Engineering:Triple contrabass viol
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Recordings and performances of sub-contrabass string instruments are rare; over 10 feet (3 m) tall, the triple contrabass viol must be played with the performer on an elevated platform. It was originally a three-stringed baroque instrument tuned C0–G0–C1 or C0–G0–D1 with the lower C coming in at 16.35 Hz. This is equivalent to the C two octaves below the cello's lowest C.
A four-string variant of the contrabass viol is played by bassist Brian Smith on Roscoe Mitchell's recording, Four Compositions (Lovely Music, 1988).[1] It had two large circular holes in the body to facilitate recording.
References
- ↑ Roscoe Mitchell (2021). "Four compositions [sound recording"]. Lovely Music. https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/5997859.
Peter Watrous (6 June 1988). "Reviews/Music; The Half That's Classical". New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/24/arts/reviews-music-the-half-that-s-classical.html.
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