolo or bass to it.

  • @coSocks
    @coSocks 4 года назад +2151

    Therapist: Big Carl the Tuba doesn’t exist, he can’t hurt you.
    Big Carl the Tuba:

    • @efmusic04
      @efmusic04 4 года назад +5

      Except it does so the joke doesn't work.

    • @kissinguermom2001
      @kissinguermom2001 4 года назад +53

      Kromium You have a horrible sense of humor.

    • @coSocks
      @coSocks 4 года назад +35

      @@efmusic04 The joke just went over your head

    • @wkslicex2508
      @wkslicex2508 4 года назад +15

      @@efmusic04 When things don't work it can be for two main reasons:
      1: They don't work
      2: You just don't see that they work

    • @efmusic04
      @efmusic04 4 года назад +1

      @@wkslicex2508 I think the reason is number one.

  • @trs4437
    @trs4437 Год назад +124

    Love the mellow sound of the bass trumpet. I wonder why it doesn’t turn up more, especially in jazz.

    • @cadenbarnfather1434
      @cadenbarnfather1434 Год назад +15

      Its just a funny Euphonium or marching Euphonium

    • @q12aw50
      @q12aw50 Год назад +2

      @@cadenbarnfather1434 nope that’s a completely different instrument

    • @cadenbarnfather1434
      @cadenbarnfather1434 Год назад +7

      @@q12aw50 it is, but in terms of pitch, key, and general sound, they are very similar

    • @q12aw50
      @q12aw50 Год назад

      @@cadenbarnfather1434 soprano trombone=trumpet
      Soprano sax=clarinet
      Is that what you’re saying?

    • @cadenbarnfather1434
      @cadenbarnfather1434 Год назад +7

      @@q12aw50 you miss one key difference, the instruments you mention are different in several fundemental ways, while the difference between the bass trumpet and the marching euphonium is as simple as the difference between euphonium and baritone

  • @diegolopezzz18
    @diegolopezzz18 8 месяцев назад +5

    The bass trumpet sounds so smooth, it’s like a mix between a trombone and a trumpet

  • @thisistheglasshouse
    @thisistheglasshouse 4 года назад +2440

    y'know I'm starting to think there a reason these are "less common"

    • @ushoys
      @ushoys 4 года назад +24

      Waved Best comment here!

    • @MaxRollison
      @MaxRollison 4 года назад +92

      I liked that piccolo trumpet tho

    • @adriananinoartigas5880
      @adriananinoartigas5880 4 года назад +77

      Waved The picc and bass flute are great tho. I like the picc trumpet too.

    • @legendindaturk8745
      @legendindaturk8745 4 года назад +42

      Adriana Nino Artigas yeah no joke that bass flute was a unique sound. That piccolo trumpet can make amazing solos

    • @mpatmack77
      @mpatmack77 4 года назад +2

      Guess we won't see these in rock bands anytime soon

  • @den93050
    @den93050 5 лет назад +3278

    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?

    • @brookehagner4013
      @brookehagner4013 5 лет назад +332

      So if I play the BASSoon am I playing a slightly larger version of a oon?

    • @ming7831
      @ming7831 5 лет назад +60

      @@brookehagner4013 oon lmao

    • @pedrocabral3859
      @pedrocabral3859 5 лет назад +88

      There're some others types in between those. It goes like this: SubContraBass > ContraBass > Bass > Baritono > Tenor > Soprano > Piccolo. This is right as far as I'm aware.

    • @willjones6234
      @willjones6234 5 лет назад +31

      @@pedrocabral3859 what about alto

    • @pedrocabral3859
      @pedrocabral3859 5 лет назад +5

      @@willjones6234 not sure if it goes before or after soprano

  • @user-pm7ng5hd3m
    @user-pm7ng5hd3m 9 месяцев назад +8

    Alto sax here, that bass sax and sopranino sax sounded absolutely fantastic. I wanna see a band composed of only contrabass instruments.

