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A Tour Of My Most Unique String Instruments
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- čas přidán 18. 06. 2018
- My home is a diverse biome of string instruments, most of which I am a novice at playing. Timestamps:
Ronrocos: 2:58
Baritone Acoustic: 6:25
Egyptian Oud: 8:34
Nashville Tenor Acoustic: 9:53
4 String Tenor Guitar: 10:59
Classical/Spanish Guitar: 11:24
???????????: 13:09
Sitar: 14:09
"Louisiana tuned" Guitar: 17:00
Chinese Banjo?: 18:11
Fretless Acoustic Bass: 18:54
Garbage Bass: 19:55
Jaco Bass: 20:25
Slappy Bass: 22:34
Fretless Electric Guitar: 24:00
Ibanez Artcore + MIDI Guitar: 24:48
Ronroco is a baritone charango; the bass of the family is the charango bajo.
It originated in Bolivia in the 1980s, invented by Gonzalo Hermosa, of Los Kjarkas.
Your 8-string, 5-course Mexican instrument is a jarana jarocha, and traditional tuning (from low to high) is G3 C4C4 E3E3 A3A3 G4
thank you for blessing us with this knowledge fartwrangler
there are many strange Mexican/hispanic/south american/central american guitar-like instruments.
13:16 This instrument is a Jarana Jarocha. It is tuned G3 C4-C4 E4-E3 A3-A3 G3
The 'Chinese banjo' is called a qinqin (lit. 'Qin lute') and it's a Southern Chinese instrument. I live in Hong Kong and you can find these in traditional instrument stores everywhere. I occasionally see old folks playing these at the park, but as far as I know it's not popular among young people, probably 'cause of its incompatibility with Western music with its microtonal tuning. I've also heard from store owners that it's the same tuning as what you'll hear in Cantonese opera.
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There are many many many unique chinese and hispanic/latin stringed instruments
What a cool collection of instruments you have!
Also that nashville tuning BLEW. MY. MIND. It sounds incredible!
Just a bit of history... For what I’ve read, The Ronroco (first instrument you show) was created in Bolivia (heart of South America), on February the 4th, 1968, by Wilson Hermosa G., at the Athelier of the “Kjarkas” musical school, in Cochabamba.
those low notes on the last one oh my godddd
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Hello, Benn!
It’s really awesome to listen to your collection and recognize instruments from many tracks.
Thanks for such an insight!
Ye ye yeee, I've been waiting for this video for a very long time! Thank you, always been curious about your stringed instruments collection
Strange that he doesn't mention he's left handed playing right handed instruments upside down........
Jimi Hendrix did the same thing, and he made his own way of playing thus making him a guitar lord that only lives like 27 years or so
Technically he did mention it, he said he didn't get scholarship because they noticed he plays "backwards" 😁😁
paperchasin23 yea I know I tried to put once and it was difficult (probably since I’m not left handed) I don’t get how he did it 🤷♂️
@@TartanOfficial - I'm left handed too and tried to play one like Hendrix in high school guitar class. It didn't end well for the myself or the ultra cheap poor quality guitar. Would be fun to try it again on a lefty one.
@paperchasin23 When Hendrix first started he did what this guy does as well. It is also far more common of a thing than you think. iirc avenged sevenfold's guitarist plays like this. Albert King. Otis Rush plays a left handed guitar with the strings in reverse order, Dick Dale, etc
This was an endearing video, thanks Benn!
I was in kind of a bad mood today, but the way you said "goose" when describing the sitar put a big smile on my face. The rest of the video is also lovely, of course.
You and Samantha Grimes are the only guitarists I've ever seen play the instrument truly upside down and lefty. I'm absolutely intrigued by that. I've been playing for 27 years, and I can't wrap my head around it. Well, you got a new subscriber in me!! Good show!
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I've always wondered whether my violin playing wouldn't have been easier and better id I were a lefty....Alas one cannot simply reverse the strings since the sound post is underneath the tightest and highest E string and will most certainly break right through the body.
