There's more to music than what you can hear. There's something to be said for the inaudible impact that an instrument has on the body. If you've ever gone to an orchestral performance in person, there is just a certain something of a physical impact that the instruments have upon the body that don't exist in replayed recordings. Even if it's the same music and the same notes and they may have the same emotional effect, but the notes just feel hollow without that physical presence. I believe that the intention behind the octobase wasn't to create a nice sound, but rather to have a resonation chamber so large that it can effectively project its presence across a large space.
@@SoggySandwich80 I think the joke is that the instrument is so big one can go inside it and in exaggerated terms live in it. The other joke is that musicians are homeless so this would be very useful to them.
Sadly, he never got around to his true masterpiece, the Hexdecobasse. It stood 3 stories tall and required four to play it, two on the bow, and two working from the fret bridge, an actual bridge in front of the neck of the instrument. I hear there was even a song written to feature it called "The Coming Earthquake."
I understand there were several fatalities during construction alone? Not counting the injuries that ensued when it was discovered that it could shake most concert halls to their foundations.
Violins, what do you play? The Melody! Violas, what do you play? The Harmony! Basses, what do you play? The Bass Line! Percussion, what do you play? The Rhythm! Octobasse, what do you play? The RuMbLe!
my local orchestra has an octobass in their concert hall (although idk if its one of the ogs or the other replica) and well i see it every concert but ive only heard it once and it was pretty cool! i couldnt really hear it bc the whole orchestra was playing on top but we all focused on it and yea id say its not much of a specific sound, more like it adds a layer of overall sound?? hopefully i get to hear more of it through the years !!
I remember going on a field trip to this museum as a child, and thinking it was pretty boring, but now that I'm older, i appreciate all the instruments and find it fascinating
considering people rent 40 thousand dollar microphones to record a song i could see a multi million dollar production paying a few thousand to record a few notes from it
Dilan Pearson well in its true form, it’s a large box with very thick strings attached to it. That doesn’t sound hard for a Hollywood production to make and if they made it once it can be used many many times
As an oktavist that knows how to sing subharmonics I never thought I'd find an instrument I could harmonize with. What a fun in idea, if only it worked out, imagine the madness that could be heard.
I looked it up in Webster's New World Dictionary Third College Edition and it says either octopuses or octopi are correct, though nothing about octopedes.
actually you are completely on the point. Low sounds especially in the 3-10 Hz cause physical changes in humans that we associate with dread, fear and anxiety.
It is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for showing this. When I was little, I dreamed about this sound, and I could never find it! This is it! Only took me 55 years to find it, thanks to you!❤️❤️❤️
Yes! I love it! I don't know why everyone's hating and being snarky with the comments; this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen and I hope to see it in person one day. 😄
esclrocks Whatever, it is awesome! To a musician there are no such thing as ugly sounds, the world is full of incredible sounds waiting to be harnessed!
Whilst human tonal perception ceases around 20Hz we can still perceive single cycles below 10Hz. (hence seeing those strings vibrating) A friend made reel tape recording of himself playing the organ in Winchester Cathedral, whilst the lowest notes were heard (and felt) in the Cathedral they were not picked up by the microphones. Those deep pedal notes definitely do contribute to the music. If I can hear our 50Hz mains hum I can tune to that as the bass note G is 49Hz. The open E string of a bass is 41Hz, we have "octave" effects that can halve that to 20Hz and that is audible. Sadly our computers (and TH-cam) are not really capably of reproducing these low notes.
We wiggle around the Earth's axis at a frequence of (about) 1/86400 Hz, and we can perceive that circadian rhythm as well. It just doesn't register as sound anymore...
The idea that humans can't hear pitches below 20 Hz isn't accurate. He played the low C0 note at 16 Hz and you can hear it. The compressions of the fundamental just get so slow that we start to perceive the wave as individual pulses rather than a continuous pitch. You also hear the overtones above that which do sound as continuous pitches.
