I Played The HARDEST Classical Piece Ever (BASS Solo)
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I'll give you one of them to start things off: BASShoven
What bass do u use charles?
@@laszloelias9012 It's called a LeFay DeTuner
@@CharlesBerthoud thanks
@@gameboypocket9038 It's the same as a Herr Schwarz, but when they put the detuners on, they renamed it "DeTuner". I'm not sure if they still sell them on their website, I haven't checked for a while.
Omg i can't believe that you replied btw :D
I'm gonna say it: Für Elise is the Smoke on the Water of classical music.
only 5 minutes in, only 1 like, this comment is already underrated
I realized I've completely forgotten Smoke on the Water. Can't even remember the riff, it's... nice.
tom tam TAM tom tom TA-DAAM tom tam TAam te-daaam
I think Pachelbel's Canon in D is the Smoke On The Water of classical music
Woah facts
Classical musician sees thumbnail: *dies*
Do you watch twosetviola
@@sunilsingla3105 oui oui
That’s true
SUNIL SINGLA It’s violin not viola:)
@@abc_7717 r/wooooooooooooooooshhhhhh
“Hardest” he says.... thumbnail got all the classical musicians triggered xD
Honesty it's not hard
Do something by Liszt or Chopin for piano... they wrote some truly difficult pieces
Try playing La Campanella on the bass.
Triggered. After some reflexion : Maybe it's the hardest to play using a bass (i'm not a string player btw, so I have no clue)
@@lapindespices2806 nah its still easy because its bigg
Twoset needs to see this
Also I still would love to see Paganini caprice number 24
Yes, cause he is Ling Ling
It's coming...
@@CharlesBerthoud I'll hold you to it
CharlesBerthoud Awww yeah
@@CharlesBerthoud AmAZinG!!!!
Is it wierd that flight of the bumblebee actually sounds like a bumblebee when played on bass?
what kind of low sounding demon bees do you see?
How is that weird
It's the power of bass.
It's so well composed that you can instantly picture a bumblebee in your mind.
@@doppled this comment made my day😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
" i play the hardest classical piece ever "
Twoset - " so you have chosen death "
You mean davie504 lol
@@ScottWasHere agreed
Do they already know him?
agree lol
I am a rock guitarist and have an old CD of Mozart's piano sonatas I listen to when I need some inspiration. The man was a pure musical genius even by today's standards.
This comment, may very well go down,
as the worst thing ever written about Mozart.
"If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly."
That's very grammatically correct of you.
Sacreligious boy!
"If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge a ball!"
Ling ling 40 hours
Mind-Blowing
Okay, let’s do this:
→ 10: Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, later knows as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart [III of Piano Sonata in A major, K. 331 (300i)]
→ 9: Johann Sebastian Bach [Prélude of the Suite No. 1 (BWV 1007) of his ”6 Suites a Violoncello solo“]
→ 8: Nikolai Andreyewitsch Rimsky-Korsakov [Interlude for the end of III.1 from the opera ”Skazka o Tsare Saltane“]
→ 7: Pjotr Iljitsch Tschaikowski [The first scene of the second act of the ballet ”Lebedinoje osero“
→ 6: It’s from some marches by Edward Elgar, I think. Ain’t got that one in my library.
→ 5: Ferecz Liszt [Excerpt from the second of the hungarian rhapsodies S. 244]
→ 4: Edvard Hagerup Grieg [From the 6th scene of the incidental music to Peer Gynt, op. 23]
→ 3: Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (aka il prete rosso) [III from the concert ”L’estate“, op. 8, RV 315 from the set of four violin concertos ”Le quattro stagioni“]
→ 2: See 10 [I from the Serenade No. 13, K. 525]
→ 1: Ludwig van Beethoven [WoO 59]
About the hardest classical piece thing: It really depends. If you take into account playing on bass guitar, anything like very polyphonic piano literature will be basically impossible. Check out Brahms op 118 No. 5 (Romanze). You basically have a bass line, a countermelody and a two voices in duett. Then of course any complex orchestral piece will be out of question (Let’s say some Strawinsky &c.). But if you’re looking for something doable, check out virtuos literature for string instruments like violin (Ernst, Paganini, &c.), or two part piano literature like inventions by Bach.
Hey! Great job, you know your stuff, you win a free CD! Please send me a DM on Instagram and let me know where I can send your CD!
