"Asturias" for Cello and Tubax in Bb (Subcontrabass Saxophone)

[@robertglogowski777]

Absolutely a stunning performance. I've never heard a Subcontrabass sax sound so beautiful, and paired with the cello is just heaven to my ears.

[@4times4istwelve]

Wow the sound of Tubax is just like the rumbling strings on a contrabass, which blends well with the cello.

[@Alex-mg6vn]

I LOVE IT!! It's hard to find a video of a subcontrabass sax of any kind, let alone a tasteful and meaningful performance of one. This is the performance I've been waiting for!

[@agold2125]

The cellist is so fabulous. With the cobra- sax its easy to miss how beautifully she plays that cello. What a treat.

[@abassinette428]

If I never play tubax, I will have never lived

[@benren10]

truth

[@bruhlmaoo]

It’s actually really fun to play, it’s the smoothest but deepest thing you’ll ever play (I played the Eb one)

[@existentialopal721]

If I don’t ever get to own a subcontrabass tubax then I will have never lived

[@BassHeckelphone]

It is indeed a blast to play :-)

[@edwincancelii2917]

A low Bb Bb Tubax subcontrabass saxophone; that’s awesome.

[@RatPfink66]

I think BBBb.. A Bb tuba is said to be in BBb because it's built to go to E in the CC octave. Whereas a subcontra sax goes to Ab in the CCC octave.

[@davidjohnstone320]

excellent performance!

[@indojeep2623]

That's amazing

[@tedmcdowell4790]

More please.

[@НиколаТанасић]

So awesome!

[@grlsaxbssstainer5014]

Top por Di Mais esse camarada domina esse tubx

[@tidepods1470]

Tubax is in Eb, subcontrabass is in Bb those are to different saxophones. A Tubax is just a regular contrabass saxophone except it is just more compact. Tubax/contrabass is an octave lower than Bari sax and subcontrabass is an octave lower than bass sax.

[@tidepods1470]

See their is a difference

[@deatherman1027]

Mattphillips 0516 there are three types of tubax's 1. the Contrabass in C 2. the Contrabass in Eb 3. and the subcontrabass in Bb

[@tidepods1470]

+Deatherman102 _ Word?!? Who even sales those?

[@Palisadenhonko91]

Those are even prototypes or special models, like those Steffen Schorn uses.

[@deatherman1027]

Here's a link

[@davisilvestredejesusmotta5255]

Esse octocontrabaritono ou tubax subcontrabaixo é fantástico com som muito mais encorpado e suave que o sax subcontrabaixo.

[@davisilvestredejesusmotta5255]

@Abner Willian @Abner Willian então, o nome oficial é só tubax Bb mesmo, mas o timbre seria o de um sub ou octo contrabarítono se ele fosse um contrabarítono o que não é. Ele é um Tubax subcontrabaixo mesmo aliás único no mundo. Forte abraço e obrigado por comentar fica com Deus🙏🏽

[@deatherman1027]

plz make more videos of you playing this or can you upload a video of you playing the full chromatic scale

[@rloomis3]

I know the E-flat Tubax is played with a baritone mouthpiece. What is used for the B-flat instrument here? (Last year I got to try the Eppelsheim C bass, which is played with an alto mouthpiece!)

[@agold2125]

Is that a subcontractor or contra? It doesn’t appear to be sub. Wow what a sound. At times it rumbles like the low notes of an organ.

[@RatPfink66]

The Bb Tubax must be a terribly difficult instrument to keep in a supporting role and still be heard at all. Yet Schorn brings real refinement to it, along with the forceful quality of a strongly bowed bass viol. I doubt any contrabassoonist could do the same...and certainly could not slap the keys for a percussion effect! (The sax behind him is a tenor. The Tubax is pitched 2 octaves lower.)

[@Saxman_sam]

You haven't met Steven braunstein then

[@Saxman_sam]

Or Lewis Lipnick

[@existentialopal721]

@@Saxman_sam Exactly!

[@existentialopal721]

No actually. Since the bore at the mouthpiece isn’t that wide it’s supposed to be a very easy instrument to get a sound out of.

[@dricodelima]

OMG!!!

[@JackieMatthews610318]

Tubax should be usually in E♭, as I know. This B♭ instrument seems like sarrusophone in B♭ with saxophone mouthpiece. The diameter of tube of the tubax may be larger than this one. Anyway, the performance itself is so beautiful!

[@existentialopal721]

how’d he get that tone out of his instrument like that? I don’t think I’ve ever heard a Tubax take on this type of timbre before. His instrument doesn’t really sound like a saxophone and I really want to know how he did it. Is he overblowing? Is he using a different type of reed?

[@pedroi9008]

Actually, it is the acoustic proportions uniquely sculpted with state-of-the-art materials used to build the stage in order to reproduce that sound. Every minute detail is taken into account. I'd use two or three empty Ready-to-use sheet-rock plaster boxes on each side nodal point. I wonder what kind of resonators are below the tarp. Just kidding.

[@existentialopal721]

@@pedroi9008 so then…. What is it? (Light chuckle)

[@veronicatherabbit]

This is great, but the audio quality is awful, so it can't be appreciated to its fullest extent.

[@Saxman_sam]

You could honestly play this on contrabassoon.

[@C61music]

Ok and?

[@Saxman_sam]

Just a little odd to have it written specifically for Bb tubax.

[@C61music]

@@Saxman_sam I dont see anything wrong with this piece being written for a tubax.

[@existentialopal721]

Contrabassoon rattles incessantly at the volumes Steffen is playing at and it can only go down to a Bb0 which is not gonna be good for the piece as he hits the Ab0 on the tubax which is gonna kill the vibe if your doing a cover of this specific performance. So, no.

[@megavidaeos]

I can’t even hear it.

[@instrumentalheadquarters7062]

Mostly in the beginning, you start to hear it later on.