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  2. Contrabass trombone - Wikipedia

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    The contrabass trombone (German: Kontrabassposaune, Italian: trombone contrabbasso) is the lowest-pitched instrument in the trombone family of brass instruments.While modern instruments are pitched in 12 ft (12 ′) F with a single slide, the first practical contrabass trombones appeared in the mid-19th century built in 18 ′ Bâ™­ an octave below the tenor trombone with a double slide.

  3. Contrabass - Wikipedia

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    Contrabass (from Italian: contrabbasso) refers to several musical instruments of very low pitch—generally one octave below bass register instruments. While the term most commonly refers to the double bass (which is the bass instrument in the orchestral string family, tuned lower than the cello), many other instruments in the contrabass register exist.

  4. Trombone - Wikipedia

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    The contrabass trombone is the lowest trombone, first appearing in BBâ™­ an octave below the tenor with a double slide. This design was commissioned by Wagner in the 1870s for his Der Ring des Nibelungen opera cycle. Since the late 20th century however, it has largely been supplanted by a less cumbersome single-slide bass-contrabass instrument ...

  5. Subcontrabass tuba - Wikipedia

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    Most are pitched in thirty-six-foot (36′) BBBâ™­ an octave lower than the BBâ™­ contrabass tuba, their fundamental note Bâ™­-1 corresponding to a frequency of 15 Hz – such a slow vibration that it can scarcely be perceived as a note. The Harvard University Band's Besson La Prodigieuse BBBâ™­ tuba

  6. Pitch of brass instruments - Wikipedia

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    The modern bass trombone is the same length as a tenor trombone, but typically has two valves, pitched in F and Gâ™­. When combined, these valves put the instrument into D. The modern contrabass trombone is usually constructed in F and fitted with two valves in either D and Bâ™­ combining to give Aâ™­, or in C and Dâ™­ combining to give A. The ...

  7. Category:B-flat instruments - Wikipedia

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