Indeed it's not the hardest piece imagine playing Chopin's etude at bass or the campanella of Liszt/Paganini
@@docteurfouhez Since the Campanella is originally for violin, Charles might actually be able to do it. *WINK WINK NUDGE NUDGE*
Holy classical hell Batman. 😲
Are you a pianist You sound like one
1:29 Flight of the BumbleBee
1:51 Swan Lake
3:10 Four Seasons (Summer)
This guy plays the bass like a piano, now i'd like to see someone play a piano like a base
Got this
Just play stuff on the low octaves. Boom...bass piano
I'm sure Davie504 made a video where he slapped the piano
Challenge accepted ;)
Skip forward to 19:30; very underrated multi-instrumentalist Egbert Gismonti performing “Baioa Malandro” from his premiere ECM release “Sol Do Meio Dia”
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I'm really happy that Davie shouted you out a while ago and gave you a boost in popularity. I had no idea virtuoso's like you even existed when it came to bass. Extremely clean tapping and very nice and consistent playing. Love it and I can't wait to see some more of this!
The real question, is can he play Brett’s Lo-Fi masterpiece?
@Bukola Odekunle Oui oui ling ling wannabes unite
@@angels5449 *I N T E R E S T I N G*
@@leitzu8929 A M A Z I N G
Ling Ling is that really you
LLLLLLLLLIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNGGGGGG
"If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly."
-sAcReLigIoUs BoI
twoset violin enters the chat*
Jonathan Charles Especially when you follow the Ling Ling exercise regiment!
But not the reverse.
"I see you are a man of culture"
I beg to differ with the title. I'd say play a crazy cover of a paganini song. Then maybe twosetviolin will see it and react in awe, or at least react better than they would to it being played on... Vi-.. Viola... 😂😂😂
I can't wait for you to be able to tour again. My six year old son is obsessed with these videos and he would be SO EXCITED to see you play live!!
This episode is a MASTERPIECE.
Damn, I am always convinced every time that you're superhuman! Completely prolific virtuoso of our era. Cheers man
Thanks man 🙂Your CD is on its way!
@@CharlesBerthoud Awww thanks man! Always a pleasure to tune in!
As a fellow bass player and a lover of classical music, this just blew me away. Your technique is flawless. Dude, I wanna be like you when I grow up, lol.
very impressive but CAN YOU PLAY MOONLIGHT SONATA 4TH MOVEMENT
3rd movement.
Both clefs
Nah, he should play the 5th
No it should certainly be Beethovens 10th
Charles: plays classical music
Me, a classical musician:
I APPROVE
In all seriousness I'm glad u didn't play Sacrilegious Flight of the Bumblebee at 15 notes a second or 325 bpm ;)
Just because you're a distant relative to Ling Ling doesn't make you good. You still need to practice 40 hours per day.
I mean... It's Charles... Not some sacrilegious boi
@@maxhaibara8828 LMAO
What are you doing here? GO PRACTICE!
@@maxhaibara8828 well if you can play it *SLOW* you can play it *FAST*
I really love how you play these in essentially one session. Mad respect!
So glad someone noticed 😂
He is literally the greatest bass player in the world. Since I found his channel I'm freaking gasping for air. I'm in total shock. And let's not even talk about the fretless bass. Dude is playing whole compositions in one session. Keep it up Charles. You are the man.
Thank you for playing and posting. It was inspiring and uplifting. I “play” bass but this is other-worldly. Left me smiling and wanting to play more.
I don't see how you can get any better. You are on Victor Wooten's level but in your own way. Outstanding performance.
first. the composers are: mozart, bach,Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, elgar, liszt, grieg, vivaldi, beethoven
dave597 Beethoven was second one with moonlight sonata but you did better then me
@@chrisbassartist4344 no you did better, i googled most of them :)
@@chrisbassartist4344 I didn't hear any Moonlight Sonata, but I did hear two Mozarts, # 10 Rhondo and #2 Eine Kleine. I think only entries who didn't need any Google support should count, which I couldn't do.
Timothy Thomas I stand corrected..that’s Bach’s cello suit which is weird because I can play that one but the way he played it reminded me of moonlight
#2 was written by Wolfgang Johann Christosom Theophilius Mozart. Your list was perfect otherwise. But Who doesn't know the first movement of A Little Night Music?
10 - Mozart
9 - Bach
8 - Korsakov
7 - Tchaikovsky
6 - Elgar
5 - Liszt
4 - Grieg
3 - Vivaldi
2 - Mozart
1 - Beethoven
Edit: Number one was BASShoven and not Beethoven. Sorry guys for this huge mistake. I hope you can forgive me Charles and still give me your new album.
Liszt's in the list
We call it Rimsky-Korsakov!
@@amx3000 I know, but I was trying to be fast and concise. Sorry!
