Clase magistral de interpretación de Bach, espectacular querido Edicson y un homenaje a tu padre musical Félix Petit, gran orgullo para los venezolanos.
El sonido es excepcional. La afinación excelente. Me encanta tu interpretación. Soy contrabajlsta profesional, gracias por difundir el contrabajo clásico a tan alto nivel.❤
In relation to modern orchestral tuning, one could say yes. It is a matter of perspective. The period of these compositions was Baroque. The Baroque tuning was almost A4=415Hz (440Hz -100 cents = 415.3046975799438Hz) which is almost Ab in modern tuning, if one could define any standard from that period. If the key makes any difference in color, then this choice of tuning is likely the closest to what Bach had in mind when choosing the key for this composition. That comes in contrast to several other interpretations of Bach's cello suites on the double bass, where the solo instruments are commonly set up with solo tuning, which is one whole tone higher. That makes many interpretations 1 /1/2 steps away from the original intended keys. Most great interpretations on the cello are tuned to modern A4=440Hz, anyway. The same applies to violins Sonatas and Partidas, all Teleman's, all Bach's and all other Baroque compositions. Downtuning usually requires its particular instrument set up. In the case of double bass, an adjustable bridge and sometimes a proper string set should do the trick, in other words, it should be easier to tune properly. I think if one is going to record an epic performance like this one, every detail matters. Look at the bow, the instrument, the church, everything adds up, just like the baroque tuning. However, It seems not to be considered so sacrilegious for most people to play baroque music in whatever tuning standard the instrument is set up to.
@@brserralheiro Thanks for the reply, aware of most of these things and love the performance. I’m just so surprised the bass can hold such huge scordatura which must imply a special set of strings for them to be tuned a major third up compared to normal tuning. That would be way too much tension with both solo or orchestral.
@@pietroeliabarcellona some companies have started doing high C strings for bass, i know pirastro do a flexocor deluxe C, these look like spiros though, wasnt aware that they did one
0:09 Prelude
5:30 Allemande
11:05 Courante
13:43 Sarabande
18:08 Minuet 1
19:57 Minuet 2
22:27 Gigue
Maravilhoso.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Very cool doing it with the high c string and baroque tuning. Brings out a different type of timbre for the bass.
This moved me to tears, friend. One of the best performances I've seen across any instrument.
what a magnificent, tragically beautiful sound! thank you so much!
Clase magistral de interpretación de Bach, espectacular querido Edicson y un homenaje a tu padre musical Félix Petit, gran orgullo para los venezolanos.
Extraordinario solo de contrabajo con Bach, hace llorar al instrumento,
Brilliant and authentic!
Beautiful my friend. This is what it's all about...
Breathtaking !! 😍
And what a physical performance it must be, too
Mis mas sinceras felicitaciones Edicson! Te has hecho grande entre los grandes. Un gran abrazo.Excelente 2nda Suite.
Straordinario, intenso.
Bravo!!!! Grande!!!
Grazie.
El sonido es excepcional. La afinación excelente. Me encanta tu interpretación. Soy contrabajlsta profesional, gracias por difundir el contrabajo clásico a tan alto nivel.❤
Stunning, thank you for sharing!!
Wow. Incredible. Thank you for this performance.
Thank you for recording these!
absolutely amazing!
beliisimo!!!! que gran interpretacion!!!
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Kontrabass und Bach beste Kombination
You're right! Especially if It Is played
by such a virtuoso musician
I've seen you in a small theater in Vercelli. You' re a genius
Amazing. 😍😍
Amazing
Maravilloso
Fabulous
That is so cool.
Гениально :) спасибо
Epic!
браво!!!!!!
Dank.
Bass God
Meisterhaft! Welche Saiten verwendet der Maestro für diese Stimmung A D G C bitte? Danke!
What brand of strings do you use?
6:53
Dude you are the fucking man. That sound. What’s your action and strings for this if you would share in mm?
The 1st, 2nd and 4 look like spiros
All Thomastik Spirocores. Mittel High C as the 1st and Spiro solos for the rest.
What type of bow is that?
Baroque bow
what key?
D minor in Baroque tuning A=415. :)
So I guess he is tuned Ab-Db-Gb-Cb?
In relation to modern orchestral tuning, one could say yes. It is a matter of perspective. The period of these compositions was Baroque. The Baroque tuning was almost A4=415Hz (440Hz -100 cents = 415.3046975799438Hz) which is almost Ab in modern tuning, if one could define any standard from that period.
If the key makes any difference in color, then this choice of tuning is likely the closest to what Bach had in mind when choosing the key for this composition.
That comes in contrast to several other interpretations of Bach's cello suites on the double bass, where the solo instruments are commonly set up with solo tuning, which is one whole tone higher. That makes many interpretations 1 /1/2 steps away from the original intended keys.
Most great interpretations on the cello are tuned to modern A4=440Hz, anyway.
The same applies to violins Sonatas and Partidas, all Teleman's, all Bach's and all other Baroque compositions. Downtuning usually requires its particular instrument set up.
In the case of double bass, an adjustable bridge and sometimes a proper string set should do the trick, in other words, it should be easier to tune properly. I think if one is going to record an epic performance like this one, every detail matters. Look at the bow, the instrument, the church, everything adds up, just like the baroque tuning.
However, It seems not to be considered so sacrilegious for most people to play baroque music in whatever tuning standard the instrument is set up to.
@@brserralheiro Thanks for the reply, aware of most of these things and love the performance. I’m just so surprised the bass can hold such huge scordatura which must imply a special set of strings for them to be tuned a major third up compared to normal tuning. That would be way too much tension with both solo or orchestral.
@@pietroeliabarcellona some companies have started doing high C strings for bass, i know pirastro do a flexocor deluxe C, these look like spiros though, wasnt aware that they did one
What's the pich here?
C G D A
inniglich
Mein Gott! Like wrestling a bear but he does it.
All this attention to period tuning - yet no gut strings
Just saying