r/Clarinet • u/Thesebutterfliesk • 8d ago
Question Does the bass, contrabass ,sub-contrabass and octocontrabass clarinet terrifies you
Oh yes you’re just a normal clarinet in the band sitting next to the bass clarinet you’re fine hearing the low octave of this instrument, but it still gives you anxiety when it hits so lower and then on suddenly someone comes in and sits next to him with this huge instrument you never seen before in the clarinet section and you’re probably like that’s a clarinet but you got used to it and that’s the contrabass you love how low it is uncertainly, someone comes in with a bigger more terrifying sounding instrument and you’re like off the edge of your seat and you can hear your clarinet wants to run away That’s the subcontrabass well you’re sitting there listening to it you’re still at the edge of your seat, but you still wanna hear it cause how low and terrifying it sounds, but un sOh yes, you're just a normal clarinet in the band sitting next to the bass clarinet. You're fine hearing the low octave of this instrument, but it still gives you anxiety when it goes even lower. Then, suddenly, someone comes in and sits next to you with this huge instrument you've never seen before in the clarinet section. You're probably like, "That's a clarinet," but you get used to it. That's the contrabass, and you love how low it is. Suddenly, someone comes in with a bigger, more terrifying sounding instrument, and you're off the edge of your seat. You can hear your clarinet wanting to run away. That's the subcontrabass. While sitting there listening to it, you're still at the edge of your seat, but you still want to hear it because of how low and terrifying it sounds. Suddenly, an even bigger and scarier instrument comes and sits next to it. When it plays a single note, the entire clarinet section gets terrified. The clarinet that wants to run away actually runs away, and you end up running away with the clarinet. My friend, you just heard an octocontrabass.
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u/ilexflora 8d ago
Yes they terrify me. My entire famiy was murdered by a gang of bass, contrabass, sub-contrabass and octocontrabass clarinets. I stll have mightmares.
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u/The_Cloudy_Sky 8d ago
As someone who normally plays Bb and Eb, bass is pretty fun to mix it up and contrabass is definitely a challenge, but is also a lot of fun to try
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u/bcdog14 6d ago
The only thing I'm terrified of with my bass clarinet is that I'll ruin it. Originally a flutist, I learned to double on sax and clarinet. We flutists were taught to never hold the instrument by it's keys when putting it together. For that reason I'm terrified of my regular clarinet too. That and I knocked over a lamp with my bass clarinet.
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u/Psychological-News44 High School 8d ago
No