@@clintjones9848 I, myself can certainly hear down to 14Hz but not 7Hz using a frequency generator. Dogs cannot hear that low but can much higher and their frequency response seems to be more linear than ours; it is difficult to ask a dog what they can hear but they can pinpoint sounds we cannot. I am quite old but can still hear to 16kHz with a dip not a gap at 13-14kHz. But what I was getting at is over the internet our computers and other digitised sound systems cannot reproduce the full range of sounds we can hear.
Unfortunately we only know of seven in the world. One of which is currently in possession of the OSM (Montréal Symphony Orchestra) and is featured in some of their work. Their official TH-cam channel shows a little bit of its place in a symphony. (th-cam.com/video/tByWfMabYV0/w-d-xo.html)
Rhea Morales simply search OSM Octobass and you ought to come up with the video I linked. It’s on their official TH-cam channel so it isn’t too difficult to track down.
Emma Lusk I’d imagine you could hear the infrasound in person, yes. It’s the video compression and mediocre phone/computer speakers that don’t do it justice.
I have never knew an insterment like this existed I'd like to see this in an orchestra or at least have someone play a song eaven if it was hot cross buns
I'm pretty sure he did. There's a difference between a note being outside of our hearing range, and the sound of an instrument playing that note being inaudible. The innermost part of our ear canal is lined with an array of tiny hairs of different lengths. Just as the length of a tuning fork determines the frequency at which it vibrates, the lengths of these hairs determine the frequency of the sound that will cause those hairs to vibrate and bend. This bending action is transmitted to the brain, and that's how we hear. We don't actually hear a written waveform like you see on a computer. We hear a collection of frequencies. Typically, the longest hairs vibrate at around 20Hz, or 20 waves per second. But if someone claps their hands, maybe three times per second, that's a lower frequency. We can still hear them clapping their hands, because the sound of a clap excites various hairs inside our ears that respond to various frequencies. But the collective cycle of something happening three times per second doesn't register as a "pitch". And that's really the difference. You don't hear it as a pitch. Real musical instruments don't produce a perfect sine wave. If they did, then we really wouldn't be able to hear them play notes below 20Hz. Instead, they are imperfect. Those long, loose strings swing back and forth, slapping against the bow, almost thumping like a helicopter. We hear the thumps, but the rate of those thumps doesn't register in our minds as a "note".
The instrument does not produce a sine wave... You wouldn't hear the fundamental note but the harmonic overtones (partial vibration of the string). Your speakers can't produce anything below 50 hz well anyways unless you have a big subwoofer.
Look at the note he plays at 2:30. After he removes the bow, the string is still vibrating, but no audible frequency is heard. That’s the 15 Hz note. This instrument is terrifyingly beautiful.
Exactly my kind of instrument ❤ Because the lowest note is beyond human hearing, you just hear the overtones - fascinating 😎 And you can hear the strings actually vibrating, because they vibrate slowly enough to hear (and even see) the vibrations 🎉
Agreed. I clicked on the video out of curiosity. I was very impressed by the instrument itself, and these comments are giving me some much needed lol moments.
When u stop hearing it u start seeing it. Wonderfully made. We can hear the harmonic squeak though, and their tones, and sometimes the low-wobble was clear recognisable bass notes. Cool to see it spool & flam like that. Uncovers mysteries.
it definitely reminds me the heptapodes from The Arrival. As they didn’t see this instrument I find it even more impressive. They knew they needed that sound to make their aliens appear terrifying of strangeness and cosmic
Mooseknuck Scalloper OH this might be what they use for the deep growling sound when a monster or large object is moving ominously and slowly, like the creature in the latest Godzilla or something
I haven't confirmed it yet, but I heard Richard Wagner himself was one of the first composers to use this monster in his orchestra because he, indeed, wanted to create a particularly scary sound effect that he could only find in the Octobasse.
Are there any compositions written with the instrument included? I don’t think the full effect of the sound would become apparent until it is used in an orchestra.
