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Bass recorder

The bass recorder is a musical instrument. Learn how it makes its sound and explore related instruments.

From Wikipedia

A bass recorder is a wind instrument in F3 that belongs to the family of recorders.

The bass recorder plays an octave lower than the alto or treble recorder. In the recorder family it stands in between the tenor recorder and C great-bass (or quart-bass) recorder.

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