This was the first video of yours that I saw. At the time I wondered why you looked familiar, subscribed right away. Cut to several years later, you mention when you were in MMA, and then it hit me. That’s why I recognized you!
The Garbge bass is Hofner copy, not Rickenbacker. If you ever change the stings on the Acoustic bass, and want to head more in the upright jazz sound, consider nylon tapewound strings.
Great video. I like your attitude about living your life. Thank you.
First time seeing your videos and I don’t play any string instruments ... so this was incredible, seeing what changes the sound so much. You’re hilarious, by the way, and it’s so cool seeing someone be so zealous about their passion. ^^
You can always add a Pickup to your Nashville Tuned cut away (or if you already have one) so you can use various FX Pedals for more sounds from the Piezo Pickup that the strings are sitting on the Saddle.
This is great. I also have lots of different unique stringed instruments as a film composer and also agree that ronrocco is my favourite instrument. Thanks for the video.
I didnt understand the one that you said was like a tenor guitar but the one with 6 strings, what is its tuning?
10:01 you literally just described the guitar on my stand. Biggest difference: Standard tuning. Also I don't have a single clue how much it costs BC my uncle found it on the side of the road and gave it to me, with some new strings, for my b-day.
But seriously, I'm 15 and your story at the beginning made me so happy because it kind of described what I do. Main difference is where I get the dolo. And the year I started, of course.
My favorite instrument to play is called a (Puerto Rican) Cuatro. There's ten strings (5 doubled strings) tuned in BEADG, the B and E pairs are an octave apart and the rest are in unison. Absolutely in love with it.
This is one of the most interesting videos I've seen on the internet
Whatever song you played with the classical guitar was absolutely beautiful
Thank you, really enjoyed this.
SO GLAD I FOUND THIS! The ronroco sounds deeply soulful.
Great story, really enjoyed this video
I very recently got given a violin and a acoustic guitar that was going to be thrown in the trash, I'm glad i got it because it would have been a shame if they were destroyed. Also, the presentation and editing is extremely well done on this video by the way!
Thank you for the learning.
Sweet video man, I hope to get a Sitar some day, it's clearly crazier than I first thought.
That’s pretty awesome!
I love unsual instruments , very lmprest on the upsidedown playing , it's hard enough to play right side up . Good stuff indeed .
Hey Benn, nice to see a musician like you
Just a fact - Ragas are not tunings, they are basically scales with different motifs and grammatical rules like you can't play directly I note as you have to play II VII I in Yaman Raga which is in Lydian scale or Kalyan scale in Indian scale, there are total ten type of Indian scale and six of them are the modes of Major scales and Four of them are different. But in traditional way Indian classical music also uses microtones a lot to create emotions and expressions, as you are a composer I'll definitely recommend you to listen to any kind of Ragas, a suggestion for me is first listen to "Darbari Kannada Raga" as it is just the minor scale with helical movement -i.e. I vi vii V
Similar to Makrams with middle eastern oud music?
I don't know if it is just me but that sitar really cracked me up. If you ask me, sitars are by far the funniest of all instruments. Something really ridiculous about how big, complicated and weird they are.
btw I highly recommend anyone to check out some easy listening sitar music, if you never have. Something like what Anoushka Shankar does. It is a beautiful instrument, too, and the people who can actually play them are extremely impressive.
I mean honestly it's just a one string instrument with 20 drone strings.
A 'Veena' is the older traditional ancestor to the Sitar, with just the one string. Sitars were invented when somebody added the extra drone strings.
I love this and youuuuuu!!!
HOOORAY!
Thank you so much!
Benn (pun unintended) following you for a while now! legend person. Would you be down for a possible collab? I have a great new couple of concept Ive started pitching around
Benn, please do this!
Simon is awesome!!😎
Simon The Magpie do it
Simon, you are awesome. I didn't expect to see you here. :D
You enjoying the cool instruments as well?