    • @TheBirdMan9142
      @TheBirdMan9142 5 месяцев назад +1

      A band of contrabass instruments will put at least one person in debt. Repair costs would financially ruin whoever has to pay for it.
      But hahahaha obese piccolo funni

  • @enkiitu
    @enkiitu Год назад +17

    The piccolo flute is very very common. As is the piccolo trumpet. The piccolo is playing probably a Rossini overture, and the trumpet (used a lot during the baroque, although not with these mechanics) is playing from Haendel The Messiah. So it couldn’t be strange, that piece is played many times every year all over the world.

  • @spyrosk.1881
    @spyrosk.1881 4 года назад +4397

    Me: thinks the subcontrabass flute will have a rich, deep sound
    Instead: guy spitting into microphone

  • @twentyonenothing4580
    @twentyonenothing4580 4 года назад +1130

    Bari Sax: you're weak
    Contra bass Clarinet: I'm you

    • @bunn1943
      @bunn1943 4 года назад +13

      I play bari sax :D

    • @gabeporrasd
      @gabeporrasd 4 года назад +7

      chUwUbs same

    • @linkymew3394
      @linkymew3394 4 года назад +17

      No joke, I played contrabass clarinet in 8th grade, and because there was no contra part, I played the Bari sax part.

    • @kcculla
      @kcculla 4 года назад +7

      @Nickola120 YT did you just say the contrabass clarinet was *comparable* to the bari sax?

    • @ipgd69
      @ipgd69 4 года назад +2

      I have a concert this month and in some songs i play the bass clarinet but in other songs i play the bari sax

  • @Jeff_Lichtman
    @Jeff_Lichtman Год назад +13

    There was a jazz musician Adrian Rollini who played some unusual instruments, especially bass sax. He was active from the 1920s through the 1940s. In addition to bass sax, he played a type of tiny clarinet he called a "hot fountain pen," and a multiple-reed instrument called a "goofus." In the late 1930s he switched to vibes, becoming one of the first musicians to specialize in that instrument.

  • @dinolover_1184
    @dinolover_1184 Год назад +7

    It's been 7 years,
    GIVE US A PART 2 ALREADY

  • @ericchavez2803
    @ericchavez2803 3 года назад +5087

    That sax duet went hard asf 🔥

  • @nothing4mepls973
    @nothing4mepls973 2 года назад +6534

    It's sad that they're uncommon, they sound really fantastic! Except for the giant hell flute, that is the thing of nightmares.

    • @oceanbread9720
      @oceanbread9720 2 года назад +674

      I got to hear one in person this week and I learned there is a double subcontrabass flute. And only four exist in the whole world

    • @GomerfromIsaan
      @GomerfromIsaan 2 года назад +302

      @@oceanbread9720 I wonder why it didn't catch on.

    • @oceanbread9720
      @oceanbread9720 2 года назад +510

      @@GomerfromIsaan probably because it’s hard to make, expensive, hard to play, and just absolutely terrifying to hear in person

    • @capitalism3720
      @capitalism3720 2 года назад +22

      @OceanBread woah

    • @capitalism3720
      @capitalism3720 2 года назад +91

      @GomerfromIsaan it’s satan’s flute that’s why

  • @Ziggyzaggy300
    @Ziggyzaggy300 Год назад +3

    1:20
    That squeak must have sent the chill of all chills down the guy's spine

  • @HayleighPaige
    @HayleighPaige Год назад +13

    That first piccolo trumpet is the clearest sound I’ve ever heard holy shit, I want to learn from him 😰

  • @EannaWithAFada
    @EannaWithAFada 5 лет назад +1657

    Parents: what instrument do you wanna learn
    Me: big Carl the tuba

    • @dimitrisefstratiou4240
      @dimitrisefstratiou4240 4 года назад +20

      @Kara Bradley hello fellow victim of the youtube algorithm, have a nice day

    • @VanNguyen-qk8wc
      @VanNguyen-qk8wc 4 года назад +1

      Your 1k like person here!

