Up Close With A Curator: Octobasse
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2014
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You fed your violin well
LOL! 😆
thanks! I hate it
XD
Lots of water and sunlight too
Fish Animations
This is one of the funniest comments I’ve seen, ever :)
"You know what the world needs? A musical instrument that plays notes outside of the range of human hearing."
Recorder: hhhhmmmmMmmmmMMMMmmm....
this but unironically
Oh yeah, the piccolo
There's more to music than what you can hear. There's something to be said for the inaudible impact that an instrument has on the body. If you've ever gone to an orchestral performance in person, there is just a certain something of a physical impact that the instruments have upon the body that don't exist in replayed recordings. Even if it's the same music and the same notes and they may have the same emotional effect, but the notes just feel hollow without that physical presence. I believe that the intention behind the octobase wasn't to create a nice sound, but rather to have a resonation chamber so large that it can effectively project its presence across a large space.
You can still feel 16hz. You can feel down to 10 hz in your bones.
Sadly, he never got around to his true masterpiece, the Hexdecobasse. It stood 3 stories tall and required four to play it, two on the bow, and two working from the fret bridge, an actual bridge in front of the neck of the instrument. I hear there was even a song written to feature it called "The Coming Earthquake."
Lmao!
I understand there were several fatalities during construction alone? Not counting the injuries that ensued when it was discovered that it could shake most concert halls to their foundations.
@@benjaminsagan5861 😄
@@dukecity7688 😁
😵💫
I want this in my house, for those 3AM jam sessions in the dark. Also fun to play in the woods at night.
I personally like to play them in abandoned buildings such as houses or hospitals
It really improves the vibe of the area 😊
Somebody plays one during my disturbing dreams
you seem fun
Great, I am getting sleepy and I already know that now my dreams are going to be even More Disturbing than they normally Are...
🤘🤘🤘
How do we know you're not just an elf playing a cello.
Fancy finding you here
lol yeah people got a lot shorter. Like a lot lot.
(I was hoping it would sound more beautiful. I guess it's just too beautiful for human ears.)
Bet you're fun at parties Peyton.
your music is awesome!
Lucas King haha I was just listening to your Christmas video the other day and then saw you here
0:17 He's actually holding an octobass in that photo. People just aren't as tall as they used to be.
thats... a violin
+ᐊᒻᒪᒐᕈᖅᓂᒃ NO! IT'S AN OCTOBASSSS
hahahaha
+Gonk Fascinating, knowledge is power
ᐊᒻᒪᒐᕈᖅᓂᒃ don't ruin our fantasy...let us dream.
Elephants can fully appreciate the sound of that instrument.
They need to team up with a zoo and see what elephants think of this instrument…
And maybe whales…
❤
I would love to hear this being played in an orchestra! I want to hear that that "low rumble" adds to a song.
Ya!
czcams.com/video/tByWfMabYV0/video.html
It adds nothing
my local orchestra has an octobass in their concert hall (although idk if its one of the ogs or the other replica) and well i see it every concert but ive only heard it once and it was pretty cool! i couldnt really hear it bc the whole orchestra was playing on top but we all focused on it and yea id say its not much of a specific sound, more like it adds a layer of overall sound?? hopefully i get to hear more of it through the years !!
yeah after learning about this i legally and morally have to write something for it
About ten horses went bald for this video...
Yeti Confetti lmao....
Thats sad
I hate to say this but.. they get the horse hair from their tail..
Rip horses
They use sintetic hair
It must be horrific when a string snaps
PickleJar251 R.I.P.
I can see it on the news now.
"Man cut in half after octobass string snapped."
It could whip the player in the face....
Guillotine
Nathan Benitez strings on regular double basses can snap and they do. They have been known to take out the eyes of players in the past.
As an oktavist that knows how to sing subharmonics I never thought I'd find an instrument I could harmonize with. What a fun in idea, if only it worked out, imagine the madness that could be heard.
It is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for showing this. When I was little, I dreamed about this sound, and I could never find it! This is it! Only took me 55 years to find it, thanks to you!❤️❤️❤️
Yes! I love it! I don't know why everyone's hating and being snarky with the comments; this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen and I hope to see it in person one day. 😄
ONLY TRUE BASS LOVERS UNDERSTAND THIS.