You can't hear 16Hz, but you can feel it. It's a whole different experience to hear it in person. The recording equipment probably doesn't even pick up the lowest rumble and even if it did your headphones or speakers wouldn't be able to recreate it and even if they did your room is probably to small for the sound wave to travel it's full length. Same goes with large organ pipes.
Napalmpeppar hmm. good point. however, this one probably doesn't sound too good with actual music. timbre assures double basses get enough frequencies that are felt, so i don't think there's need for an instrument that does nothing but that.
Yeah definitely, the regular ones will shake you alot. The octa is simply a result of musical experimentation to the point of what is actually possible, it's a natural human quality I would say.
wanna listen to the sound of big piston engines. start with a boss hoss, and work your way over nascar to WW2 aircraft and submarine engines. and dont miss out on the brutus
I just got my first 3/4 size bass and I thought she was big. I saw the Octobasse in Arizona a LONG time ago and completely forgot about it until this video. Now I recognize how small she is. (She was made 265 years ago in Prague :) )
I have a full size cello, and was amazed that a bass was the size of me without the pin out. I'd be TERRIFIED to stand next to one of these gigantic beastly instruments😆 ( and that wording is meant with all the love in the world, I love strings with every bit of my heart. )
You fed your violin well
LOL! 😆
thanks! I hate it
XD
Lots of water and sunlight too
Fish Animations
This is one of the funniest comments I’ve seen, ever :)
How do we know you're not just an elf playing a cello.
Fancy finding you here
lol yeah people got a lot shorter. Like a lot lot.
(I was hoping it would sound more beautiful. I guess it's just too beautiful for human ears.)
Bet you're fun at parties Peyton.
your music is awesome!
Lucas King haha I was just listening to your Christmas video the other day and then saw you here
"You know what the world needs? A musical instrument that plays notes outside of the range of human hearing."
Recorder: hhhhmmmmMmmmmMMMMmmm....
this but unironically
Oh yeah, the piccolo
There's more to music than what you can hear. There's something to be said for the inaudible impact that an instrument has on the body. If you've ever gone to an orchestral performance in person, there is just a certain something of a physical impact that the instruments have upon the body that don't exist in replayed recordings. Even if it's the same music and the same notes and they may have the same emotional effect, but the notes just feel hollow without that physical presence. I believe that the intention behind the octobase wasn't to create a nice sound, but rather to have a resonation chamber so large that it can effectively project its presence across a large space.
You can still feel 16hz. You can feel down to 10 hz in your bones.
I want this in my house, for those 3AM jam sessions in the dark. Also fun to play in the woods at night.
I personally like to play them in abandoned buildings such as houses or hospitals
It really improves the vibe of the area 😊
Somebody plays one during my disturbing dreams
you seem fun
Great, I am getting sleepy and I already know that now my dreams are going to be even More Disturbing than they normally Are...
🤘🤘🤘
Octobass, good for when you need an instrument AND a home.
Fookin brilliant
Perfect for most musicians
Hahahaha
I don’t get it
@@SoggySandwich80 I think the joke is that the instrument is so big one can go inside it and in exaggerated terms live in it. The other joke is that musicians are homeless so this would be very useful to them.
Neighbor 1: so many construction noises late at night
Neighbor 2: Actually thats just me practicing my octobass
PUMPKIN PIE 😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
Later that day if the neighbor comes over
Neighbor 2:see
Neighbor 1: Oh
Octobasse*😂
Why did I find this so funny
It must be horrific when a string snaps
PickleJar251 R.I.P.
I can see it on the news now.
"Man cut in half after octobass string snapped."
It could whip the player in the face....
Guillotine
Nathan Benitez strings on regular double basses can snap and they do. They have been known to take out the eyes of players in the past.
Sadly, he never got around to his true masterpiece, the Hexdecobasse. It stood 3 stories tall and required four to play it, two on the bow, and two working from the fret bridge, an actual bridge in front of the neck of the instrument. I hear there was even a song written to feature it called "The Coming Earthquake."
Lmao!