Davie504
come one, Tchaikovsky should be higher, even Michael Jackson listened to him regularly
So i just found your music on apple music and I’m loving it. I have watched so many of you videos, sometime I’ve watched them over and over trying to figure out the chords and changes, but i have never even thought to see if you have released music. So happy that you have. Keep up the great and innovative work. Your are fantastic.
Killing it as always Charles! And may I say that I love the concept of having a drop tuner on all 4 strings and that bass is freaking sweet!
Bahaha I love that transition from Pomp and Circumstance to the Hungarian Rhapsody. It was so perfect.
I love playing that part 😂
The transition from Vivaldi to Eine Kleine though
Whenever I hear fur Elise, all I can do is sing the tenacious D version from the movie
You mean Classico 😁It's one of their funnest tunes and one of the rarest ones to see them play live. I've seen them 12 times (probably 5 or six since the movie came out) and only have seen it done once live.
CANT YOU SEE HE'S THE MAN
LMAO.
If you think its time to fucking rooooock!
Wow man. I can't even get through a rendition of Mary Had a Little Lamb without messing up every 3 notes. Excellent work, dude.
You sir, are awesome!!! Can't get enough of your fingerstyle...it's maddening and it's making me addicted
You should get a Chapman Stick. You’re basically already playing your bass like one.
Awesome video as usual!
Trevor Andersen I’ve been asking why he, Davie504 who has tons of really stupid basses...Why are these guys not getting a Chapman Stick. I have one of the original models I bought in 1983. Now they have many different models, and you can even get a synth pickup installed by them on whichever six strings you want and connect to a GR-55 guitar/synth unit! I put on the Roland pickup on my Stick and now I can sounds like an entire band without looping. Each string can be one instrument like drums or flute, or each string can be assigned to a different sound plus the natural sound of the strings not over the synth pickup. Davie might not want one because he prefers to slap, but Charles in an incredible tapper. Only thing I can guess thy no one does is because the tuning and how you physically play a Stick is unlike any other electric stringed instrument. Drove me crazy for two years while I was trying to teach myself. No CZcams in 1983, but I bought the original tutorial book, plus the Emmett Chapman DVD showing him playing and a short tutorial at the end. In bands, I used to play the bass parts with my left hand and keyboards with my right along with Taurus pedals with my feet. Yes, I loved how Geddy used to play two at a time. Crazy me, I played three instruments at the same time because I’m a Masochist. LOL.
Simply: you don’t support a humongous pleb as Rob Chapman is. The end.
Nevermind.. i now looked up what a Chapman stick is 🙃😂
My thoughts exactly! He would make a great stick player :)
@@AboveSomething Different Chapman. Emmett Chapman. Unless you were being sarcastic. 😉
TAPPER'S HERE
That...was...awesome!! You finished with one of might favorite classical songs too. Well played sir!
I always smile when I watch you play. You have taken what most consider a "backup" to lead guitar and made it a fully independent vehicle of musical expression. I am amazed!
Charles never ceases to amaze me! Such a fan of yours! Cheers from Mexico Mate !
Okay, let's give this a shot:
10: Wolfgang Ama-PLAY-BASS Mozart
9: Johann Se-TAP-stien BASS
8: Nikolai Kor-SLAP-ov
7: Piotr SLIDE-kovsky
6: Sir BEND-ward El-GUITAR (let's not discuss how this piece is wildly out of the classical genre, this piece is so new I don't even think it classifies as romantic era)
5: Franz Linsz...tap?
4: Edv-HARMONIC Grieg (these are getting harder to punify...)
3: An-TAP-nio Vivaldi
2: Mozart 2: ELECTRIC BASSALOO
1: BerthOUDWIG VON BASSTHOVEN
I will admit to having to google who wrote the trio from pomp and circumstance. this Edward Elgar guy is like John Philip Sousa era....
speaking of which.... when will be able to hear the great Marches of J. P. Sousa on BASS?
keep up the awesome videos charles! :D
While your right that Elgar came at backend of the romantic era (born only five years before Debussy!) and lived well into the 20th century he is very much a romantic. I'd put Elgar in the same boat af Rachmaninov; while their dates don't line up in a way that easily fits into the predefined artistic eras their work is so overwhelmingly romantic that they can be asigned to it without difficulty. This is more necessary for Rach than Elgar mind as he was very much the last bastion of romanticism. Also if we wanna be really technical then almost none of these are actually classical era composers. Bach and Vivaldi are baroque and Elgar, Grieg, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Rimsky-Korsakov are all romantic. Plus myself and many scholars consider the bridging Beethoven to be a truer romantic than classicist :D
I second the Sousa shout though!
@@declanflannery7377 whoa, yeah!
I agree, Beethoven's career is really the turning point between the classical and romantic eras!
