The contrabass looks like I could trust it as my weapon if choice in WW3

holy lord the arpeggio on the contrabass flute was so pretty

Oh my gosh! The amount of air it takes to instantly switch from the piccolo to the contrabass and then have vibrato with it. Immaculate

I wouldn't have believed that the lowest note on the piccolo could be played on the contrabass

I use the contrabass flute to do my morning pullups and hang-dry my washables.

Lots of fun! I gotta get myself up to Alaska! :)

Piccolo players should have to pay reperations to the rest of the orchestra

That contrabass sounds heavenly

The last note on the contrabass sounds like a reed instrument, like a bari sax

Wow! Great breath control on those low pitches of the contrabass!

The contrabass is the lowest flute where you can still hear decent notes

It's hard to believe that there's a flute that plays in bass clef.

I’m in marching band and I usually switch from the c flute to the piccolo because it’s fun to learn both, next I’m going for the base flute.

Eu toco aquela mais conhecida, em C. Meu sonho é tocar em grupo com todas da família. Obrigado pela demonstração!

Can you play Pachelbel's Canon as a sorta one woman band type thing, I think it would be so cool.

My goodness that's a beauty!

Actually, there’s also the subcontrabass and I think a double contrabass. Plus Jelle Hogenhuis built a very very low flute the size of a small car. I was so lucky to meet him ~ 2018 ~ in Amsterdam. You see, he sold me a “Diadeem” Cobtrabass in 2016; my husband and I were traveling there, so I emailed him to see if we might meet? Fabulous couple of hours with him. He’d told me that the really enormous low flute was not audible in its low range; what it effected, though, was to vibrate the walls, becoming the lowest vibrations (the fundamentals) of notes being played by other flutists in the room. Brilliant man. He passed a few years ago😢. Does anyone know if his extant instruments are being sold by a particular vendor? He let me try a wonderful bass flute of his design…. Thanks for making this post!❤

that's like the range of a good trombone player lol

Never seen a flute that size

Your tone is amazing and the playing is great. I played this on clarinet and it was very hard to get good tone in some passages. It must have taken long to play it like this. Well done!

That low b sounds awesome!

You forgot the double contrabass flute. Oh wait

Wait. Theres such a thing as a Contrabass FLUTE??? THAT THING'S MASSIVE!! Cant compare to the Tuba obviously.

Your tone on that is impeccable. Other contrabass flutes ive heard sound like beat boxers

Contrabass flute is now my new favorite instrument

the vibrato is immaculate

Contrabass flute is my dream instrument! I only play euphonium violin and trombone right now, but I hope one day I’ll be able to rent or even buy one! Great video!

Just subbed! Nice job!🎉🎉🎉

The piano chillin like "I've done this for hundreds of years"

I knew about harmonics but still was shocked that there is any range overlap between the CB and piccolo

The amount of air for that contrabass must be insane

They probably shouldn't have given the highest instrument a low counterpart, compare this to a Subcontrabass saxophone which I believe is an octave below the piano.

Now do a hyperbass flute

the contrabass looks like something ud summon a dragon with

Be sure to check out compositions by Jelle Hogenhuis. I may have a couple from music he gave me when we met. [Because of course, what do 2 flutists do when they get together? They play duets. He gave me a couple of flute ensemble pieces, too.]

Wow ❤

Never thought a flute could be that low pitched

I didn’t even know a piccolo was a flute

What a fun video! Thank you for sharing! :) My dog was very interested in the highest and lowest notes haha

I’m getting lightheaded just watching you

Awesome !!

Very beatiful

Got it, so these are the only two kinds of flutes an ensemble needs cause they cover the whole desired range 👍 understood

*I never knew there was such a thing as a contrabass flute!*

I WISH MY SCHOOL HAD THE CONTRABASS FLUTE!!!!!! I WANNA PLAY IT SO BADDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Badass!

That contrabass flute probably takes up some air

Those 3 notes feeling left out😢😂

Don’t forget about the subcontrabass

me : flutes are small and you cant even hear them.🤣🤣 contrabass flute player: * hits me with their flute*

I bet that contrabass takes a ton of air for those richer, stronger tones.

it looks like the top half of a clarinet

I didn’t know they make a flute that big

Comically large flute

It goes even lower with the sub-contrabass

"we almost got the piano." REeaickqoUNKvwoYGqkO

Now all that remains is the subcontrabass flute and hyperbass flute 😅😅

Dont be shy, show us the subcontrabass/hyperbass flute

I wish hyperbass flutes were more common lol

Isn’t that how Cartman found the brown note?

Flutes were always considered to be small until the contrabass came in.

Would this demonstration be possible without vibrato? Or because the note is very low, little vibration is not possible?

Info: We have a bassoon player that does base flute when she is sick to not infect the reed. We have a newer flute player that adores her and asks about the base flute. We where talking about the flute family today and especially the pic and contra base flute

Me when I see a concert bass (ITS AVARAGE ALRIGHT

Who else thinks you can literally play the star spangled banner on the contrabass

That contrabass looks goofy ngl 😭

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Almost sounds like a tuba

That contrabass sounds like a string instrument 😂

I NEVER NEW A FLUTE WAS THAT BIG AND I KNOW IM NOT THE ONLY ONE😅

You can hit a D above that C in the piccolo.

Ok i have never seen the last one.. i play flute, honestly.. THE LAST ONE CANT BE REAL- LIKE THERE'S NO WAY I CAN JUST WALK INTO BAND W/ THAT AND MY BAND DIRECTOR WOULD ACCEPT THAT..

The last note was super wavy but good job geting it that low

have you ever seen or played subcontrabass, double contrabass, or hyperbass flute?

Are you studying this as a master's project? Do you intend to arrange repertoire for it? Is there already an extensive body of work for it? I'm very impressed

What about the sub super bass flute (I think that's what it's called)

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as someone who plays a normal c flute and has only been playing for 3 years, goals fr lol

I mean, the bassoon by itself is a 4 (Sometimes 5) octave instrument...

Interesting... But have you ever heard of the Hyperbass flute?

I didn't know this was there many and I can only play the flute

Bybye eardrums piccolo

What about subcontrabass and hyperbass

dude the lower notes arent like a violet vibration like trombone or tuba they are so smooth almost like a string instrument

Im a natural contra Bass flute, I have te same tessiture

I wish this lesbian just had a bong shaped like a flute

How is that mega flute real???!!!

Omg

What is the name of the smallest flaute??

And u can do same thing with only ONE Bb french horn

contrabass oboe

Sub contrabass reaches the lowest C

And I said all flutes are small

This flute is easy too play if you have dare play basuri which is indian 😂

Who wouldnt pay to see Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson gallivanting around the stage with a codpiece and this beast From The Woods

thats appegio

Jesús crisist that is so big😢

What is that monstrocity called? A titan pipe?😯

If nobody can hear it does it really matter?

No subcontrabass ):