Signal boost
I think his credibility is on thin ice as it is.
If he does this how could anyone take him seriously?
Awesome.
Lovely Tunes - Considering you are in your right mind (grins at the Lefty)
I'm not even a big fan of guitars, but this was fascinating!
Benn Jordan A Nashville Tuned Guitar is essentially a 6 String Tenor Guitar tuned like any 6 String Guitar but the bottom 4 (or 5 if using Octave4Plus .006) Strings are up an Octave.
luv the way you pronounce Jac"uh" "runda" wood 3:33 the way we do in South Africa, where its a widely planted street tree in from Brazil with original blue/mauve flowers in October as well as more beautiful grafted white ones. Most Americans would say "Jack a Randa". Nice playing dude! I'm a keyboardist specialising in Fender Rhodes and Wurlitzer and FM synthesis. Also kinda play the violin now and then but not nearely as proficiant as my keys......Always wanted to learn the guitar.
Hello Mr. Benn. I think we have a mutual audio engineer *friend back in Chicago (by *friend I mean the audio engineer, cousin of my college girlfriend). His name escapes me at the moment, so we’ll call him “the Cuz”. Anyway, the Cuz introduced me to your music back in 2004-2005-ish. I had just returned from a study abroad fine arts program in London and I was visiting the Cuz. He had just finished his audio engineering degree at Full Sail, Florida, and I believe he was either recording with you or possibly assisting/interning with another engineer who was working with you - something like that. Anyway, I was telling the Cuz about my adventures abroad, particularly at Fabric Live, ICA, etc. At the time, I was way into Squarepusher, Amon Tobin, The Streets, circuit bending... and I was studying Time Arts at NIU. So, the Cuz and I were swopping music stories and I played some of the music which I just brought back from Europe. (Sorry, this is a bit of a rant here.) After listening to music for a while, the Cuz recommended that I check out The Flashbulb. So, I did and I liked it a lot! However for some reason, I had trouble tracking down your albums. Anyway, I was happy to discover you here on CZcams, only 15 years later. Ha. I know, it’s a very vague connection but I thought I’d say hi nonetheless. More to the point, I like this video a lot. Your guitar collection reminds me of my own obsession with musical instruments - specifically drums/percussion history; design; craftsmanship and engineering. As you told stories here about your guitars, I was thinking you might appreciate a page on my website which contains a photo gallery for a ongoing project of mine, titled - Instruments In Museums. The project is inspired by musical instruments as they are depicted and documented historically in art museums. Anyway, if you’re curious, check it out sometime. Here’s a link: bhansondesign.weebly.com/education.html
@Benn Jordan
do you have a pickin stick like the McNally strumstick, or a dulcitar like a seagull merlin? They are different yet similar instruments, and you should get one to complete your weird instrument lineup!
I love that you played Dee By Randy Rhoads on the classical guitar being that it was on a Metal album haha
You can try sliding the bridge to the right position on that chinese banjo to get proper intonation. I do that on my cheap acoustic instruments, like mandolin, student cello, or cumbus (a turkish instrument similar to you chinese banjo). I would try learning the elementary stuff on these unique instruments using their original tuning and playing style. Probably not the sound but the different new style of music you can create is the better value you get. I tend to play and record on my few guitars but employ the techniques, tunings, playing styles I learn from exploring other stringed instruments.
This makes me feel much better about buying odd instruments I can't play yet
MITCHEL GUILAR WITH NASHVILLE TUNING, this playing you did is very relaxing. I could listen to that all day long. My mother's guitar is unique called a Regal, but is the Wood Type, instead of the Metal type. It has a huge box and fast action, close to the frets and a very clean & warm sound. I am thinking it is from the 1940's.
Hi Benn, Cool Stuff, I subscribed and even hit the bell. I'll be tuned in! Thanks Kindly! DaveyJO in Pa.
You have very good free stroke technique.
