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Maria Ramey playing a double contrabass flute. The subcontrabass flute is a member of the Western concert flute family. With the length of tubing ranging from 4.6 metres (15 ft) (when in G) to 5.5 metres (18 ft) long (when in C), it is the second largest instrument of the family after the hyperbass flute.
The double contrabass flute (sometimes also called octobass flute) is pitched in the key of C, three octaves below the concert flute (two octaves below the bass flute, and one octave below the contrabass flute). Its lowest note is C 1, one octave below the cello's lowest C. Despite the tendency of the larger sizes of flute to be quiet, the ...
Octandre for flute (doubling piccolo), oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, and double bass; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6 for flute and bassoon; Chôros No. 2 for flute and clarinet; Chôros No. 7 for flute, oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone, bassoon, violin and cello with tam-tam ad lib
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).
The bass flute is an octave lower than the concert flute, and the contrabass flute is an octave lower than the bass flute. Less commonly seen flutes include the treble flute in G, pitched one octave higher than the alto flute; soprano flute, between the treble and concert; and tenor flute or flûte d'amour in B ♭ , A or A ♭ [ citation ...
The instrument's sounding range is from C 3 (or B 2 if a B Foot Joint), one octave below middle C, to C 6, two octaves above middle C. Bass flute music sounds an octave lower than it is written, which is the typical concert flute range (C 4 to C 7). Notes written above A 6 are not often used as they are difficult to produce and have inferior ...
For example, the contrabass flute's lowest note is approximately an octave higher than that of the contrabass clarinet. Instruments tuned below contrabass instruments, such as the double contrabass flute or subcontrabass saxophone, may be referred to as "double contrabass," "triple contrabass," "subcontrabass," or "octocontrabass" instruments ...
Subcontrabass flute (very rare, often called the contrabass flute in G, sounding two octaves below the alto flute) Double contrabass flute (very rare, sounding one octave below the contrabass flute, two below the bass flute and three below the concert flute) The flûte d'amour in B ♭ or A is also occasionally seen in flute choirs. The G ...