Talk:Contrabass saxophone

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[edit] Double/triple B-flat/E-flat

Personally, I don't think anybody knows what "double B flat" or "triple E flat" means. I know I don't. Does this clarify things better than saying "one octave below the baritone" or "two octaves below the tenor," etc.? Badagnani 23:20, 17 December 2005 (UTC)

This is the stanard notation for denoting musical instrument keys or pitches. The sentence should probably read "pitched in EEb"; and it probably is a good idea to clarify that with "one octave below the baritone", etc. Honestly, anyone who doesn't know what "EEb" or a "baritone (saxophone)" are probably are not going to know or care what a contrabass saxophone or a tubax are. Those that don't know and are interested will have learnt something new by reading this article. Perhaps it could be linked to Note for those curious what it means? Elemtilas 17:36, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
"Honestly, anyone who doesn't know what "EEb" or a "baritone (saxophone)" are probably are not going to know or care what a contrabass saxophone or a tubax are."
  • I am one, and I have contributed, if you look through the edit histories, quite extensively to all of the low saxophone articles. Badagnani 21:01, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
I don't know what it means either. I've seen references to B♭ piccolo clarinets, the standard soprano clarinet is said to be pitched in B♭ an octave lower, the bass clarinet is in B♭ an octave below that -- and the contrabass clarinet, I am told, is in BB♭ an octave below the bass. How come the first three have the same key designation, with one B, but the contrabass has two Bs? (In sax terms, I guess the same applies to the soprillo saxophone, alto saxophone, and baritone saxophone "in E♭" and the contrabass saxophone in "EE♭".) I've seen this "standard notation" a lot, but what I've never seen is a cogent explanation of it. I've seen a system of pitch notation where c is middle C, C is one octave lower, CC is two octaves lower, cc is an octave above middle C, and so on -- but that clearly isn't what's going on here. -- Rsholmes 00:23, 15 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Weight

How much does it weigh? 68.143.166.174 11:23, 6 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Godzilla

I've heard that running a rubber glove up and down this instrument is originally how Godzilla's roar was created. If anyone can cite it, that should be added. --—Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.122.63.142 (talk • contribs)

Well, the creator of Godzilla's roar, Akira Ifukube, allegedly said the following: "I loosened the strings of a contrabass and pulled them with resin coated leather gloves. We slowed the speed and tried other things." (From this link.) So, while it doesn't belong here, it might be included in the article on double bass. ---Sluzzelin talk 19:04, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Playing range

It would be a good idea, I think, to not use the alto sax playing range, but rather get a contrabass sax playing range image made. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Knutaldrin (talk • contribs) 19:35, 11 May 2007

this playing range is obviously wrong!