I looked up the snakeskin instrument, and apparently it is a Chinese instrument called a qinqin. I’ve also seen it listed under sanxian, but it seems to be more of a modern rendition of a classic sanxian.
JackaL For the record, in Chinese, the pronunciations would be like ... “sheen sheen” (really short sh sound) and “sahn shee-an” (:
You should do microtonal singing exercises to get them in your ears a little bit. They are so useful. I had to transcribe an old recording of mine where I used a few. Really tripped me up.
Hey, what a cool library you have! Do you have any instrument demos made for children? It would be a great way to show examples!
Thank you i have been wondering what the voice of a baritone guitar is I've also been wondering if you are reading this can you tell me the tuning of a baritone guitar
3:04 what?! you own a charango and mentioned Gustavo Santaolalla? Benn, you're one my most favourite musicians and as an Argentine I'm surprised and glad you're speaking about a charango. It's actually shared with other countries and very common in northern Argentina used for folk/andean music.
You say it's rare to find and that's a pity given its beauty. In Argentina it's pretty common, my uncles own one and I used to play a lot with it when I was a kid. You can listen to "Guanuqueando" by "Divididos" as good example of how a rock band uses charango.
there are many different guitar- or Ukulele- based instrument in Mexico, Central America, and South America...
Re: the Mexican 8 stringer @ 14:00, is it a Jarana Jarocha?
I believe we have a winner (90% sure). THANKS! Sending you a Steam code for a great game as your prize. =)
Well shit, thanks! I'm no expert, I just did a little searching. Hope you find a higher quality one and we get to hear your work with it!
www.google.com/search?q=8+string+mexican+guitar it actually is like the first google result lol.
It's a jarana. I'm Mexican so you can rest assured. The ones with 8 strings are from the state of Veracruz and that's why they're called jarana jarocha. Jarocho is an appellation used for people of that state.
The jarana kinda reminds me of a baroque guitar
I love this video, I’m hopefully going to buy a charango soon
Do a giant song compilation for every stringed instrument you have.
ABSOLUTELY NO EFFIN’ IDEA how this appeared in my feed but much appreciated on a crappy man-made-climate-changed summer’s evening in England; you can pick the bones out of this comment. Thanks Benn.
9:51 pretty much every instrument I own.
Enjoyed the video a lot. Effects video next maybe?
19:50 ooooohhhhh, that's how squarepusher got those sounds
you later talk about people thinking that sort of sound was done with an epiano and that's exactly the boat i was in
I heard that and I was all "Iambic 9 Poetry!"
Thanks for your video...before i making for my sefl instrument .i give name Dadd 4221tar and Datar Aggfgc..what you think sir?
loved Amazing Grace on the Alvarez
can someone tell me what the "Louisiana tuning" was? it was pretty dang good
Do you have a tiple? And could you recommend a good, cheap one? I too am a bit of a cheapskate
Amazing video. 5th in a row of yours that Ive watched tonight. Subbed now. You're awesome.
FYI, you said ChIapas. It's pronounced ChiApas. Who cares? Probably not most people.
I had an oud for a while, it sounded amazing but it didn't stay in tune for longer than 5 minutes and I was terrible at playing it so I traded it in for an octave mandolin, which can do a somewhat similar sound but with frets.
you are right ! a ton of people who have come across the sound of the ronroco ( base charango) probably heard it in a gustavo santaollala track ! ( and I also thought it was an argentinean instrument originally)
Awesome ronroco, but for that much, you could probably take a trip to South America and get one yourself! I think I may have seen you on a Bobeats video, but might be wrong.
The fender bass reminded me of your sitar a little bit
I see you play tons of riffs from your songs in this video and a question popped up in my head.
Have you ever write a song and then its melody, progression etc. just keep stuck in your head to the point where they keep appear in your other song? If so, how do you deal with that?
Anyone have a clue of the name for the song Benn was playing on the ronroco?
Other funky things that are relatively compact you might check out: Erhu and Appalachian Dulcimer (you'd probably want to find a full fretted one, they probably exist?).