    • @prpunk187
      @prpunk187 4 года назад +4

      Jesus christ how you supposed to carry that thing around

    • @mirimello8838
      @mirimello8838 4 года назад +1

      prpunk187 you don’t

    • @prpunk187
      @prpunk187 4 года назад +1

      @@mirimello8838 obviously if that was the case u would need a dedicated crane operator lol

  • @lemonierfroggie4904
    @lemonierfroggie4904 4 года назад +1571

    no one:
    0:52 my stomach in a quiet classroom

  • @supersolomob422
    @supersolomob422 Год назад +139

    3:06 more people should have matte finishes on their instruments, it looks so nice

  • @brodiessirenproductions
    @brodiessirenproductions Год назад +3

    That Piccolo Clarinet and Contrabass Clarinet made for a creepy eerie sound together

  • @Gooseam
    @Gooseam 4 года назад +1296

    0:52 you can hear this mans go
    “Doooo” lmfao

  • @mynamedoesntmatter9013
    @mynamedoesntmatter9013 3 года назад +2451

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

    • @theoverseer393
      @theoverseer393 2 года назад +36

      Amen to that

    • @psyched3lictoad240
      @psyched3lictoad240 2 года назад +18

      Wow.... that's acually quite accurate

    • @andrewbarrett1537
      @andrewbarrett1537 2 года назад +35

      That's ironic, because the fog horn is actually a form of diaphone pipe or "valvular reed" organ pipe.
      Instead of a beating reed against a shallot (the way most pipe organ 'reed pipes' work; sort of like an all-metal equivalent of a clarinet or saxophone mouthpiece, enclosed in a chamber called a "boot" with a tuning wire adjusting the length of the reed and instead of a person's tongue on it), the diaphone has a VALVE on a spring which is adjusted to oscillate the correct frequency, setting up the air column vibrating within the pipe / resonator itself.
      The diaphone was invented/developed by Robert Hope-Jones in England, who is considered the father of the theatre pipe organ, although his earliest organs were meant for churches etc.
      He pioneered high-pressure pipework, electrical unification, consoles with stoptabs rather than stopknobs, and other innovations in organbuilding, some which really caught on with both newer church and theatre organs, others of which remain mainly the domain of the theatre pipe organ.
      The diaphone pipes were/are intended to give a bass end to the diapason as an alternative to the large scale actual diapason pipes that would otherwise be used for the 8', 16' and 32' octaves. I am not so sure that a diaphone can be made to play on low pressure wind like typically used for most conventional church organs, so I think they are typically found on higher pressure instruments (like 10" and up).
      Wurlitzer (who took over Hope-Jones' organ company in 1910, and with whom Hope-Jones was associated until his untimely death in 1914) built diaphone pipes as the 16' and 32' octaves of the diapason in most of their pipe organs, and other builders also built them (such as Robert-Morton and Marr & Colton), in addition to other organbuilders (Barton, Smith, etc) ordering them from pipe makers (like Pierce/Dennison; Gottfried etc).
      Diaphone pipes, when well made and well voiced, can actually have a really nice tone, but especially in the lower register, they literally are tuned fog horns.
      The largest organ pipes in the world, the 64" Dulzian, built by the Midmer-Losh Organ Co. as part of the largest pipe organ in the world (at Atlantic City Convention Hall, Atlantic City, NJ) are actually built as diaphone pipes and have a beating valve inside the boot at the bottom part of each pipe.

    • @smartfella13
      @smartfella13 2 года назад +4

      Bruh

    • @mynamedoesntmatter9013
      @mynamedoesntmatter9013 2 года назад +18

      @@andrewbarrett1537 This is way more information than I can process at once, but thanks for giving me a jumping off point to start learning!

