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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′ F with a single slide , the first practical contrabass trombones appeared in the mid-19th century built in 18′ B♭ an octave below the ...
- Late 19th century
- 423.22, (Sliding aerophone sounded by lip vibration)
The contrabass trombone is the lowest trombone, first appearing in BB♭ 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 ...
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The contrabass trombone is the lowest-pitched instrument in the trombone family of brass instruments. While modern instruments are pitched in 12′ F with a single slide, the first practical contrabass trombones appeared in the mid-19th century built in 18′ B♭ an octave below the tenor trombone with a double slide.
The cimbasso is a low brass instrument that covers the same range as a tuba or contrabass trombone. First appearing in Italy in the early 19th century as an upright serpent, the term cimbasso came to denote several instruments that could play the lowest brass part in 19th century Italian opera orchestras.
- early 19th century, in Italian opera orchestras; modern design emerged mid 20th century
- 423.233.2, (Valved aerophone sounded by lip vibration with cylindrical bore longer than 2 metres)
Brief description. Name: Contrabass trombone in F. Spelling. German: Kontrabassposaune in F. French: trombone contrebasse. Italian: trombone contrabbasso in Fa. Classification: Aerophone, brass wind instrument. Material: Mainly brass, often gold brass; nickel silver. Mouthpiece: Cup-shaped mouthpiece, a little larger than that of the tenor trombone
Brass Instrument. The contrabass trombone is a brass instrument and the largest and lowest pitched instrument of the trombone family. It has a comfortable range between C1 and D4 and uses a slide mechanism to change the pitch of the notes. The contrabass trombone is often in F and uses two valves.
The contrabass trombone is the lowest-sounding trombone used in music today. It sometimes has a double slide, meaning that the slide tube wraps twice instead of once like on a tenor trombone. The soprano trombone is a type of trombone that plays in the same range as a Bb trumpet. The valve trombone is just a tenor trombone with a valve section ...