@@Cherrycreamsoda1because twosetviolin made a video about it so all of their snobby fans came to hate on this
Neighbor 1: so many construction noises late at night
Neighbor 2: Actually thats just me practicing my octobass
PUMPKIN PIE 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Later that day if the neighbor comes over
Neighbor 2:see
Neighbor 1: Oh
Octobasse*😂
Why did I find this so funny
"Hey what note is this?" *rrrrrrgguuuuuhhhhhhggggggrrrrrrruuuughhhhggguuuugggggggggggguuuugggghhhhhhhhggghhhhh*
Mary Smith hahahahhahahaha just epic
C
For real!
D flat-sharp
H minor
I remember going on a field trip to this museum as a child, and thinking it was pretty boring, but now that I'm older, i appreciate all the instruments and find it fascinating
Exactly my kind of instrument ❤ Because the lowest note is beyond human hearing, you just hear the overtones - fascinating 😎 And you can hear the strings actually vibrating, because they vibrate slowly enough to hear (and even see) the vibrations 🎉
Expectation: rich, deep sound
Reality: lawnmower starting
Jokes aside this is a lovely instrument wow
My thought exactly. :)
Fun fact:
I’m allergic to lawn clippings lmao
Beautiful instrument but it's pointless. It doesn't even sound musical, it's just rumble.
I though train
Spectre if your are in the room with it you can feel the vibrations. You literally feel the music.
can't you just drag a wooden chair slowly across a wood floor? pppfffffffftttt
LOL
LMFAO
Just lost a lung reading this. Holy shit!
LAMO YOUR A. GENIUS
200th like!
I didn't knew I needed this type of rumble in my life, but now I know I need it
Whilst human tonal perception ceases around 20Hz we can still perceive single cycles below 10Hz. (hence seeing those strings vibrating)
A friend made reel tape recording of himself playing the organ in Winchester Cathedral, whilst the lowest notes were heard (and felt) in the Cathedral they were not picked up by the microphones. Those deep pedal notes definitely do contribute to the music.
If I can hear our 50Hz mains hum I can tune to that as the bass note G is 49Hz. The open E string of a bass is 41Hz, we have "octave" effects that can halve that to 20Hz and that is audible.
Sadly our computers (and CZcams) are not really capably of reproducing these low notes.
We wiggle around the Earth's axis at a frequence of (about) 1/86400 Hz, and we can perceive that circadian rhythm as well. It just doesn't register as sound anymore...
Violins, what do you play? The Melody!
Violas, what do you play? The Harmony!
Basses, what do you play? The Bass Line!
Percussion, what do you play? The Rhythm!
Octobasse, what do you play? The RuMbLe!
Owen Fay you included violas but not cellos
@@lzs4904 yeah.
Owen Fay how. Dare. You.
Violas forever
Samuel Rivero ew
Expectations: Beautiful sounds lower than a double bass
Reality: **sound of broken laptop**
**motor engine noises**
**creepy hell noises**
The results of eating beans...
@@miguelsuarez8010 stop I am wheezing so hard right now
all i could hear was lawnmower
You put it perfectly
You say creepy, I say metal
wooohhhhh, those low notes did something amazing to my heart
it definitely reminds me the heptapodes from The Arrival. As they didn’t see this instrument I find it even more impressive. They knew they needed that sound to make their aliens appear terrifying of strangeness and cosmic
deep bass can excite primal fears
i flippin LOVE that movie, it’s definitely my favorite science fiction film of the 21st century
So
Play "Flight of the Bumblebee"
This one would be flight of the sperm whale
I bet he can play 15 notes per second on that instrument
@@angelserenade Ben lee
Thatll be sAcRelIGioUs
VLanceV lol twosetviolin
Assert your dominance in your Highschool orchestra by showing up with one of these bad boys
Madison Carreiro what if you ride the bus lol
Hell yeah, show those football players what's up and go home with qb gf. Smooth playa
I have a 3rd floor band room 😅
I hate to be "that guy", so I won't. Also, I can't come up with a good joke.
@cgwworldministries you could slap some wheels on it, then you are the bus.