  • @hydroviperking
    @hydroviperking Год назад +6

    Any flute despite pitch (Except subcontrabass) sounds like either a medieval tune or a strange song from your childhood locked away in a distant memory

  • @kasenschwab5985
    @kasenschwab5985 8 месяцев назад +1

    Its a tradition to watch this anytime its on my recommended

  • @mr.mercury4247
    @mr.mercury4247 4 года назад +1601

    Therapist: Big Carl can't hurt you
    Big Carl:

    • @megluu884
      @megluu884 4 года назад +4

      Bahahhaahahhahaa

    • @Ben-cr3xy
      @Ben-cr3xy 4 года назад +10

      That thing... haunts the nightmares of all whom have heard its wretched sounds.

    • @EpikGoat
      @EpikGoat 4 года назад +2

      Ever since that day

    • @tonmion
      @tonmion 4 года назад +3

      Mr. Mercury 💀💀💀 “HES NOT REAL HES NOT REAL”

    • @freddyfuzbear5639
      @freddyfuzbear5639 4 года назад +2

      Bwaaaaha

  • @antipsi5
    @antipsi5 3 года назад +2029

    "Big Carl" sounds like something you get at a burger joint

    • @RD19902010
      @RD19902010 3 года назад +80

      or a famous albeit useless cannon from the civil war

    • @shealinbanta4169
      @shealinbanta4169 3 года назад +6

      It also sounds like a jack hammer

    • @comradewindowsill4253
      @comradewindowsill4253 3 года назад +9

      getting a several centuries old warship vibe myself

    • @bloodyyang464
      @bloodyyang464 3 года назад +29

      It is a burger at Carl's Jr. Thousand island sauce, lettuce, 2 1/4 patties and 2 slices of cheese on a sesame seed bun.

    • @certified7268
      @certified7268 3 года назад +17

      It’s a number 9 large

  • @Zubeneshemali
    @Zubeneshemali Месяц назад +1

    Piccolo trombone has to be the cutest instrument ever played!! Great collection!!

  • @epicmineman2847
    @epicmineman2847 4 месяца назад +1

    We had a solo Piccolo Flute in our marching band when I was in Freshman year. She was really good with it

  • @useraccount333
    @useraccount333 4 года назад +433

    "What instrument do you play?"
    "I play the foghorn, uh, I mean subcontrabass saxophone."

    • @jimppajamppa2563
      @jimppajamppa2563 4 года назад +3

      That was my favourite one it sounds amazing :D

    • @thecoolbrain1570
      @thecoolbrain1570 4 года назад +1

      The trombone in the background was sweet as well

    • @duckeh7221
      @duckeh7221 4 года назад +2

      useraccount333 looks like my clarinets last evolved form is a subcontrabass clarinet 😂

    • @ncduskrose
      @ncduskrose 4 года назад +1

      I can get a Foghorn out of a less rare and a bit higher pitched sax

  • @connorlee8983
    @connorlee8983 3 года назад +1513

    4:08 my last braincell during an AP exam

    • @loo7412
      @loo7412 3 года назад +168

      I imagine like a little flea dancing around at a dixie club

    • @Nick-nh4nf
      @Nick-nh4nf 2 года назад +19

      LMAO

    • @ozzi4647
      @ozzi4647 2 года назад +31

      That was me during the AP Gopo exam this year ✋😐

    • @snowflakebuttonsworld9268
      @snowflakebuttonsworld9268 2 года назад +7

      @@loo7412 omfg

    • @elijahbrown5818
      @elijahbrown5818 2 года назад +6

      @Loo, That’s too gudd.
      😂😂😂😂

  • @deli_bread
    @deli_bread Год назад +11

    As a clarinetist, I now really want to try playing a piccolo clarinet just because of how small it is.

    • @galactic-hamster7043
      @galactic-hamster7043 Год назад

      Also if you kinda defocus it sounds a little like a string instrument, absolutely wild

  • @audreyjohnston6879
    @audreyjohnston6879 9 месяцев назад +1

    Is it just me or is the piccolo french horn the cutest tiny little thing ever

  • @yungstallion2201
    @yungstallion2201 5 лет назад +1610

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

    • @DukeNukenum
      @DukeNukenum 5 лет назад +93

      Reminds me of the Jungle Book

    • @GarciaOnThaBeat
      @GarciaOnThaBeat 5 лет назад +70

      Sillybelius Reminds me of old James Bond Movies where he sneaks around tropical places

    • @marvellover5433
      @marvellover5433 5 лет назад +3

      Sillybelius OMG YASSS I KNEW I HAD HEARD IT BEFORE!! THANK YOU😂👏

    • @iiLogan
      @iiLogan 5 лет назад +3

      So The Matrix sounded like this?