Thank you for the knowledge bomb, I'm super unknowledgeable about the romantic era!
@@talflick No worries! Happy for any excuse to pull out my music degree!
You win the Internet.
Dude, thank you. You are so enjoyable and entertaining. Please don't stop.
When you like classical music but your mom bought you a bass instead
Bass is an instrument in classical music granted it is a stand up instead of electric
Now please do Moonlight Sonata 3.
The full piece.
I’d love you forever🔥
That third movement would be epic.
David did cover it and it was quite good, it would be interesting to listen to the two versions
Davie504 already played it. Impressive but it was downgraded.
Yes!!
Aw I was really hoping you‘d do the fast par of Für Elise too. I‘d love to see that on Bass. But then you surely don‘t have to prove how fast you can play after some of the other entries here ;)
I might do a full cover of Für Elise at some point
@@CharlesBerthoud get people actually more versed into classical music.
@@CharlesBerthoud
The fast part of Fur Elise just really gets to me!
Yeah and then the fast part in liszt's transcendental etudes
Thanks for inspiration, I play worship team bass, and I love seeing and hearing your vid here my friend. All the best to you! Keep on making good vibes.
Thanks very much Charles, your talent is very pleasing, love your Classical/Metal crossovers.
You’ve got a lot of Ling Ling wannabes in your comments now
As a bass player, I must say that you're truly a huge inspiration.
You've got another fellow tapper on your boat, captain Charles
Great music Charles! Thanks for sharing this with us!
Old bass monster here....Impressive, Kid !
We used to memorize Iron Maiden riffs and we'd try tapping on The Ancient Mariner Bridge, or try this :
There's a Bass break in the Maiden song TO TAME A LAND ...in the middle....to this day, I swear its double tracked !
Keep up the good chops !!
10 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozar
9 - Johann Sebastian Bach
8 - Николай Андреевич Римский-Корсаков
7 - Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский
6 - Sir Edward William Elgar
5 - Liszt Ferenc
4 - Edvard Hagerup Grieg
3 - Antonio Lucio Vivaldi
2 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozar
1 - Ludwig van Beethoven
You have a T deficiency?
10. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
9. Johann Sebastian Bach
8. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
7. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
6. Edward Elgar
5. Franz Liszt
4. Edvard Grieg
3. Antoinio Vivaldi
2. Mozart, again
1. Ludwig Van Beethoven
I'm know im like 6 months late, but in case y'all wanted to know, here ya go. The only one im not sure about is number 5, but I'm pretty sure that it's lizst since he wrote Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2.
Thanks Charles for your marvellous videos
I enjoyed your rendition of the 4 Seasons Summer movement. Alas, it was interrupted just as I was going with the awesome flow. Wonderful video, man. Thank you.
The composers are:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Bach
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Edward Elgar
Franz Liszt, and Franz Doppler
Edvard Grieg
Antonio Vivaldi
and, Ludwig van Beethoven
Wrong
Alternative title - "I played 10 classical pieces"
not that catchy
That's a lot more appropriate title for this video.
Where recuerdos where Asturias ooga booga
Only the 2nd video I have seen from you.. I'm so thankful to find your channel randomly! SUBSCRIBED! No brainer
Incredible good job ! Please keep up the good work.
1:53 *confused scream*
It's a medley, that means YOU are the composer - do I win?
wrong
@@hazardeur Look out everybody, the No Fun Allowed Police are here
Actually, that would make him the arranger.
That is totally insane. You are by far one of the most talented bass player I've ever heard. Truly amazing and mind blowing playing. Thank you for sharing your talent with the CZcams nation.
Great skills dude! Keep it up!
1:30
*_Twosetters want to know your location_*
Ling Ling wants to know your location as well
?y
You've collected Twoset's top 10 most overplayed classical pieaces. I do hope that you play more classical piece in your channel.
you're bass playing is amazing, you have inspired me so much
Beautiful arrangements dude 👌🏼
Obviously, the hardest classical piece is "Classical Thump" by the bass guitarist Victor Wooten 🌚
When davie would post about what song to play next I would without fail comment a classical piece like fur elise
And now i finally have some combination of bass and classical music
Beautiful
Just amazing! Thank you for sharing your talent!
2:48 thank you for putting my piece on the list!!!
visually present: charles berthoud, wolfgang amadeus mozart, ludwig van beethoven, davie504 (real name reveal at 7M subs!)
interpreted: wolfgang amadeus mozart (twice), johann sebastian bach, nikolaï rimski-korsakov, piotr ilitch tchaïkovski, edward elgar, franz listz, edvard grieg, antonio vivaldi, ludwig van beethoven
Epico commenta!