LhetGou Im going to be an ass here: do not buy an appalachian dulcimer. Go the whole way, buy a cimbalom. You have a dampening system. You have a bigger range. And yes It’s huge and pricey and you have like zero repairmen in the US and about 30 good ones in the world but by God it sounds awesome and It’s more flexible than American dulcimers I have heard
I'm pretty sure that instrument at 13:20 is called a Jarana, however yours has a very strange tone as most others I've heard have a very ukelele mixed with mandolin-ish timbre. looked up the tuning: G C E A G. It also seems to be the only instrument with an 8 string 5 course configuration, so that's neat.
oh fuck im like 6 months late to that party. maybe ill read the comments next time
Benn! You seem to have some real experience with MIDI guitar, can you do a video on that?
Seconding this!
Couldn't you take your older Ronroco to a luthier to be refretted? Seems like it would be worth it for an instrument that seems to mean a lot to you and has a distinct sound from the newer one.
can u say me wich guitar is this at 2.10 ? Viriya - Boss at Nova
Shout out to old-school Helio Gracie and his magnificent mustache.
Please tell me someone! What is that song around 13 min
Hey, new to the channel. Quick question. Are you playing right-handed instruments left handed? I was more than halfway through the video before noticing. Absolutely wild! Nice work adapting! Awesome way of not being restricted to the small percentage of left-handed guitars that exist, also.
I find it really interesting that you're left-handed but you're playing right-handed instruments upside-down. My son is only 17 months old but we think he's probably left-handed, he really seems to favour his left hand over his right. I'm right-handed, so are all my instruments, and I'm already thinking about whether my son's going to want to play left-handed instruments, or would that be the best thing for him? I'd love to see a video on left-right stuff and how it affected your playing and your development. I try to imagine playing upside-down and it completely breaks my brain. Do you use alternate tunings a lot? Do you also play leftie instruments? How does it all work?
20:33 it's a squire not a fender.
How did you deal with the jack cable in that position? does it bother? do you break cables more often than normal?
Squier is made by fender so technically it's still a fender but it is the squier model of the fender
That 8 String Spanish thing is actually a Spanish 8 string ukulele- Tenor or Baritone depending on the tuning
Do they make fretted ouds? The sound of that thing is just gorgeous
Your best bet would be a lute
Gustavo santoalla using that instrument to it's fullest for the last of us part 2.. Can't wait
Try "Sampek" such kind of traditional guitar from Borneo, Indonesia.
17:00 you are all complaining about how he holds his guitar, but here he is wearing his headphones lefthandedly as well looooooll
Benn Jordan So you strung your Mitchell Cut Away Guitar as a Nashville Tuned 6 String Tenor Guitar. A Nashville tuned Guitar is a true 6 String Tenor Guitar.
If someone asks me why I need so many guitars I say, "So I see you've chosen death."
Have you ever snapped a banjo string? Shit hurts so bad you can't even walk until it's done healing.
How/ where did you learn to play the ronroco?
I am lefty bro where can I buy a lefty acoustic coustom made instruments
And how can I get shipped to India
Thanks buddy
1:57 I'm litteraly the exact same got 4 instruments for Christmas last year-
Otamatone
Ocarina
🅱️ass
Stylophone
This is the first time I realised that you played guitar "Dick Dale"-style.
Next you should get the guzheng, koto, gayageum and dan bau, please.
Dude you gotta do that 40 hour practice
The grain on that schecter is beautiful. Check out willy tea Taylor. He's the only one I know that plays a tenor. Incredible singer songwriter
Thank-you, great video :) Have you played pedal steel guitar before?
Yup. I have a lap steel as well, although it's one of the instruments downstate in my Dad's studio. I may go down there and do a PT. II. :)
Cool! Would love to hear them with some empress reverb
That song at 13 min what is that? 😮
At 10:30 he's playing that guitar like Pat Metheny! :-)
Nice Gracie shirt.