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Avery Bright
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Strings. Film. Composition. // www.averybright.com
"The Bear" - Avery Bright & RØRE
"The Bear", for my Oliver.
All music written and performed at the "The Beach" in Nashville, Tennessee.
Instagram: @averythebright
Website: www.averybright.com
All music written and performed at the "The Beach" in Nashville, Tennessee.
Instagram: @averythebright
Website: www.averybright.com
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Octave Viola - Chin Cello - a cello on your shoulder!
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Check it out - a viola that sounds like a cello! Intro music: "Theme for Two Chin Cellos" (Recorded on Avery's Chin Cello) Written and performed by Avery Bright Follow Avery on Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/0ZCIMurSKs6CryBy5jjOAr?si=pwOpyyNUQ5aY2mkVjXgx3w Avery Bright lives in Nashville, Tennessee and plays stringed instruments for a living. You can check out his bio and work at: www.averybr...
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Quick update here - while the strings I'm using in this video (Sensicores, made by the now defunct D'Addario) are no longer available, you can now get a custom made set of octave viola strings from French luthier Eliakim Boussoir. I am using a set of his on my instrument now, and they sound lovely and are far more durable than the old Sensicore strings. If you're interested in getting a set, contact Eliakim via his website at: www.atelier-boussoir.fr/
Amazing song. I have it playing on repeat in my office.
Thank so much - the solo piano version, and the piano+cello version are both out now 🙏🏻
This song will always mean the world. The OpTic Champs win. What a masterpiece
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How can we get the piano part only??? so beautiful
Hmmm I can work on that 🙂
@@averythebright When do you reckon that will be released?
@@sergio_junior4972 very soon 😎
@@sergio_junior4972 Solo piano version and piano+cello version (I call it the Oslo Version) are out now 🙏🏻
Here from Optic Gaming World Championship Process 🟩#greenwall
Just watched the video - Optic with the big win!
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Here from Crackermilk
I'm not crying. This song just hits me in my feels ok! ❤
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Greetings. I am unable to purchase an octave viola set of strings. Any suggestions???? Please advice.
I need to update this video as Super Sensitive doesn't make their octave viola strings anymore. I recently purchased a handmade set from Don Rickert, a Luthier based in Georgia. They're handmade by a contact of his in France. Here's a link to Don's Website and page to order a set: www.rickertmusicalinstruments.com/2023/11/strings-for-tenor-and-octave-tuned-violas.html?fbclid=IwAR19xqg_DbL6NWhywpzu7WeVwwAxunManfenJYUiAlUED5LsrDl0G20voMo
Very interresting!!! I studied first Viola at the Conservatoires Supérieur de Luxembourg, when I decided to switch to Major voice of becoming an Opera-Tenor sung 13 years on Stages in 🇪🇺🇩🇪, and at the "Horror-Time of Corona",I started again after 17 years of quitting playing, at Lockdown 2, bought a French Viola of Joseph Vautrin, Anno 1909,he lived 1875-1937,born in the" french Cremona City called Mirecourt " and was a pupil of Émil Germain à Paris, when he went to "Chaumont,Haute Marne",four hours away from Paris,where he was until his death a Luthier d'Art there. It is a wonderful impression of your Présenté!!! 🙏 Thank you so very much and all the best to you 🍀🍀🍀🎼🎶🎻 Kind regards from Europe 🇪🇺 , Black Forest 🇩🇪 to the 🇺🇸 to Nashville, Yours, Josha 🙋♂️ PS: excuse me, my English is not that good 😬🙏
Nice and informative. Thank you.
Where can you get these strings? I heard that they are no longer made : (
Great question - it's true these Sensicore strings are no longer made, as Super Sensitive was bought out by D'Addario. D'Addario has no plans to continue this line of specialty strings. I've been in touch with a French string maker who makes custom strings, and have a new set of Octave viola strings from them on order right now. I'll post an update when they arrive!
As an injured violist who can no longer play....ouch.