I just got my first 3/4 size bass and I thought she was big. I saw the Octobasse in Arizona a LONG time ago and completely forgot about it until this video. Now I recognize how small she is. (She was made 265 years ago in Prague :) )
I have a full size cello, and was amazed that a bass was the size of me without the pin out.
I'd be TERRIFIED to stand next to one of these gigantic beastly instruments😆 ( and that wording is meant with all the love in the world, I love strings with every bit of my heart. )
So an interesting fact about these instruments that not many know about is that the octobass was eventually canceled by the music world because it's sound became obsolete compared to it's cousin instrument “the lawn mower”
I played the octobasse once. Now I've got some whale who won't stop calling me.
Had the same thing happen to me.😂
I have a whole herd of elephants following me around.
SAME lol 😂😂😂
Brilliant xD
Lol!!!!
"Let's put some strings on a boat!" -guy who invented the octobasse
actually LOL'd at this
Your a legend👍🏻
I read this with Bill Wurtz's voice. He should do a music history
Bhahahaha XD
Then what's the triple contrabass viol, the titanic
So glad to be an Arizona native where I’ve seen this very instrument in person before
From time to time I come back to this gem.
This beautiful thing always brings joy to my life 😅
could i communicate with whales using this?
Can confirm: works with whales, also octopuses.
Wikipedia says that 'octopuses', 'octopai', and 'octopedes' are all correct. :)
Ardin Catish Wikipedia is not an academic source.. damn you college!
Ardin Catish Could be also "octopussy?"
I looked it up in Webster's New World Dictionary Third College Edition and it says either octopuses or octopi are correct, though nothing about octopedes.
Octobass, good for when you need an instrument AND a home.
Fookin brilliant
Perfect for most musicians
Hahahaha
I don’t get it
@@SoggySandwich80 I think the joke is that the instrument is so big one can go inside it and in exaggerated terms live in it. The other joke is that musicians are homeless so this would be very useful to them.
When u stop hearing it u start seeing it. Wonderfully made.
We can hear the harmonic squeak though, and their tones, and sometimes the low-wobble was clear recognisable bass notes.
Cool to see it spool & flam like that. Uncovers mysteries.
*SUCH a cute* instrument.
It has made me smile the whole time.
Imagine being in a band full of octobasses and contrabassoons
Kim Seokjin nooooooooo XD
Kim Seokjin i would actually love that
Omggg 😶😂😂
BOOOO9OOOOOOOOOOOPPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
oh boi
How do we know you're not just a small man?
Ukkonen 3d this comment is gold
HAHAHAHA
Give this man a Ham burger he deserves it.
Ukkonen 3d cuz the viola sounds low
Neither the cello nor bass have 3 strings, they have 4.
The relaxing sound of urban construction projects in a single instrument?!? Nom!
Love this museum!
I wonder why it never caught on...
Liesmith I bet a cellist could make it sound better... without technique, of course it's going to sound like crap.
esclrocks Whatever, it is awesome! To a musician there are no such thing as ugly sounds, the world is full of incredible sounds waiting to be harnessed!
esclrocks The one in the video is not a real instrument. I'm pretty sure he said it was a replica. It might not even have a soundpost.
Brent Breault It is a replica of the original. It is a real instrument. He just wasn't "playing" it. -simply showing how it works.
+mafurock33 exactly, I'm getting an awesome dubstep vibe from this, sounds awesome
Anyone else think it sounds like a motorcycle or lawn mower or just an engine in general?
yess 😂
Natethesandman1 it sounds like a semi using its Jake brake going downhill.
Natethesandman1 like a deeep fart
a v32 with 700 hp
Natethesandman1 Yes, but it sounds sooo beautiful...
As a double bass player, I need one of these immediately. Also are we just not gonna talk about how it’s the BACH CELLOOOO suite playing in the background 💀
Yes, the cello sounds beautiful. The Octobass does not.
Absolutely fascinating watching the strands and being taught what we’re actually seeing - sound waves. Remarkable.
comes with softcase
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Anıl Yazar I'm crying laughing! This comment wins CZcams for the month!
R. Darling ok jozgjul
_comes with softcase_
- and a shoulder rest too.
ew. unless it has backpack straps. then its cool.
Girls talk in a higher pitch to guys they like.
