Videos of people playing bass flutes

Being the band geek that I was in high school, I’ve always loved obscure musical instruments. In high school I played the Baritone because that’s about as obscure as you can get in high school. Most people probably don’t know what a baritone is unless they were in band themselves. I liked it because I was always the only baritone player. I didn’t have to worry about the different competitions for different chairs. That being said, I had to be good. I couldn’t just fake my parts because I was the only one.

Being a low brass member along with the tuba and trombone players, we always thought ourselves as a little better than the rest of the band. We were big, bad, low, and loud. We always made fun of the flute and clarinet players. Our favorite saying was, “I wish I played the clarinet, I’d be cool, yeah you bet”. It was all in good fun though. We knew it took everybody to make the band.

What I didn’t know is that there was such a thing as a bass flute. How cool is the flute in the above video? Now that’s a flute I would love to learn to play.

via Boingboing