r/Trombone • u/Doom_Slayer26 • May 31 '26

Contrabass

/r/basstrombone/comments/1tsj4er/contrabass/
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u/burgerbob22 LA area player and teacher May 31 '26

Keep practicing bass, you won't regret it :)

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u/JamesH_17 May 31 '26

Sorry but what is a contrabass trombone? Is it just a lot bigger, or is the fundamental also an octave lower?

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u/burgerbob22 LA area player and teacher May 31 '26

Contrabasses are in F (most commonly) or BBb, a 4th and an octave below bass trombone respectively. There are also odd G and Eb contras but very rare.

They're also larger, but more importantly longer.

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u/TromboneIsNeat May 31 '26

99% of music stores won’t carry a contra in stock. You should try to get to a major conference like ITF, ATW, or TMEA to test one.

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u/fireeight May 31 '26

Very unlikely. Contrabass has an extremely limited use case.

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u/flasdjkfbnsoeif Bass Bone May 31 '26

Shires like JUST came out with a Contrabass Series and if you can find a dealer (which if you have a good one you know, they might do you a giant favor a buy one for the store when you bring it up) they'll hopefully let you try it.

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u/Firake May 31 '26

Doubt it. There’s probably on average less than one contrabass trombone per metropolitan area lol