So what’s the difference between this and a Cello da Spalla?
mid range sounds cool. but not on the G and C....In the end....just learn cello your already halfway there
Aw.. it's like a cello in its younger days. :') O wish your twin chin cello song is in your spotify!
good job 💪😎 All the best!
It's Contraviola = Chin-Cello Contra = Octave Below the Prime - Robert McLoughlin
Very good. Very vauable! Thank you so much. Best & cheers, Sean
Interessting! I tried something similar. Took my 16“-Inch viola and tuned the „normal“ viola strings a fourth deeper to G-D-A-E, so It’s an octave deeper than the Violine. It works! Now, i can play violin-pieces as e.g. Bach, with a nearly similar Sound as the Cello.
I want one!!!!’
Love that sound,...and so much easier than hauling around a cello.
It sure is!
Had to check out the shoulder Cello after hearing it on Radio yesterday, Thanks for enlightening and the recordings sound wonderful
Thank you!
Love the "God Only Knows" arrangement. Just shows how good the Beach Boys were as musicians.
If Paganini saw this now he’d prob say challenge excepted
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Do you think it’d still sound good if tuned down another half step to B F# C# G#? I know seems like a weird tuning but the reason for this question is I have an electric 5 string cello that I tune E B F# C# G# because I’m also a guitarist and it is really nice to have the low e available so it can cover the range of a typical bass guitar.
Yep, I have mine tuned down a whole step right now actually - sounds great!
I think a six string instrument with a corpus length of 19-21 inches. Or the maximum length limited by string length and player size. Width and rib depth scaled proportionately to a viola. B♭, F, C, G, D, A. Use octave viola string for the B♭ and F tuned lower. Normal Viola strings for C - A. That way each string is a fifth from each other like a normal string instrument. I think a six string instrument with B♭, F, C, G, D, A. Use octave viola string for the B♭ and F tuned lower. Normal Viola strings for C - A. That way each string is a fifth from each other like a normal string instrument. Would have the range of both a cello and viola. If you're really crazy you can add an E string because it would be hard to play up the E string much with the extra wide fingerboard. I'm not sure the 7th string would be playable and the high E string might be too quiet.
Bro that sounds AMAZING! Please.. where can i get those sensicore strings? Thank you so much for this video. This is a life changing video, seriously. No cellist needed anymore:))))
That was amazing. Thanks for sharing!
Brilliant!!
Geared Tuners would help along w/ a CodaBow Joule for Viola & Dark Kaplan Premium rosin.
There's also a High E String for the 5 String Violas available as an Octave Viola High E.
I liked it. Thanks for posting!
Undergrad life was 17.5 viola
my little Avery! i could listen to you play all day long - you've always been amazing! love ya!
Hi Avery, great video. I like the way you explain the process. I've been looking for a budget one over 17 inches to experiment with but they are not so easy to get hold of. Any suggestions of where I might look online for one? Thanks. Ben
The problem with the octave C string it hits on the fingerboard because of that extremely low frequency and that’s a shame.
He's playing on all left-hand instruments? lol (ik video is mirrored)
Is a larger fretless instrument easier to learn to play as a total novice? My fingers are long and thing for a man. The precision of violin playing scares me. The slower nature of the octave strings might hide my limited skills a little bit in the parts that are suitable to it? And I love the deep sound. Is a large octave viola the way to go for a portable string instrument?
You should try a viola!
This video inspired me to convert my viola. I finally got round to it and just got it back today, restringed and modified. It's great, thank you!
Wonderful! Let me know what you think!
@@averythebright been playing it on and off (alternating with my violin) and I absolutely adore my chincello. Somehow having this low range available has made playing my violin less frustrating - I used to hate the E string! But now that I don't feel constrained to that higher range, it's lost that frustration. Tldr I love my chincello
@@averythebright forgot to mention - my viola is a 15 inch! I'm too short to play anything bigger, but I can confirm that octave strings do work on such a small instrument, and sound wonderful. I'll record and upload a demo video sometime
@@Sakkeru96 would love to hear it!