Girls talking to me:
🤣🤣🤣 (I laughed an octave lower than usually, of course 😄)
This is copied from the lingling40hrs reddit.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@@zswu31416 i can assure you it did not originate there, very common joke.
@@sylphyyreal
This must be the most beautiful instrument I've ever heard.
You must be an elephant.
Okay this proves that my ears are still rather interesting because I heard every note you played on that instrument. The lowest two notes sending vibrations through my skull.
correction, it was created when he was drunk and somebody said "I bet nothing can make a lower sound that a basse" and he said "lol, hold my beer" xD
double bass*
MrKlausbaudelaire Nice profile pic.
Imagine a child saying "I wanna learn the octobass" xD
Heart of Crow then, run the fuck away
My God that would be crazy
I want to learn the OCTOBASS
I'm a child age ten and I wanna learn it
There’s only 7 octobasses in the world, they probably will never own one
this is the bass level that i need in my song records, louder than hell
What a beautiful looking instrument, IMO i’m a fan of how this sounds and how low the sound of this instrument can be, and also it’s so big that it’s much bigger than me and that looking at it in real life and playing it would be quite an awesome experience for just about anyone who wants to play and instrument this big.
An acoustic lawnmower.
Ian Black comedy bang bang
Ian Black omg dude 😂😂😂😂
Now all I can hear is a lawn mower!😂
I live for this comment 😂
So that's an Octobasse, huh? Weird. You can't even see the tentacles.
You've won! '-D
Also, DJ Octavio does only Dubstep, and not orchestral.
Gounod's St. Cecilia Mass includes this in its Orchestration. You may find it in the Benedictus and Agnus Dei movements.
WOOW ! I love this !!
mom I need a ride to band practice, start the dump truck
No, I need the SUV for the bow.
Chilly Dawgg string instruments are orchestra not band get it right for once for fucks sake
Chilly Dawgg orchestra not band
BAND?!?!
no, only cellos, violas, violins aren't in band
basses exist in band and are a very large part of it
2:26 Sounds like a freaking helicopter
Weird Cat Yep. Just like a Vietnam era Huey!
But the thing is: you can't be sure, if it sounds that way, because you don't know, if the microphone could pick it up. :)
Omg it does!
What a wonderful instrument! The church I went to as a kid had an organ with a sub-sonic pipe. Memory tells me it was 32 feet long. I used to love it when the organist hit that with his left foot. It shook your body. I've listened to your video on very good but not perfect headphones. I can kind of hear the 16 Hz. It sounds like a vibrato on top of audible overtones.
What a beautiful sound! Well, whatever the opposite of that is.
This must be how my violin friends see me when I play cello...
Nope, we just see you playing a cello
Dayana Valles you ruined an amazing joke 😂😂😂😂😂
My dude. Your lowkey on point with that statement. All the people in my school r short little ants
How do u think bass players feel?
LMAOOO
Is this what they use in the SFX department to make "ships creaking" noises in pirate movies? This is awesome
Yeah they would buy a fucking super rare instrument just to make ship creaking noises
@@jayocaine2946 they could borrow it?
is it cheaper to just sink a ship?
considering people rent 40 thousand dollar microphones to record a song i could see a multi million dollar production paying a few thousand to record a few notes from it
Dilan Pearson well in its true form, it’s a large box with very thick strings attached to it. That doesn’t sound hard for a Hollywood production to make and if they made it once it can be used many many times
Great video! Can't wait to visit the museum.
I'd love to hear Flight of the Bumblebee played on this. HAHAHA I just looked over at my recommendations and there's a video of 2 double basses playing Flight of the Bumblebee. Which is mighty impressive. I was only kidding but wow. Just when you think you've seen it all.
It sounds so angry
Of course it is. He's disrupting its slumber.
Isn't it lovely?
marsgirl675 how to get bold txt
"What we need to do is create a powerful sense of dread."
the longer the note, the more dread
Ancient inspiration for Black Sabbath.
God, that's terrible. It's worse than Darryl's bloody cor anglais.
actually you are completely on the point. Low sounds especially in the 3-10 Hz cause physical changes in humans that we associate with dread, fear and anxiety.
😝😱🙀
Fascinating!!
Great demo, thanks! The MIM collection is amazing. I don't know of anything like it anywhere.
