Alexander Verster: Six Vignettes for Double Bass (2018)

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  • Solo suite for unaccompanied double bass in orchestral tuning.
    1. Prelude 0:07
    2. Reverie 1:59
    3. Dirge 4:25
    4. Berceuse 8:10
    5. Lament 10:14
    6. Denouement 11:17
    Composed and performed by Alexander Verster
    Video by John Reddihough
    London, November 2018
    Score and recording available free of charge here: alexanderverster.com/
    Physical copy here:
    shop.strato.de/epages/7816606...
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Komentáře • 84

  • @ashtomii
    @ashtomii Před 3 lety +58

    I've been playing double bass for nearly five years and it still impresses me how amazing the instrument sounds.

    • @bob_s_drawkcab
      @bob_s_drawkcab Před 2 lety +1

      That's what keeps us bringing back to music and instruemnts isn't it :) The magic of music and the instruemt!

    • @TheRojo387
      @TheRojo387 Před rokem

      Mostly because we very seldom hear it bowed these days.

  • @Windschutzscheibe
    @Windschutzscheibe Před 2 lety +12

    This video deserves at least a million more views. I’ve never heard a double bass sound so versatile before. Fantastic playing.

  • @haikat4
    @haikat4 Před 3 lety +10

    With some good speakers, even a deaf man could enjoy this! Excellent work, love to see such dedication to this instrument. I'm not listening, I'm feeling.

  • @RedstoneManiac13
    @RedstoneManiac13 Před 3 lety +17

    A friend is playing this on his recital, so I thought I'd come by and listen to the original. Love the Berceuse! It's probably my favorite movement.

  • @iancollins4792
    @iancollins4792 Před 3 lety +24

    I've listened several times now, and I'm very impresssed and inspired. It's music like this that truly motivates me to practice. Can't wait to play this someday.

  • @RobMacKillop1
    @RobMacKillop1 Před 3 lety +2

    I’ve just fallen in love with the DB. Thank you. Cellos are for wimps! 😎

  • @TheBubbajones12
    @TheBubbajones12 Před 4 lety +4

    Brilliant.

  • @ruinsaneornot
    @ruinsaneornot Před 3 lety +12

    So beautiful and eerie that stirs up my emotion. What a great piece of sound!

  • @unnietodedominga9113
    @unnietodedominga9113 Před 6 měsíci

    Beautiful, thanks for sharing!

  • @Aki-tu2pu
    @Aki-tu2pu Před 4 lety +3

    Wow, Dirge flashed me! That was/is my favourite! Keep it up!

  • @DiscoverDoubleBass
    @DiscoverDoubleBass Před 3 lety +7

    Incredible. Bravo.

  • @freddiethebassist
    @freddiethebassist Před 5 lety +14

    Absolutely brilliant! Great work!

  • @danielbaskin4418
    @danielbaskin4418 Před 3 lety +4

    Possibly the best video recording of good double bass tone I know of. Wonderful work!

  • @AttemptingToBeBusy
    @AttemptingToBeBusy Před 5 lety +10

    Beautiful music!

  • @carloscastan2115
    @carloscastan2115 Před rokem

    BRAVOOo!!!!!!

  • @imrehentai1504
    @imrehentai1504 Před 4 lety +6

    Great! A real treat! part 3 fantastic music experience I haven't had before... Brilliant !!!!!! :)

  • @lindsaydonat8578
    @lindsaydonat8578 Před 2 lety +1

    Incredible. Thank you for making the free download available.

  • @MichlRotten
    @MichlRotten Před 4 lety +6

    really inspiring. thank you for sharing

  • @ranaeifamilyensemble1405
    @ranaeifamilyensemble1405 Před 5 lety +4

    love from Persia...
    amazing music and amazing player...
    Thank you so much!
    best wishes
    Ranaei family ensemble

  • @mimosa-music
    @mimosa-music Před 2 lety +1

    Fabulous! A wonderful performance of wonderful music.

  • @mozgotron12
    @mozgotron12 Před 4 lety +2

    Вот! Именно то, что я искал! Соло на контрабасе! С качественной звукопередачей!