    • @ItsMzPhoenix
      @ItsMzPhoenix 5 лет назад +3

      I heard it and I thought “reminds me of Turner Classic Movies and that jazz”

  • @connorlee8983
    @connorlee8983 4 года назад +317

    Contrabass Saxophone: I'm the biggest and lowest instrument around
    Big Carl the Tuba: Hold my valve oil

    • @ariannagorbet6674
      @ariannagorbet6674 4 года назад +9

      Contrabassoon: Say that to my bocal! Right bassoon?
      Bassoon: Yes contrabassoon

    • @somerandomguysthrowawayacc3784
      @somerandomguysthrowawayacc3784 3 года назад +7

      The "hold my valve old" got me

    • @boi-o2479
      @boi-o2479 3 года назад +1

      subcontra bass sax

    • @bottleaire2082
      @bottleaire2082 3 года назад +8

      Solid music joke, man. Let me try...
      How many Big Carl players does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
      Only one, because there is only one.

    • @cherwigglesworth92
      @cherwigglesworth92 Год назад

      It subcontrabass

  • @nilsvids
    @nilsvids 11 месяцев назад +3

    - Piccolo flute: come on dude that's not uncommon at all. - bass flute: okay that's less common. -subcontrabass flute: Ayo what the fuck ?

  • @KinoTsubasa
    @KinoTsubasa Год назад +1

    the bass trumpet just captured my heart aha

  • @usaeagle8244
    @usaeagle8244 4 года назад +1636

    Im pretty sure Ive seen some of these in Dr. Suess books

    • @michaelkeaton5394
      @michaelkeaton5394 4 года назад +11

      Did you choose your profile Pic by watching the best of Carson?

    • @usaeagle8244
      @usaeagle8244 4 года назад +21

      @@michaelkeaton5394 No I just got it from the meme before that but, that video was funny.

    • @ambrosia3907
      @ambrosia3907 3 года назад +10

      The Saxompobbillididdilyophpne

    • @ireadysucks3026
      @ireadysucks3026 3 года назад +5

      you have gained the funny, i am most impressed.
      but in all seriousness why am I cracking up.

    • @rawhidelamp
      @rawhidelamp 3 года назад +4

      I like your profile pic

  • @Clair-Bear
    @Clair-Bear 4 года назад +636

    1:00 my two brain cells during an exam

  • @JNPercussion11
    @JNPercussion11 Год назад +1

    I WATCHED THIS WHEN I WAS 4, BRINGS BACK MEMORIES.

  • @Jintythebestengine
    @Jintythebestengine 9 месяцев назад +7

    I was bored
    0:00 piccolo flute
    0:24 bass flute
    0:44 sub-contrabass flute
    1:00 piccolo and contrabass clarinet
    1:33 soprano and bass saxophone
    2:13 sub-contrabass saxophone
    2:40 piccolo trumpet
    3:08 bass trumpet
    3:38 piccolo french horn
    3:52 contrabass french horn
    4:08 piccolo trombone
    4:26 contrabass trombone
    4:51 big Carl the tuba

  • @jasonkrug7928
    @jasonkrug7928 7 лет назад +2097

    0:45 Creating an elaborately shaped instrument, only to have it sound like a wet fart

    • @jasonkrug7928
      @jasonkrug7928 7 лет назад +57

      My favorite is the sopranino and bass saxophones

    • @LuisRivera-rl9gl
      @LuisRivera-rl9gl 7 лет назад +10

      BTW what song was that

    • @DancingSpiderman
      @DancingSpiderman 7 лет назад +25

      i gree... it's like Blue Man Group ate spoiled food @ pancho'$ messican buffay ...
      ...and now we gotta deal with the wet farts...

