Contrabass trombone

[poomshanka]

Nice little lick:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_5AszFY6_E

Technical stuff is a tad rough, but he really lays out the descending line (down to a pedal C, I think).

...D

[OldsRecording]

Nice little lick:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_5AszFY6_E

Technical stuff is a tad rough, but he really lays out the descending line (down to a pedal C, I think).

...D

This is similar, but much, MUCH lower.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1rjIRkQ ... re=related" target="_blank

[OldsRecording]

Nice little lick:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_5AszFY6_E

Technical stuff is a tad rough, but he really lays out the descending line (down to a pedal C, I think).

...D

This is similar, but much, MUCH lower.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1rjIRkQ ... re=related" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

Oop... I feel a little oozy inside. BROWN NOTE!

That lowest 'note' kinda sounds like rapidly banging on the side of a steel drum with a ball-peen hammer.

[eupher61]

That lowest 'note' kinda sounds like rapidly banging on the side of a steel drum with a ball-peen hammer.

sounds like a voice of experience. strange...

[Todd S. Malicoate]

I think he is using multiphonics on double pedals on the contra.

Not even close to "double pedals." The lowest note he plays is:

Only a fourth below the pedal F. Otherwise known as a "pedal C." I also didn't hear any multiphonics during the contra cadenza, although I might have missed them.

Todd S. "who hears the term "double pedal" a lot, and still wonders if people know what it means" Malicoate

[Todd S. Malicoate]

You're right, Bob...the melody statement on the contra starts on the G below the C that I thought earlier was the lowest note.

But that's still not a "double pedal" on the contra...still a whole step too high.

[Nick Pierce]

Might I suggest that henceforth, in lieu of the previous and apparently incorrect term "double pedal" for such notes, we say "double low," such as "double low C." It doesn't sound as cool, but I doubt anyone would get confused with it.

Or perhaps "BAMF Low C?"

[Todd S. Malicoate]

I don't have any problem with the term "double pedal." I just wish it were used more accurately (notes at least a full octave below the pedal, like that lowest note in Encounters II when played on a C tuba - that's a double pedal), instead of just referring to "really low notes."

Kind of goes along with BBb, CC, and EEb to me. But I'm fully aware that I'm an anal-retentive bastard. Feel free to ignore me if the inaccurate use of words doesn't bother you.

[Todd S. Malicoate]

Wasn't directed only at you, Bob...you don't have to be quite so melodramatic about it, either. You were the one who threw the term (which does mean something) out there, however. Since you already know what it means, perhaps someone else reading this thread might have learned something useful and won't refer to a low note as a "double pedal" just because it's really low.

You might have noticed when you corrected me about the lowest note in the video, I responded with:

You're right, Bob...the melody statement on the contra starts on the G below the C that I thought earlier was the lowest note.

For some reason, I didn't have the desire to call you a name, nor did I think it would be appropriate.

Todd S. "who reserves the right to be as big or small of an *** about the correct use of language as he wants" Malicoate