what does a bass recorder sound like?

chaudan · Post by **chaudan** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 3:42 am

does anyone know where i can hear a sample of a bass recorder playing?

or a sample of a shaw low d whistle?

brewerpaul · Post by **brewerpaul** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 5:35 am

Don't know about samples, but if you want to call me, I can play a Bass recorder for you over the phone! It is actually a very quiet instrument an octave LOWER than a low G whistle.

chaudan · Post by **chaudan** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 8:49 am

not feasible as i'm in Malaysia...heh.

But i've never heard of bass recorders before so thats why I'm interested.

What about the bamboo saxaphone i've seen in songsea.com?
what would that sound like??

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 9:11 am

Bamboo sax?
http://www.xaphoon.com/
sound samples are on the website

I can make a sound sample of a bass recorder for you,
but it will have to wait until the weekend.

Mike J · Post by **Mike J** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 9:17 am

chaudan wrote:not feasible as i'm in Malaysia...heh.
What about the bamboo saxaphone i've seen in songsea.com?
what would that sound like??

I don't know what the bamboo saxes from songsea sound like, but I was at a ren fair this past weekend and Eric from www.eriktheflutemaker.com was there selling his bamboo flutes, whistles and saxes. I thought the saxes sounded absolutely incredible and would have bought one on the spot. The problem is that bamboo saxes are limited (at least the ones I seen) to a one octive range. Overblowing and putting extra pressure on the reed can get you a few extra notes, but the range was just too limited for what I wanted.

If anyone knows of any bamboo saxes with a greater range, I'd love to know about them.

chaudan · Post by **chaudan** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 9:23 am

managed to find a few samples including bass recorder

http://uk.geocities.com/GeoffW27/Thousand.html

Wow! the xaphoons sound really good!
but they look different from the ones on songsea.com

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 9:33 am

Mike, did you go to the Scottish Festival in Pembroke Pines?

Mike J · Post by **Mike J** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 9:50 am

Tony wrote:Mike, did you go to the Scottish Festival in Pembroke Pines?

It was the South Florida Renaissance Fair in Quiet Waters Park. I didn't know there was a Scottish festival or I'd have been sure to check it out.

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 9:57 am

I didn't know about the Ren Fair...

The Scottish Festival was at CB Smith park this past
weekend. I had a last minute change of plans and
didn't get to go.

selkie · Post by **selkie** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:08 am

Thank you Chaudan for the link. I have just bought an Angel Bass recorder, which I know isn't one of the best ones but it was within my price range, and apart from the fact that I damaged the cork on the crook straight away I like the sound of it. The mp3 files will be great to play along to.

chaudan · Post by **chaudan** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:21 am

the xaphoon has a 2 octave range

Mike J · Post by **Mike J** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 10:56 am

chaudan wrote:the xaphoon has a 2 octave range

I noticed that, thanks. I was in the process of typing my initial reply at the same time Tony posted his link to the xaphoon. When I saw the link, I went and took a look. It looks pretty cool and sounds great. I may have to try out one of the plastic jobs (the pocket sax) and see how it sounds.

Guy Costanzo · Post by **Guy Costanzo** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 11:22 am

You can hear sound samples of all the recorder family instruments at:
http://www.hants.gov.uk/hrs/range/audio.html

Bloomfield · Post by **Bloomfield** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 1:44 pm

The real question is, "What does a bass recorder look like?"

I am, finally, able to provide the answer:

TubeDude · Post by **TubeDude** » Wed Mar 05, 2003 3:19 pm

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