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Contrabass Flute
Maria Ramey playing a Kotato contrabass flute
Woodwind instrument
Classification
Wind
Woodwind
Aerophone
Hornbostel–Sachs classification
421.121.12-71 (Side-blown Aerophone with tone holes and keys)
Playing range
Tessitura of the contrabass flute is C2–C4, sounding two octaves lower than written.
Related instruments
Flutes:
Piccolo
Treble
Soprano
C flute
Flûte d'amour
Alto
Bass
Contra-alto
Contrabass
Subcontrabass
Double Contrabass
Hyperbass
The contrabass flute is one of the rarer members of the flute family. Typically seen in flute ensembles, it is sometimes also used in solo and chamber music situations. Its range is similar to the regular concert flute, except it is pitched two octaves lower; the lowest performable note is two octaves below middle C (the lowest C on the cello). Many contrabass flutes in C are also equipped with a low B (in the same manner as many modern standard-sized flutes are). Contrabass flutes are only available from select flute makers.
The contrabass retains the facility for trills, as found elsewhere in the flute world. The contrabass' ease of arpeggiation is moderate and thus equivalent to the rest of the flute family. The contrabass flute requires a much greater air volume to produce sound than most other wind instruments, and a broader, slower air stream is needed to produce a solid tone. The upper registers (middle C and above) lack the tonal strength found in its cousins; the strongest register is arguably between G2 and G3. The low register (below G2) has similar qualities to the bassoon. [1]
Contemporary musicians using the contrabass flute include Paige Dashner Long, Andy Findon, Laura Hyder, Madeleine Bischof, Pierre-Yves Artaud, Matthias Ziegler, Stefan Keller, Ned McGowan, Peter Sheridan, Patricia García, Sérgio Morais, David Lamont, Patrick Shaw Iversen, Vinny Golia and André 3000. Golia plays all flute sizes and recorded the CD Music for Like Instruments: The Flutes with a quartet of three other flutists.[citation needed]
The contrabass flute in C is produced by Jean-Yves Roosen (France),[2] by the Japanese firm Kotato & Fukushima, Eva Kingma, Pearl, Di Zhao, and Christian Jäger from Munich. Jupiter Flutes has created a student model for flute ensembles. Kotato & Fukushima is one of the few sellers of double contrabass flutes.
Contrabass flutes have also been made from PVC pipe by the Dutch flute maker Jelle Hogenhuis.[3] If the wall thickness is kept small, the PVC creates a louder contrabass. PVC can also sustain more rough treatment.
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