I understand there were several fatalities during construction alone? Not counting the injuries that ensued when it was discovered that it could shake most concert halls to their foundations.
@@benjaminsagan5861 😄
@@dukecity7688 😁
😵💫
Imagine being in a band full of octobasses and contrabassoons
Kim Seokjin nooooooooo XD
Kim Seokjin i would actually love that
Omggg 😶😂😂
BOOOO9OOOOOOOOOOOPPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM
oh boi
Assert your dominance in your Highschool orchestra by showing up with one of these bad boys
Madison Carreiro what if you ride the bus lol
Hell yeah, show those football players what's up and go home with qb gf. Smooth playa
I have a 3rd floor band room 😅
I hate to be "that guy", so I won't. Also, I can't come up with a good joke.
@cgwworldministries you could slap some wheels on it, then you are the bus.
"Let's put some strings on a boat!" -guy who invented the octobasse
actually LOL'd at this
Your a legend👍🏻
I read this with Bill Wurtz's voice. He should do a music history
Bhahahaha XD
Then what's the triple contrabass viol, the titanic
Elephants can fully appreciate the sound of that instrument.
They need to team up with a zoo and see what elephants think of this instrument…
And maybe whales…
❤
@djharml3ss After too many beans. ( Betting it's one of the very few instruments where the number in existence can be easily counted.)
Violins, what do you play? The Melody!
Violas, what do you play? The Harmony!
Basses, what do you play? The Bass Line!
Percussion, what do you play? The Rhythm!
Octobasse, what do you play? The RuMbLe!
Owen Fay you included violas but not cellos
@@lzs4904 yeah.
Owen Fay how. Dare. You.
Violas forever
Samuel Rivero ew
Expectation: rich, deep sound
Reality: lawnmower starting
Jokes aside this is a lovely instrument wow
My thought exactly. :)
Fun fact:
I’m allergic to lawn clippings lmao
Beautiful instrument but it's pointless. It doesn't even sound musical, it's just rumble.
I though train
Spectre if your are in the room with it you can feel the vibrations. You literally feel the music.
"Hey what note is this?" *rrrrrrgguuuuuhhhhhhggggggrrrrrrruuuughhhhggguuuugggggggggggguuuugggghhhhhhhhggghhhhh*
Mary Smith hahahahhahahaha just epic
C
For real!
D flat-sharp
H minor
I would love to hear this being played in an orchestra! I want to hear that that "low rumble" adds to a song.
Ya!
th-cam.com/video/tByWfMabYV0/w-d-xo.html
It adds nothing
my local orchestra has an octobass in their concert hall (although idk if its one of the ogs or the other replica) and well i see it every concert but ive only heard it once and it was pretty cool! i couldnt really hear it bc the whole orchestra was playing on top but we all focused on it and yea id say its not much of a specific sound, more like it adds a layer of overall sound?? hopefully i get to hear more of it through the years !!
yeah after learning about this i legally and morally have to write something for it
comes with softcase
+
Anıl Yazar I'm crying laughing! This comment wins TH-cam for the month!
R. Darling ok jozgjul
_comes with softcase_
- and a shoulder rest too.
ew. unless it has backpack straps. then its cool.
0:17 He's actually holding an octobass in that photo. People just aren't as tall as they used to be.
thats... a violin
+ᐊᒻᒪᒐᕈᖅᓂᒃ NO! IT'S AN OCTOBASSSS
hahahaha
+Gonk Fascinating, knowledge is power
ᐊᒻᒪᒐᕈᖅᓂᒃ don't ruin our fantasy...let us dream.
I played the octobasse once. Now I've got some whale who won't stop calling me.
Had the same thing happen to me.😂
I have a whole herd of elephants following me around.
SAME lol 😂😂😂
Brilliant xD
Lol!!!!
I remember going on a field trip to this museum as a child, and thinking it was pretty boring, but now that I'm older, i appreciate all the instruments and find it fascinating
Expectations: Beautiful sounds lower than a double bass
Reality: **sound of broken laptop**
**motor engine noises**
**creepy hell noises**
The results of eating beans...
