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C Instruments: Bass Trumpet, Western Concert Flute, C Melody Saxophone, Cornettino, Contrabass Bugle

C Instruments: Bass Trumpet, Western Concert Flute, C Melody Saxophone, Cornettino, Contrabass Bugle


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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Bass Trumpet, Western Concert Flute, C Melody Saxophone, Cornettino, Contrabass Bugle, Bass Flute. Excerpt: A bass flute The bass flute is the bass member of the flute family. It is in the key of C, pitched one octave below the concert flute . Because of the length of its tube (approximately 146 cm), it is usually made with a "J" shaped head joint, which brings the embouchure hole within reach of the player. It is usually only used in flute choirs, as it is easily drowned out by other instruments of comparable register, such as the clarinet . Alternate terminology Prior to the mid-20th century, the term "bass flute" was sometimes used, especially in Great Britain, to refer to the alto flute instead (for example: the part for "bass flute in G" in Gustav Holst 's The Planets ). Range and construction A bass flute being played. The instrument's sounding range is from o, one octave below middle C, to C6, two octaves above middle C. Bass flute music is written an octave higher than it sounds which is the typical concert flute range (C4 to C7). Notes written above A6 are not often used as they are difficult to produce and have inferior tone. Because manufacturers do not taper the flute body through the curve, intonation of all notes beginning with written D6 and higher tend sharp. The player can bend them in tune through blowing technique or use alternate fingerings. Bass flutes often have a C foot rather than the B foot common to other flutes. The shorter tube reduces acoustic resistance, which quickens the response and makes the tone brighter, livelier, and more resonant. The shorter tube also makes the instrument somewhat lighter and less fatiguing for the player to hold. Bass flutes are most often made with silver plated bodies and head joints. Most basses come with trill keys w...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781155330785
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • Sub Title: Bass Trumpet, Western Concert Flute, C Melody Saxophone, Cornettino, Contrabass Bugle
  • Width: 229 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1155330781
  • Publisher Date: 03 May 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 86 gr


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