    • @matthewwhitlatch1243
      @matthewwhitlatch1243 7 лет назад

      Jason Krug

    • @somebody9033
      @somebody9033 7 лет назад +26

      I disagree. Maybe it sounds bad on its own, but it sounds well in a flute orchestra

  • @thecarman3693
    @thecarman3693 2 года назад +2521

    2:40
    That piccolo trumpet has one of the cleanest horn sounds ever. Would love to hear Haydn's Trumpet Concerto on it.

    • @chody07
      @chody07 2 года назад +142

      yea most piccolos sound so nice because it doesnt have much tubing so the air just goes straight through. thats why most piccolos sound super good

    • @chody07
      @chody07 2 года назад +84

      but at the same time. piccolos are stupidly hard to play.

    • @marichiari4360
      @marichiari4360 2 года назад +19

      It’s so cute too

    • @Engie_Boi
      @Engie_Boi 2 года назад +30

      Yeah, but, as a flute player i have to say that piccolos require more air to effectively play a note

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape 2 года назад +3

      @@marichiari4360 teehee! :3

  • @shaunmcdaniels2460
    @shaunmcdaniels2460 9 месяцев назад +1

    I play the French Horn for a few years ... the sound is amazing!!!! These “contra” horns have a bass sound that is incredible!!! Thanks for sharing!!!

  • @werebitch1313
    @werebitch1313 Год назад

    Wow, these are all so amazing!
    Thank you!

  • @onetastysnickers8106
    @onetastysnickers8106 4 года назад +408

    Piccolo clarinet creator: “what if we took a clarinet, and just removed the lower joint?”
    Genius

    • @oliviaallen8609
      @oliviaallen8609 4 года назад

      Common logic🤔

    • @melonlord4889
      @melonlord4889 4 года назад

      69 likes

    • @duckeh7221
      @duckeh7221 4 года назад +4

      One Tasty Snickers should I ask for my clarinet to be changed?

    • @losgatossonmuychidos
      @losgatossonmuychidos 3 года назад +1

      DuckEh • if you like the sound more... than go for it!

    • @Coaniseo
      @Coaniseo 3 года назад

      That’s what I was thinking 😭

  • @reflectionsss
    @reflectionsss 3 года назад +2180

    Why is the bass flute giving me “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” vibes

  • @akpeagles
    @akpeagles 8 месяцев назад

    I like how they are like all either mini or jumbo versions. Love it.

  • @jameshaley5083
    @jameshaley5083 2 месяца назад

    That was awesome!
    It was the highlight of my day! Thanks! 😁

  • @roy4816
    @roy4816 8 лет назад +3517

    How is piccolo less common , it has a part written for it in most pieces

    • @Hashbrowns-ey7kr
      @Hashbrowns-ey7kr 8 лет назад +56

      It might be the maker, not to sure on that on aswell

    • @Hashbrowns-ey7kr
      @Hashbrowns-ey7kr 8 лет назад +5

      One*

    • @gameaddiction7731
      @gameaddiction7731 8 лет назад +2

      Exactly.

    • @Trolologram
      @Trolologram 8 лет назад +66

      I'm sure it has to do with it being a piccolo flute, not just a piccolo. There may be some kind of difference between the two

    • @Duncanmn
      @Duncanmn 7 лет назад +142

      No, the terms "piccolo flute" and "piccolo" actually refer to the same instrument.

  • @danielkim7739
    @danielkim7739 3 года назад +1832

    these are the types of instruments you would hear in anime soundtracks but have no idea what they are.

    • @seronymus
      @seronymus 3 года назад +30

      I recommended the anime Euphonia

    • @gatoloco3949
      @gatoloco3949 2 года назад +8

      @@seronymus XD, I know what that else, it's an awful hentai.