@@miguelsuarez8010 stop I am wheezing so hard right now
all i could hear was lawnmower
You put it perfectly
You say creepy, I say metal
So
Play "Flight of the Bumblebee"
This one would be flight of the sperm whale
I bet he can play 15 notes per second on that instrument
@@angelserenade Ben lee
Thatll be sAcRelIGioUs
VLanceV lol twosetviolin
Is this what they use in the SFX department to make "ships creaking" noises in pirate movies? This is awesome
Yeah they would buy a fucking super rare instrument just to make ship creaking noises
@@BobrLovr they could borrow it?
is it cheaper to just sink a ship?
considering people rent 40 thousand dollar microphones to record a song i could see a multi million dollar production paying a few thousand to record a few notes from it
Dilan Pearson well in its true form, it’s a large box with very thick strings attached to it. That doesn’t sound hard for a Hollywood production to make and if they made it once it can be used many many times
As an oktavist that knows how to sing subharmonics I never thought I'd find an instrument I could harmonize with. What a fun in idea, if only it worked out, imagine the madness that could be heard.
You're full of it.
@@rustytv3023he’s not! look it up :)
could i communicate with whales using this?
Can confirm: works with whales, also octopuses.
Wikipedia says that 'octopuses', 'octopai', and 'octopedes' are all correct. :)
Ardin Catish Wikipedia is not an academic source.. damn you college!
Ardin Catish Could be also "octopussy?"
I looked it up in Webster's New World Dictionary Third College Edition and it says either octopuses or octopi are correct, though nothing about octopedes.
Imagine a child saying "I wanna learn the octobass" xD
Heart of Crow then, run the fuck away
My God that would be crazy
I want to learn the OCTOBASS
I'm a child age ten and I wanna learn it
There’s only 7 octobasses in the world, they probably will never own one
"What we need to do is create a powerful sense of dread."
the longer the note, the more dread
Ancient inspiration for Black Sabbath.
God, that's terrible. It's worse than Darryl's bloody cor anglais.
actually you are completely on the point. Low sounds especially in the 3-10 Hz cause physical changes in humans that we associate with dread, fear and anxiety.
😝😱🙀
It is absolutely beautiful! Thank you for showing this. When I was little, I dreamed about this sound, and I could never find it! This is it! Only took me 55 years to find it, thanks to you!❤️❤️❤️
Yes! I love it! I don't know why everyone's hating and being snarky with the comments; this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen and I hope to see it in person one day. 😄
ONLY TRUE BASS LOVERS UNDERSTAND THIS.
@@Cherrycreamsoda1because twosetviolin made a video about it so all of their snobby fans came to hate on this
Bot
@@SeanCazabon talking about yourself again?
I wonder why it never caught on...
Liesmith I bet a cellist could make it sound better... without technique, of course it's going to sound like crap.
esclrocks Whatever, it is awesome! To a musician there are no such thing as ugly sounds, the world is full of incredible sounds waiting to be harnessed!
esclrocks The one in the video is not a real instrument. I'm pretty sure he said it was a replica. It might not even have a soundpost.
Brent Breault It is a replica of the original. It is a real instrument. He just wasn't "playing" it. -simply showing how it works.
+mafurock33 exactly, I'm getting an awesome dubstep vibe from this, sounds awesome
mom I need a ride to band practice, start the dump truck
No, I need the SUV for the bow.
Chilly Dawgg string instruments are orchestra not band get it right for once for fucks sake
Chilly Dawgg orchestra not band
BAND?!?!
no, only cellos, violas, violins aren't in band
basses exist in band and are a very large part of it
It sounds like a construction site
I didn't knew I needed this type of rumble in my life, but now I know I need it
Anyone else think it sounds like a motorcycle or lawn mower or just an engine in general?
yess 😂
Natethesandman1 it sounds like a semi using its Jake brake going downhill.
Natethesandman1 like a deeep fart
a v32 with 700 hp
Natethesandman1 Yes, but it sounds sooo beautiful...