Thing is it sounds funny in an isolated context but imagine this low thunderous rumble underneath a full orchestra. God it would sound tremendous!
Do you know any music that uses the octobass?
Unfortunately we only know of seven in the world. One of which is currently in possession of the OSM (Montréal Symphony Orchestra) and is featured in some of their work. Their official CZcams channel shows a little bit of its place in a symphony. (czcams.com/video/tByWfMabYV0/video.html)
@@Violetcas97 link didn't work :(
Rhea Morales simply search OSM Octobass and you ought to come up with the video I linked. It’s on their official CZcams channel so it isn’t too difficult to track down.
czcams.com/video/jCEYPyUBDAU/video.html this one shows an octobass played along with double bass
It sounds like a construction site
I love it! Sounds just like a lion!
3 mins mixed-feeling listening and 30 mins of non-stop loooools through the most hilarious string of comments I've ever seen below a music video, thank you, Violoncello's Big Bro😂
*t h i c c c c c c c c* violin
Kai Or a regular bass XD
E X T R A T H I C C
Oh lawd it vibrating
*U L T R A T H I C C*
You mean t h i c c c with 1000 c right¿
This guy is like "I can't believe this is real" the entire video.
And I was like, "I can't believe two more were made after the first."
wow!! I just love the lower notes!!
We really need someone to write rock music with this instrument in mind.
There are only two of them, both in museums.
just sounds like my stomach in the morning
This is exactly the sound of my stomach when I'm hungry. x)
Very interesting instrument!
That purr man it’s so beautiful
What an insane instrument.
is it bad if my car sounds like this?
Probably
is it a v8? c;
mechanic: what's wrong?
me: ... you ever hear an octobass?
I laughed so hard a the last replay
Sounds like he’s gonna summon a demon without knowing
Lolol
HP Lovecraft's bass.
Cellothulhu?
That is the biggest instrument I've ever seen! 🤯
It sounds like a dragon!
Sounds great😵💫
This just feels like an Onion article.
If they started selling octobasses at guitar center then yes it would be an onion article
Definitely the most metal of all orchestral instruments
But does it djent?
@@DragonGrafx-16 “play djent bass on the octabass” is a video I’d watch
Ambient drone musicians salivating while watching this
I'm so glad this was recommended to me today!
Some of those notes sound like my washing machine in spin cycle
You need to get that checked out ;)
This would sound good as a sound effect or in a horror movie. I feel like I've heard it in a movie.
Mooseknuck Scalloper OH this might be what they use for the deep growling sound when a monster or large object is moving ominously and slowly, like the creature in the latest Godzilla or something
It's a critical element of my stumble towards the coffee pot at 5am, along with dodging the cats. (Just as you referenced, John.)
Josh D Bloodborne definitely used one
I haven't confirmed it yet, but I heard Richard Wagner himself was one of the first composers to use this monster in his orchestra because he, indeed, wanted to create a particularly scary sound effect that he could only find in the Octobasse.
War of The World on meth is what that noise is lol
Seems practical. I wonder why they’re not more common.
A dirge and a very old, possibly haunted shipwreck come to mind. Super cool lol
Before subwoofers, was the Octobasse.
Dubstep Unplugged
InverseAgonist 😂😂😂😂
I love it. I’ve played flute and piccolo for 46 years, and also oboe, alto and tenor saxophone, euphonium, sousaphone, F horn, bass drum, etc. My favorite instruments however are the contra bassoon and the bass violin. Maybe because I’ve always played high pitched instruments, who knows. But I love the low pitched sound. Hits you right in the gut. 🙂
Why didn't you choose cello or double bass or bass clarinet. I don't like the high-pitched instruments. My least favourite is piccolo. Of course, it's used for effects. Nobody can listen to it for a long time.
Super! Danke!
I was curious of what it sounds like ... sounds like my dad snoring ... didn’t know he was the unknown 4th octobass
I think its made for dinosaur
Don't be silly dinosaurs don't listen to classical music, they listen to ROCK
get it
not the t rex though, they have tiny arms..
It sounds like a dinosaur 😂
Lol
The PandorasBox T-Rexes are actually great violin and ukulele players
A fantastic museum, should be on all music lovers’ bucket list.
Absolutely massive