Which classical instrument besides double bass

[AlphaMale]

Has the closest range to an electric bass?

[Pacman]

Tuba, I'd guess.

Although Cello comes pretty darn close, too.

[Phalex]

Bassoon?

[DblG]

Originally Posted by Phalex

Bassoon?

That's what I was thinking, or Oboe?

[AlphaMale]

Tuba is similar but it has like 5 notes a four string can't reach (that I know of from playing Tuba pieces) Oboe is a REALLY high instrument higher than even clarinet..
Bassoon maybe. I think bassoon might.

[Pacman]

Bassoon sounds an octave above a string or electric bass.

Oboe is 3 Octaves above a bass.

[mjolnir]

Tuba or Contra-bass clarinet or bass sax (rare as all get-out) or piano.

[lemur821]

French horn is pretty close. Lowest note is a first-fret F or so, and it goes up a few octaves from there.

[Pacman]

Originally Posted by lemur821

French horn is pretty close. Lowest note is a first-fret F or so, and it goes up a few octaves from there.

It's actually F# an octave above the lowest F on the bass. (F#3)

[tkozal]

A Piano! Do I win?

[mjolnir]

Originally Posted by tkozal

A Piano! Do I win?

Oh sorry, no cookie for you. Beat ya to it, bro.

[lemur821]

Originally Posted by Pacman

It's actually F# an octave above the lowest F on the bass. (F#3)

I don't believe so. A horn's middle C is a fourth space F in concert pitch. Down an octave is F below the staff. Another octave is a bass's first-fret F.

[Pacman]

Ok, I did some digging. The lowest sounding range for a french horn is Bb, a tritone above the E string of a bass. So I was wrong there. However, I've never heard a french horn player play nearly as low as I can. I don't know what the practical range is.

[Febs]

This might be useful:



Source: http://www.psbspeakers.com/audio-top...ncies-of-Music

[lemur821]

Originally Posted by Pacman

The lowest sounding range for a french horn is Bb, a tritone above the E string of a bass. So I was wrong there.

That's not correct either. I expect that most professional horn players can hit the A below that Bb. I would call it the the horn's lowest practical note. I've played the low F myself, although it's very hard, and the G is fairly hard to sound clearly.

The lowest note I've ever encountered in horn literature is the G an octave above those notes, pitched the same as a bass's G string. So you're pretty much correct with regard to its usual playing range, but a F/Bb double horn's total range extends a bit further.

[BassChuck]

Originally Posted by lemur821

I expect that most professional horn players can hit the A below that Bb. I would call it the the horn's lowest practical note. I've played the low F myself, although it's very hard, and the G is fairly hard to sound clearly.

That's right. The Shostakovich 5th symphony has the low concert A for horns... that's the lowest pitch in symphonic literature. I've played that symphony and the low note is one of the favorite parts, although there are some wonderful solos in the 1st and 4th movement.

In reality though french horn at that range is difficult, unstable in pitch and very inflexible. While it is possible to play about as low as a bass on french horn, I don't know of any horn players who could cover a Jamerson line at pitch.

[AlphaMale]

Febs you rock for posting that you're genius.

By the way I fond out a Tuba is pretty close, a tuba plays the music exactly how it appears on the sheet but I play it an octave lower than it's on the sheet. So when I was playing tuba parts, they were meant to be played higher, so when the tuba music went low it was going into my range. So the bass goes to E and the tuba goes Eb.

[SoComSurfing]

Hmm... there are some discrepancies between that chart and the one I've been using here. Interactice Frequency Chart

[funkalicious101]

Tuba has more range than a bass?


ugh, that is actually sickening.

[SpaceYourBass]

for strings, I would guess cello is closest to the bass guitar next to the DB