    • @messiahcomplex1
      @messiahcomplex1 2 года назад +25

      @@gatoloco3949 it's literally a slice of life anime about a concert band??

    • @hetakusoda2977
      @hetakusoda2977 2 года назад +52

      One of you is thinking of Euphoria, and one of you is thinking of Sound Euphonium. Which one Seronymus meant I do not know

    • @96fatcat
      @96fatcat 2 года назад +10

      Lmfao this is a funny convo

  • @gargolgaming8101
    @gargolgaming8101 7 месяцев назад +2

    that contrabass clarinet makes an unbelievably good sound

  • @generalzod7959
    @generalzod7959 5 месяцев назад +1

    Great to see these instruments get their chance to be heard! 👏

  • @electricbill872
    @electricbill872 5 лет назад +692

    1:10 when your mom tells you to take your brother with you

  • @ac3tam1ophen94
    @ac3tam1ophen94 4 года назад +534

    All of these other instruments: (normal names)
    4:52: b i g c a r l t h e t u b a

    • @shortname1644
      @shortname1644 4 года назад +1

      @Peter Griffin same

    • @fl7830
      @fl7830 4 года назад +3

      raynbow sprinkles, it’s actually called the titanic tube but it has a human name

    • @NoahAlbrecht
      @NoahAlbrecht 3 года назад

      Peter

  • @TheA.K.
    @TheA.K. Год назад

    This was a really cool video. I had never heard of several of these. Thanks for sharing!

  • @claytonmiles
    @claytonmiles 6 месяцев назад

    Brilliant!

  • @jacksbackyardbbq4840
    @jacksbackyardbbq4840 2 года назад +1110

    The piccolo instruments just look fun, they’re so compact and petite you could just bring them anywhere and play.

    • @pengi90
      @pengi90 2 года назад +61

      They also hurt your ears lol

    • @emmafurini1333
      @emmafurini1333 2 года назад +89

      When I played piccolo flute in my band, I'd put it into my pocket. They're very portable!

    • @brandonmuir8944
      @brandonmuir8944 2 года назад +33

      Harmonica playes says "pfffftttr!!! Been doing that for years!!"

    • @offbrandreadingrainbow1691
      @offbrandreadingrainbow1691 2 года назад +1

      and on the other hand…

    • @parrotpepper332
      @parrotpepper332 2 года назад +4

      Lol I'm our bands picc player and I shove it into the water bottle pocket on the side of my backpack (don't worry it zips up)

  • @doglover12345andfr
    @doglover12345andfr 3 года назад +199

    Some of these are really beautiful sounding...others I’m convinced you need the lungs of a horse to play

    • @whatsaeuphonium9077
      @whatsaeuphonium9077 2 года назад +13

      Not to flex or anything but... I play low brass😏

    • @davianpena3706
      @davianpena3706 2 года назад +4

      @@whatsaeuphonium9077 i play tuba and low reed, I play low reed for school, and tuba on my own time for a smaller band I’m a part of

  • @JadedFett1138
    @JadedFett1138 Год назад +2

    The contraband Trumbone sounds both peaceful and menacing at the same time. Love it

  • @petercozzaglio6070
    @petercozzaglio6070 Год назад

    Fascinating.

  • @ec12384
    @ec12384 2 года назад +1703

    The piccolo itself is not uncommon, it’s pretty essential in every standard symphony orchestra

    • @jacksonenglish2918
      @jacksonenglish2918 Год назад +229

      Having it in tune is uncommon lol

    • @blu9547
      @blu9547 Год назад +51

      @@jacksonenglish2918s a Piccolo player, ouch.

    • @Xiao944
      @Xiao944 Год назад +9

      But it will hurt your ear if you hear for too long

    • @itswilby8601
      @itswilby8601 Год назад +16

      Yeah the piccolo isn’t uncommon. In fact 3 flutes play the piccolo in my high school band and my eldest sister also played the piccolo

    • @Rocketeus
      @Rocketeus Год назад +3

      The person to the right needs ear plugs lol

  • @vyashtuijnman6417
    @vyashtuijnman6417 4 года назад +628

    The piccolo French horn is freaking adorable.

