On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 10:17 PM, John Howell <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry I wasn't clear. I was talking about Mendelssohn's orchestra, whether > in Leipzig or other places he might have been writing for. I know Mozart > used contra, and I think Beethoven as well, but I don't know how widespread > their use was, or whether there were other "contra" models in use that were > not necessarily a full octave below the standard bassoon.
OK, maybe just sounding a tritone below? Contrafagatto = Contrabassoon. Keep things simple when they are simple, John, goodness! RBH _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [email protected] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
