Playing A Unique Instrument
January 15, 2015
People who are fond of music and are interested in not-so common musical instruments would probably find the contrabass clarinet fascinating. If you’ve traveled to France you might know that this instrument was invented there and that it’s still being manufactured there as well as in the US. The contrabass clarinet is one of the largest members of the clarinet family that are commonly used. Also known as the pedal clarinet, it’s pitched in BB♭, sounding two octaves lower than the common B♭ soprano clarinet and one octave lower than the B♭ bass clarinet. Many online music stores sell this instrument, and one model that you can purchase is the Leblanc Model 7182 Contrabass Clarinet Standard.
