| The tutti strangeness is that of an orchestra without violas and cellos, but in which double basses, contrabassoon and piccolos are prominent. |
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| The contrabassoon gained importance as the most effective wind double bass and the lowest instrument of the orchestra. |
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| The symphonic repertoire calls for the basic 2 oboes and cor anglais, just as it does two flutes and piccolo, two clarinets and bass clarinet, two bassoons and contrabassoon. |
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| He also incorporated two other instruments previously used only in operatic or religious music, the piccolo and contrabassoon. |
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| The serpent and its derivatives, the Russian bassoon and the bass horn, were eventually replaced by the contrabassoon. |
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| Use the following instrument names: violoncello, English horn, contrabassoon and timpani. |
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| Plus, David Owen Norris presents Inside the Score and there is a feature on the contrabassoon. |
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| The modern contrabassoon follows Heckel's design of approximately 1870, with the tubing doubled back four times and often with a metal bell that points downward. |
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| The first useful contrabassoon, or double bassoon, sounding an octave lower than the bassoon and much employed in large scores, was developed in Vienna and used occasionally by the classical composers. |
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| The contrabassoon is made of a tube almost six metres long. |
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| The Symphony No. 7 is a version authorized by Beethoven himself, scored for two oboes, two clarinets, two horns, two bassoons and one contrabassoon. |
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| The piece began with a slow rumble of the double basses, contrabassoon as if from the lowest depths of the earth. |
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| Instruments like the contrabassoon and piccolo became standard in the orchestra. |
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| For example, can the contrabassoon part be played up an octave? |
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