    • @NoahASoca
      @NoahASoca 4 года назад +4

      My sister cringes to the piccolo French horn idk why

    • @lilypearson6065
      @lilypearson6065 4 года назад +3

      Vyash Tuijnman i want one

    • @goob9745
      @goob9745 4 года назад +12

      Lily Pearson- Everybody gangster til the Horns pull up with tiny piccolo Horns

    • @karenelizabeth9720
      @karenelizabeth9720 4 года назад +3

      and the piccolo trombone, bless!

    • @lucxsia68
      @lucxsia68 4 года назад +3

      I played French horn for all of two weeks before giving up (I also play flute and the embrasures were too conflicting) and the piccolo French horn sounds like my worst nightmare

  • @fluffylobster2916
    @fluffylobster2916 8 месяцев назад

    That tiny little french horn is just adorable!

  • @Ravie3
    @Ravie3 2 месяца назад

    I love the sound of the contrabass clarinet.

  • @joshuapalma408
    @joshuapalma408 5 лет назад +1220

    1:32 idk why but i like this one alot

  • @ashtonwheat5277
    @ashtonwheat5277 5 лет назад +300

    0:49 me trying to start my car in the winter

  • @mossybro9847
    @mossybro9847 Год назад +2

    I am in LOVE with the sound of the bass trumpet bro it is so good

  • @N30NF43
    @N30NF43 Год назад

    That tiny clarinet brings me joy

  • @TroubleQuakers
    @TroubleQuakers 3 года назад +861

    *A person’s voice will go slightly higher when speaking to a person they like.*
    The girl I have a crush on talking to me: 3:58

  • @firlyn-3985
    @firlyn-3985 6 лет назад +559

    AlL iNsTrUmEnTs TREMBLE aT tHe sIgHt Of BiG cArL tHe TuBa

  • @ms22401gal
    @ms22401gal 5 месяцев назад

    Fascinating video. I had no idea most of these even existed! 😊

  • @rakutzimbel4539
    @rakutzimbel4539 Год назад

    It's for the first time I saw and heard a contrabass horn, thank you for that!

  • @lordlouckster2315
    @lordlouckster2315 3 года назад +971

    3:08 Oh, hey, I know that guy! He's the guy who played 3 notes on a trombone at the same time!

    • @user-uo8hd7cr4n
      @user-uo8hd7cr4n 3 года назад +32

      I thought the same when saw him

    • @carolinecaveness4220
      @carolinecaveness4220 3 года назад +27

      I literally just got reccommended that video today😂

    • @uelssom
      @uelssom 3 года назад +7

      Wasn't he the singer for The Doors?

    • @lordlouckster2315
      @lordlouckster2315 3 года назад +33

      Jim Morrison's real name was James as well, but the trombone player is a different James Morrison.

    • @InventorDBA
      @InventorDBA 3 года назад +1

      @@carolinecaveness4220 OMG SAME

  • @nicolem8720
    @nicolem8720 6 лет назад +472

    1:10 I can literally feel the vibrations of the contrabass clarinet

    • @itscorvid358
      @itscorvid358 5 лет назад +35

      As a clarinet player, my fingers started feeling weird hearing that

    • @briannamccoy6310
      @briannamccoy6310 5 лет назад +6

      themelonalwaysbegone same lol

    • @katiekimmel5621
      @katiekimmel5621 5 лет назад +8

      Contrabass will vibrate into your soul😂

    • @Julia-ku5oy
      @Julia-ku5oy 5 лет назад +5

      I play it it’s pretty fun

    • @krystalkline1905
      @krystalkline1905 5 лет назад +5

      @@itscorvid358 Right?! But my other clarinet playing friend loves the low notes cause of the vibrating so she would be in heaven playing it 😂😂

  • @sky-boy6038
    @sky-boy6038 Год назад

    It's pretty neat to see people play these varients of instruments!