@@averythebright hi there! Took a bit but I recorded a quick demo here: th-cam.com/video/8B1pOcezvlg/w-d-xo.html And then I realised I'd left my mute on... I live in terraced housing so I normally practise with the mute on but it's not ideal for recording, particularly on my phone :'D So I did another quick and dirty recording without the mute and a slightly better range demo, here: th-cam.com/video/t95Jea5HxHM/w-d-xo.html If you're interested in what this viola sounded like originally: th-cam.com/users/shortsEfrsnZ93yJs?feature=share To clarify, this is a 15 inch viola, I was honestly surprised octave strings could work on such a small viola!! And not that it matters remotely, but this instrument is named Cesario, and my violin is Sebastien. Hope the instrument's beauty shows despite the subpar recording quality!
I don't play strings yet. In love with the cello register. Lean towards a chin size for portability as I play to travel a lot. Might an octave violin or even viola be for me? Love the sound you got from this. Some even go for 5-string violins, but that may be horrible for a beginner?
You should go to a violin shop and try a few out to see what you like!
Fine tuners are great. The metal lever-style fine tuners, however, are heavy and they change the After Length, the distance between the bridge and the tailpiece, both of which can both adversely affect the resonance and overall sound of the instrument. Wittner-style tailpieces with built in fine tuners are one of several good options.
"Shoulder cellos" were actually quite popular in the 18th Century (i.e.: th-cam.com/video/_26qvQQcteE/w-d-xo.html ), so this concept has gone on for quite a while.
I was about to suggest this very video (well, actually this related one, of the full performance of the 6th cello suite: th-cam.com/video/wbH3JYfRjOQ/w-d-xo.html). I don't agree with some of the player's assertions (I do agree that the 6th Suite was written for an instrument with 5 strings, disagree that it's pointless to play on four, but agree that it's a technical challenge, for sure!), but I find his performance beautiful and compelling. If I can approach something like it someday on the (normal, sit-down) cello, I'll be happy indeed.
While I'm going on about it, here is a performance on a 5-string, Baroque cello: th-cam.com/video/LdfGd7y0IUA/w-d-xo.html. And here's a performance on a modern (endpin, metal strings, longer fingerboard) cello with four strings: th-cam.com/video/l6lUHv6fYWA/w-d-xo.html At any rate, Bach seemed to be pretty open-minded about his pieces being played on different instruments -- he transcribed some of his own cello suites and violin partitas for lute and his Art of the Fugue doesn't specify instrumentation (with the result that people have tried it with a lot of different and cool combinations of instruments).
Great string review!!! Have you tried to use a cello bow on your octave viola? You vill hear a big difference, specially on your C and G string! 😁👍
Wow
I'm surprised it sounds as resonant as it does with such a small body!
Definitely not as resonant as a real cello, but gorgeous in its own way
OK, I am a little late to the party. Hi Avery; fellow viola player here. Fascinating feature, your 'oversized' viola re-stringed and tuned as a cello. Mozart actually played one of those oversized viola's, in its normal range, playing string quartets with Haydn. They are usually known as tenor viola. But do you know that there are actual small cello's that were played by violinists and viola players, using the typical violin fingering. Check out the Violoncello da spalla. It is comparable with your instrument, slightly larger but also much thicker (deeper) giving it enough body for a real deep bass and rich singing tone. They are recreated because scholars started to realise that many virtuoso cello pieces in the baroque era were actually written for this instrument. Bach, who was a good viola player, seemingly wrote at least one of the violoncello suites for this instrument.
Amazing! yes, I've seen the Cello da Spalla, but never tried one out as they seem to be a bit hard to find. Thanks for the interesting history on these types of instruments - hope to try one of the cello da spallas someday!
The vid is mirror image.
Interesting instrument, but the mirrored video really ruins the watching experience for me.
Sorry David!
so you aren't left-handed? this is a mirrored video?
Correct - it's mirrored - sorry for the visual dissonance!