H O L Y T A P P vs. H O L Y S L A P P WEN?!
On a serious note, how did you get so good at tapping?!
Haha one day... I actually played piano before bass, that helped with hand independence. Then I started doing simple tapping exercises, then more advanced scales, classical etudes, then started writing my own stuff!
Obviously, he practices 40 hours every day.
Tapestry book and then he wrote his own xD
@@CharlesBerthoud play the piano someday for us !? ;)
@@SumSock41 i second this!
Mannn this was good!! Loved this!
This video makes me wanna like all of your videos, because it's so awesome.
I listen to classical music whenever I have to study for an exam, so this is my time to shine.
Mozart, Bach,
Rimsky-Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Doppler and Liszt, Grieg, Vivaldi, Beethoven.
You need to do Pagannini 24 caprices. Those are the hardest for string instruments. If you think you need to prove yourself. Even @davie504 couldn’t handle his own Italian heritage and do Caprice 24.
Devin Blake czcams.com/video/mhdNjCsAwZE/video.html caprice 24
Agreed. Flight of the Bumblebee is boring. We want Paganini. I did enjoy the Vivaldi though but it really doesn’t lend itself to bass guitar lol
So happy to hear caprice 24! Great job! Now can you do it without as much tapping and one handed fretting? (Now I bet that would be impossible for even @Davie504!)
No, it's paganini 'god save the king' or 'nel cor piu non mi sento'
Davie504 has played the beginning part of Paganini 24 caprices czcams.com/video/r9kteu6R7TI/video.html
Amazing playing sir. 🤘🤘
Doooood your taps are hella soothing
You talked for a full 30 seconds, do you have no shame whatsoever? 😎
Sorry - did you make it to the bass solo right at the end?
@@CharlesBerthoud Yes I did! The talking is a small sacrifice I'm willing to accept 😜
I guess he is doing podcasts now
30,000
soon he want us to slap the likes :O
This guy is the best bass player I’ve seen. I’ve seen thousands. He’s remarkable
Very nicely done!
I thoroughly enjoyed this, thank you very much.
Mozart, Bach, rimsky-koraskov, Tchaikovsky, Edward elgar, Liszt and Doppler, Grieg, Vivaldi, Mozart, Beethoven
Hope I get that cd
Rondo alla turca was composed by Mozart
@@onefourthleval oh dang I'll edit hopefully I will still receive cd
Title should be "Sacrilegious boi plays modern style pizzicato medley"
I wish I could "Like" Charles' videos more than once. All 10 are excellent, but "Four Seasons" has to be my favorite. Keep it up Charles!
When he did flight of the bumblebee I couldn't not picture his fingers as little legs of a little person dramatically running lol
Hey, someone, tell him that he playing on a bass, not on a piano :D
Davie504: Slap Master
CharlesBerthoud: Tap Master
No the tap master is Ichika Nito
Then there's brett. The thumb master
Charles is still better to tap than ichika. Haha. Ichika's expertise is guitar
They’re both amazing... But check out Juno Serita from Tokyo Groove:
czcams.com/video/nPoNmcNCc-s/video.html
OMG! I just discovered your music. So much fun! Very entertaining.
Awesome job dude, you are just amazing. Thank you.
Play Revolutionary Etude by Chopin and then challenge Davie to play that
Trick question: these were all composed by Davie504
@Tyler Leyden ah yes the ol youtube switcheroo
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Checkmate!
I was a little undecided if I should like this comment or not, but then I saw it was at 99 and, I mean, come on....
OMG
Great stuff!!
I love classical Bass solos but they are hard to find. Grzegorz Kosinski has done some sick stuff but doesnt upload anymore so im am very happy that i found you
Muso's: "If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly."
My Wife: "If you can play it quickly, you can play it slowly."
False, the most difficult classical pieces are: apasionatta mov. 3 of Beethoven and Caprice no.5 of Paganini
There's no such thing as the hardest piece
@Help An apple get 100 subs to rest in its fridge are you deaf?
@@Cazador1 then the title of this vídeo is wrong
@@academiademocratica8466 it's an attractive title, doesn't matter if it's right or wrong
@@academiademocratica8466 ssssshut up
beautiful Charles !!
I love this! So much awesomeness within the bass of classical!
"Bumblebee is the hardest classical piece"
Ha ha Twoset fans go brrrrrr!
Beethoven, Mozart, Davie 504
Slap like now
davie 504 -> salieri
charles -> mozart
Fantastic, Cheers from Brazil !!!
Daaaang! 1:04 I was looking forward to play this piece someday oooff, you ultra nailed it man!