: pitched lower than a bass instrument of the same type
a contrabass clarinet
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At the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, a standing ovation for Tijuana composer Andrés Martín and conductor Ankush Kumar Bahl Consider the contrabass, a loyal servant in the orchestra.San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2022 Selections from Two-Part Inventions (arranged for violin and contrabass), Prokofiev’s Sonata for Two Violins in C Major, Op. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2020 They were greatly assisted by Heather Vorwerck on baroque cello (held between her legs was the practice) and by Shanon Zusman on the violone, the five-stringed predecessor to the contrabass.San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Oct. 2019 The other revelation on this concert was Prokofiev’s 1924 Quintet in G minor, scored for the odd ensemble of oboe, clarinet, violin, viola and contrabass.San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2019 San Diego State University’s Community Music School offers a variety of workshops for strings, contrabass and piano. Beth Wood, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 May 2018 The instrumentation requires extra winds (including a contrabass clarinet) and brass (six horns, four trombones). Christian Hertzog, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 May 2018 The deep-sea contrabass clarinet and contrabassoon that Salonen love contribute a strange bottom to the orchestral sound. Mark Swed, latimes.com, 16 Apr. 2018 Mark Dresser Quintet Expect a night of dazzling aural adventure when San Diego contrabass great Mark Dresser is joined by a stellar band featuring the superb flutist Nicole Mitchell, rising piano phenom Joshua White and trombonist Michael Dessen. George Varga, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018 See More