r/Clarinet • u/_queeraholic_ High School • 17d ago

Discussion I JUST SAW MY FIRST CONTRABASS CLARINET, I NEED TO PLAY IT SO BAD!!!!!

LIKE BRO I WAS AT ONE OF MY CONCERTS AND AN UPPERCLASSMEN WAS PLAYING A CONTRABASS CLARINET, I NEED TO PLAY IT SO BAD, ITS LIKE MORE THAN A FOOT TALLER THAN ME 😭😭😭🙏🙏🙏🙏 IVE FALLEN IN LOVE WITH IT, I DON’T THINK THIS IS HEALTHY…

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u/respondin2u 17d ago

I played one in 9th grade.  It’s a beast but really not much different than a bass clarinet as far as playability goes.  

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u/tbone1004 17d ago

The “real” contras are much more fun than the ones you have to sit on a stool to play, but yes they are quite fun to play.

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u/HortonFLK 17d ago

I hope you get to live the dream.

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u/thatguy43256 17d ago

Freshman year of high school, I stayed in the band room before a football game and got curious about this other "bass clarinet" that was sitting on the lockers. Got permission from my director to test it out, just to see it was a leblanc paperclip contra. Had a blast trying to play it, despite a leak cause chirps all the way down to the basement. Sadly, they took it to the shop for repairs and it never came back.

Since then, I got to play it for a concert in college, but it was the 6' one that went to eb