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2. Altissimo - Wikipedia

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   Saxophone altissimo is generally considered to be any note that is higher than written high F ♯, which is considered the highest note in the saxophone's regular range.. Altissimo is produced by the player using various voicing techniques such as air stream, tongue, throat and embouchure variations to disturb the fundamental of a note, which results in one of the higher overtones domina

3. Recorder (musical instrument) - Wikipedia

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   Also of note is the occasional use of notes outside the normal two octave compass of the recorder: the range of the solo sections is two octaves from notated F4 to notated F6, however there is a single notated C4 in the first movement of RV 444, a notated E4 in a tutti section in the first movement of RV 443 and low E4 in multiple tutti ...

4. Great bass recorder - Wikipedia

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   The great bass recorder requires a key for the bottom note, which was protected by a so-called fontanelle. An S-shaped bocal or crook is used to make it somewhat more comfortable to play the instrument. Because the finger holes are not covered with keys, some of the tone holes are placed in acoustically unfavorable locations to accommodate the ...

5. Bass recorder - Wikipedia

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   A bass recorder is a wind instrument in F 3 that belongs to the family of recorders.. The bass recorder plays an octave lower than the alto or treble recorder. In the recorder family it stands in between the tenor recorder and C great-bass (or quart-bass) recorder.

6. Bassoon repertoire - Wikipedia

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   Libby Larsen: Jazz Variations for Solo Bassoon (1977), Concert Piece for Bassoon and Piano (2008), Full Moon in the City (2013) Lior Navok: Ex Silentium for bassoon and piano (2018) Robert Paterson: Sonata for Bassoon and Piano [3] (2001); Elegy for Two Bassoons and Piano [4] (2006–07) Wolfgang Rihm: Psalmus for bassoon and orchestra (2007)

7. Contrabassoon - Wikipedia

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   The contrabassoon is a very deep-sounding woodwind instrument that plays in the same sub-bass register as the tuba, double bass, or contrabass clarinet.It has a sounding range beginning at B ♭ 0 (or A 0, on some instruments) and extending up over three octaves to D 4, though the highest fourth is rarely scored for.

8. Bassoon Concerto (Weber) - Wikipedia

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   This work and the Mozart Bassoon Concerto are the two concertos most often played in the bassoon repertoire. William Waterhouse asserts, “The bassoon concerto by Weber ranks second only to that of Mozart in importance.” [1] The concertos by Mozart and Weber were in the repertoire used for the famous playing exams at the Paris Conservatoire, along with newly commissioned works by French ...

9. Double bass - Wikipedia

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   The standard notes of the open strings are E 1, A 1, D 2, and G 2, the same as an acoustic or electric bass guitar. However, the resonance of the wood, combined with the violin-like construction and long scale length gives the double bass a much richer tone than the bass guitar, in addition to the ability to use a bow, while the fretless ...