  • @vc5803
    @vc5803 Před 3 lety +1

    incredible!

  • @adrielhernandez4073
    @adrielhernandez4073 Před 4 lety +2

    Beautiful!

  • @isaacglassman2416
    @isaacglassman2416 Před 3 lety +2

    This is magnificent! Thank you for sharing your work.

  • @giampaoloterrosi8373
    @giampaoloterrosi8373 Před 3 lety +1

    Bellissimo suono e composizione superba! Bravissimo!!

  • @blorble4701
    @blorble4701 Před 4 lety +1

    thank you!

  • @AVarshaAndersonss-ys1kq
    @AVarshaAndersonss-ys1kq Před 11 měsíci

    Nice mate this is helping me for my music exam which is next week a re test

  • @Sizalyth
    @Sizalyth Před 2 lety +1

    beautiful composition and amazing performance...so talented!

  • @dylancoverdale
    @dylancoverdale Před rokem

    This is breathtaking, mesmerizing. Wow

  • @williamallison5222
    @williamallison5222 Před 4 lety +1

    This is awesome! I love the use of chords and the ideas alot

  • @georgemoynier4285
    @georgemoynier4285 Před 2 lety

    Just so beautiful music!!!

  • @ThisIsTedMontuori
    @ThisIsTedMontuori Před 3 lety

    Beautiful music!!!!!!!!

  • @williequinlan7252
    @williequinlan7252 Před 3 lety

    Thank you👍☘️

  • @justmusic822
    @justmusic822 Před 5 lety +3

    Fantasties! Wow!

  • @wildsurmisemusic4494
    @wildsurmisemusic4494 Před 5 lety +1

    Really amazing work Alexander, and thank you for the score, really useful research for my own piece.

  • @ContrabajoTango
    @ContrabajoTango Před 4 lety +1

    amazing, inspiring music, and great playing too, congratulations!

  • @FranciscoLopez-gl6ok
    @FranciscoLopez-gl6ok Před 3 lety

    I love this piece, beautiful music! congratulations

  • @davidefuniciello5207
    @davidefuniciello5207 Před 4 lety +15

    Double B A S S

  • @camusmonamour
    @camusmonamour Před 3 lety

    super son, merci...

  • @jeanpaullamers
    @jeanpaullamers Před rokem

    bravo, fantastic!

  • @juanosize
    @juanosize Před 3 lety

    BRAVO 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 !!!!

  • @pavelvasilyev8981
    @pavelvasilyev8981 Před 3 lety

    Great!!!

  • @Ricketan
    @Ricketan Před 5 lety +3

    nice

  • @harishv7245
    @harishv7245 Před 9 měsíci

    👏👏👏

  • @Sosedsd
    @Sosedsd Před 3 lety

    Мое почтение!!!!

  • @quasarouta4723
    @quasarouta4723 Před 4 lety

    omg!! pls keep doing this!! so Minimalism but beautiful

  • @andreivladut3452
    @andreivladut3452 Před 4 lety +1

    That's finally a professional thing. Good job man, u got the technique

  • @pedrofigueiredo3660
    @pedrofigueiredo3660 Před 2 lety +1

    dude.... wow

  • @bradleydoyle6752
    @bradleydoyle6752 Před 4 lety

    Fuck yeah

  • @MultiKamil97
    @MultiKamil97 Před 4 lety +1

    Wow, the sounds it makes are gorgeous. You're also really talented! By the way starting from 6:40 sounds like something straight off the game Vampyr and it's awesome.

  • @davidbahr9612
    @davidbahr9612 Před 2 lety

    You're a badass. Gonna get an extension and learn this

  • @LFergot
    @LFergot Před 3 lety +1

    Can you please record 2 hours straight similar music is the only thing that is bringing me peace right now. Put some unaccompanied stuff on Spotify maybe?

