Saint-Saëns: Elephant from The Carnival of the Animals
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- čas přidán 22. 08. 2024
- There is a circus sideshow at the home of Principal Bass Alexander Hanna. You’ll have to see it to believe it! Check out his performance of the Elephant from Saint-Saëns’ The Carnival of the Animals.
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That crystal clear notes on the contra tho, it feels like I finally understand what the actual melody is for the first time
Yeah idk why bassists can’t play clear notes usually
@@AMC08 Uhhhh… because most bass players aren’t the principal bass of the Chicago symphony. For a real explanation, the instrument is naturally more muddy sounding, especially in a section. Alexander Hanna is a 1 in a million bassist which is how he can get such a great tone.
@@AMC08 a lot of bassists have bad setups that make their instrument sound muddy (ie Bad strings, misaligned bridge). I assume you don’t like the bassist at your school and the explanation for that is simply that the school instruments haven’t had a check up in a decade and produce a muddy sound.
@@GeckoBass He's playing in solo tuning as well as the piece being played a whole step higher than originally written (F instead of Eb). That can make a huge difference in the clarity as well.
@@AMC08recordings never usually pick up the low notes properly.
My piano teacher would not let me play piano with no shoes on! You play better than he did, so it does not matter anymore.
This is hilarious. Alex Hanna is probably the best orchestral bassist in the world. I wish we heard him recorded more!
My kids and I loved this - we are studying the orchestra. This was fabulous - thank you!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Milton Katims conducting Seattle Symphony Orchestra performing the whole canival for the entire Seattle Public Schools District #1 6th-grade class is what got me really going in this music bizzz.
I COULD SEE THE ELEPHANT prancing adjacent to the proscenium with my eyes closed.
58 years ago
That bounciness of that bow tho. WOAH
Awesoooooome! Loved the creativity to put the same musician playing both instruments hahaha
I'll be smiling for the rest of the day...a great bass demo. Thank you.
Super fun, even my hyperactive son sat down to watch!! :)
The best version of this piece in youtube, I love your sound quality and intonation!!
currently working on this piece. It is absolutely amazing how well the harmony and the modulations go together.
I'm pretty new to the instrument but i enjoy this a lot.
Cheers for the video
It only gets more fun! Trust me this instrument is amazing! I’m learning this one for an audition and it’s super fun and super melodic but still simple and easy to play. I hope you stick with bass!!
Wonderful. Old memories.
Wonderful! You are very talented. Loved the performance!
I just LOVE this!
Nice job, guys! You made us laugh. (And I'm sure that's what Saint-Saens had in mind. Certainly by the time one gets to The Pianistes...)
We're working on this piece currently-- wish I had a grand for the piano! And he's working out the fingering on the bass, so thanks for facing the camera. Cheers!
My music teacher told us to watch this video *i’m not regreting it this time*
This is fabulous and a great addition to online lessons for young children! Many thanks for recording this! BRILLIANT! They will LOVE the video editing! 😂
How did I not see this until now!?! Brilliant Alex!
Principal Hanna......sir! I remember studying this piece back in high school music class. (We won't talk about how long ago that was...haha!) It is so great hearing it performed by one......er, or is it two (2).....of the best musicians in the world! I thank you, and all the CSO musicians, for these videos - helping to make the COVID-19 "experience" as enjoyable as possible. I hope you understand how much we patrons appreciate all that you give to us............so thank you, Thank You, THANK YOU!
WOW!
I came for the song, but I stayed for the production value. I really like the way you made this video. It was fun to watch.
Love you guys 👍👍
fantastic
that is a huge bass!
That is quite a lockdown jam
I love this music, i love cute guys, i love this video
Awesomely fun! What a great way to start my day, listening to your amazing duo. Thanks for the great music. 👏🏻
I played this song in a competition years ago and earned a 1
I'm 13 and have been playing bass for about a year now. And I was ambitious and joined my local youth orchestra which is technically for people that are like 16 but because of my skill they let me join but I had to do this song and I was the only bassist but in a matter of 4 weeks and hours of practicing I finally got this song mastered and played it in front of everyone.
Cool dude!!! My lil' brother played this when he was 9!!!
nice!
WOOOOOOAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice video and performance i like it 😎👍
Very nice! looking forward to learn this one.
Están rifados carnales! 🎶😎🐘
Who else is here for homework-
MEE
HOW CAN U PLAY BASS VIOL WITHOUT SHOES ???? MIRACULOUS !!!!!
Bro can someone please tell me what the dynamics in this piece of music are. I need to do it for my homework
I love barefoot musicians!!!!!!!
Same
Me too
The vibration the bassist is feeling tho
Mikyung Sung is kind of famous for this (not always but often).
Hi. What microphone did you use to record this? Sounds Great. Thanks!
i played this as my 5th grade nyssma solo :)
Hello--why is this in B major rather than original key of Bb please?
this is exactly the comment i was looking for and i like it better in b major ngl
It's actually a whole step higher, not a half step, and that's because that bass is tuned in "solo tuning", a whole step higher than normal orchestral tuning (F#-B-E-A instead of E-A-D-G). He's fingering the same notes as normal but they're coming out higher (and the piano part needs to be transposed up a whole step).
what kind of strings do you have?
No era lo que queries hacer era esto:👍
I have a question. You are playing this tonally in F but appear to be playing it in E-flat on the instrument. Am I missing something here?
Solo tuning! The strings are tuned up a whole step from orchestral tuning (F# B E A). It was done to make the bass sound more like a solo instrument. I guess Alexander Hanna just took the whole thing up a whole step for pragmatic reasons haha
@@daincarandang7603 But doesn't that make for smaller elephants?
@@jweber53It does 😂
perfectly. hi from the Mariinsky Theater))
im sorrrrry WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
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Pretty song though
is he playing in major or minir
does anybody know what earbuds he is wearing ?
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Mein Lehrerin hat mir das gegeben
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What earbuds are those
wow i learn piano
What's the instrument?
Double bass
hahahaha!!!
Is it just me that thinks this isn’t in the right key? Still sounds amazing though!
He's playing it in solo tuning (the bass is tuned a whole step higher than normal orchestra/jazz tuning).
22 people don't like elephants :(
69 k noice
next video how to get a clone
My teacher wont let me watch horror stuff
urmum hahhahahahahahaahha
What the fuck?
nuda
Your silly
Your Stupit shayla
Piano too loud. Unmusical. Just get on with it!
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