  • @arcosu2720
    @arcosu2720 Před 5 lety

    fuckin incredible

  • @3340steve
    @3340steve Před 4 lety +1

    Great sounds, I notice you trigger the low string once with first finger left hand. That is good. I have only seen a cellist do that while playing Kodaly . Thank you for the excellent music.

  • @hakobhovhannisyan3028

    Замечательно

  • @ljolivarez2
    @ljolivarez2 Před 3 lety

    They way I can produce a short movie to this

  • @loekielagrange3737
    @loekielagrange3737 Před 5 lety +4

    Briljant. Veral mal oor Dirge en Berceuse.

  • @levitopher
    @levitopher Před 5 lety +6

    Wonderful music, but I would also like some information about that bass - it has a fantastic sound!

    • @avbigband
      @avbigband  Před 5 lety +5

      Thank you! It is a very typical mid/late 19th century anonymous French bass from Mirecourt, probably made in the Jérôme Thibouville-Lamy workshop.

  • @eliaswendel7257
    @eliaswendel7257 Před 5 lety +7

    What have you done at 4:50? But exellence work!

    • @avbigband
      @avbigband  Před 5 lety +15

      At 4:50 I pluck the low C with the left hand just as I start bowing it. This is so that the string is already vibrating when the bowing begins, which makes the note speak faster and more reliably. (Happens again at 4:54 and probably some other times too - it's not a conscious technique!)

  • @FJB6987
    @FJB6987 Před 3 lety +2

    Amazing. Im interested in learning more about Dirge. I tried searching for information on the song/what year was written and by who. Could you help me? Im in awe

    • @avbigband
      @avbigband  Před 3 lety +1

      I refer you to the title of the video, which contains the answers to all your questions! Dirge is simply one of six movements from the larger work titled 'Six Vignettes'.

  • @alfieharries
    @alfieharries Před 2 lety

    Great tone, that low C is huge. Are you using pirastro flat-chromes? Can't quite see the colour

    • @avbigband
      @avbigband  Před rokem +1

      Flat-Chromesteels, well spotted.

  • @alexanderhemming9148
    @alexanderhemming9148 Před 5 lety +4

    Hey what do you use to put your dots on your fingerboard?

    • @avbigband
      @avbigband  Před 5 lety +4

      They are wooden inlays that the luthier who built the fingerboard put in.

  • @emilygage8451
    @emilygage8451 Před 4 lety

    I love this suite! Do you happen to have an arrangement that doesn't require an extension?

    • @avbigband
      @avbigband  Před 4 lety +4

      Emily Gage You’ll probably find that all but the 3rd mvt. (Dirge) can be adapted easily enough for an extension-free performance - often the lower notes are only there for additional resonance. Unfortunately the Dirge can’t really be arranged otherwise because of how reliant it is upon the changing pitch of the lowest open string. For mvts. 1, 2, 5 and 6 however, I would just tune the bottom string down to D, and mvt. 4 (Berceuse) is simply in standard tuning. That being said, getting an extension (with all the gates) might be the best decision you ever make and I can hardly recommend it enough...

    • @emilygage8451
      @emilygage8451 Před 4 lety +1

      @@avbigband thank you, I'm excited to play your piece! I am planning on purchasing a bass with an extension eventually, definitely a worthwhile investment!

  • @larrylitmanen9877
    @larrylitmanen9877 Před 3 lety

    I saw a guy on a train with one of these, can they create something for these people because this bass is HUGE. I felt sorry for the guy, especially when it is in the case, it's like 7 feet tall.

  • @lenis_wold9030
    @lenis_wold9030 Před 2 lety +1

    Smash

  • @mateushabermann4400
    @mateushabermann4400 Před 3 lety

    Triplebass

  • @samantheul2553
    @samantheul2553 Před 7 měsíci

    8:14

  • @gustavomayor8595
    @gustavomayor8595 Před 3 lety +4

    Davie504 can't play this

  • @thierry1026
    @thierry1026 Před 5 lety +18

    Thats so damn low

    • @Aki-tu2pu
      @Aki-tu2pu Před 4 lety +16

      kinda the whole point of the double bass

  • @investigationsarseny912

    Дерьмо