How do we know you're not just a small man?
Ukkonen 3d this comment is gold
HAHAHAHA
Give this man a Ham burger he deserves it.
Ukkonen 3d cuz the viola sounds low
Neither the cello nor bass have 3 strings, they have 4.
correction, it was created when he was drunk and somebody said "I bet nothing can make a lower sound that a basse" and he said "lol, hold my beer" xD
double bass*
MrKlausbaudelaire Nice profile pic.
Whilst human tonal perception ceases around 20Hz we can still perceive single cycles below 10Hz. (hence seeing those strings vibrating)
A friend made reel tape recording of himself playing the organ in Winchester Cathedral, whilst the lowest notes were heard (and felt) in the Cathedral they were not picked up by the microphones. Those deep pedal notes definitely do contribute to the music.
If I can hear our 50Hz mains hum I can tune to that as the bass note G is 49Hz. The open E string of a bass is 41Hz, we have "octave" effects that can halve that to 20Hz and that is audible.
Sadly our computers (and TH-cam) are not really capably of reproducing these low notes.
We wiggle around the Earth's axis at a frequence of (about) 1/86400 Hz, and we can perceive that circadian rhythm as well. It just doesn't register as sound anymore...
The idea that humans can't hear pitches below 20 Hz isn't accurate. He played the low C0 note at 16 Hz and you can hear it. The compressions of the fundamental just get so slow that we start to perceive the wave as individual pulses rather than a continuous pitch. You also hear the overtones above that which do sound as continuous pitches.
@@clintjones9848 I, myself can certainly hear down to 14Hz but not 7Hz using a frequency generator. Dogs cannot hear that low but can much higher and their frequency response seems to be more linear than ours; it is difficult to ask a dog what they can hear but they can pinpoint sounds we cannot. I am quite old but can still hear to 16kHz with a dip not a gap at 13-14kHz. But what I was getting at is over the internet our computers and other digitised sound systems cannot reproduce the full range of sounds we can hear.
This is exactly the sound of my stomach when I'm hungry. x)
Very interesting instrument!
Thing is it sounds funny in an isolated context but imagine this low thunderous rumble underneath a full orchestra. God it would sound tremendous!
Do you know any music that uses the octobass?
Unfortunately we only know of seven in the world. One of which is currently in possession of the OSM (Montréal Symphony Orchestra) and is featured in some of their work. Their official TH-cam channel shows a little bit of its place in a symphony. (th-cam.com/video/tByWfMabYV0/w-d-xo.html)
@@Violetcas97 link didn't work :(
Rhea Morales simply search OSM Octobass and you ought to come up with the video I linked. It’s on their official TH-cam channel so it isn’t too difficult to track down.
th-cam.com/video/jCEYPyUBDAU/w-d-xo.html this one shows an octobass played along with double bass
This must be how my violin friends see me when I play cello...
Nope, we just see you playing a cello
Dayana Valles you ruined an amazing joke 😂😂😂😂😂
My dude. Your lowkey on point with that statement. All the people in my school r short little ants
How do u think bass players feel?
LMAOOO
wooohhhhh, those low notes did something amazing to my heart
Definitely the most metal of all orchestral instruments
But does it djent?
@@DragonGrafx-16 “play djent bass on the octabass” is a video I’d watch
It sounds so angry
Of course it is. He's disrupting its slumber.
Isn't it lovely?
marsgirl675 how to get bold txt
No wonder it sounds so odd, we can only hear the overtones and not the actual intended pitch of the notes
Especially over TH-cam.
Colton Smith you could feel it in person I would imagine
Emma Lusk I’d imagine you could hear the infrasound in person, yes. It’s the video compression and mediocre phone/computer speakers that don’t do it justice.
@@Free_Snooki ... You mean the human hearing range?
@@Free_Snooki doesn't make any sense, what you just said.
*SUCH a cute* instrument.
It has made me smile the whole time.
An acoustic lawnmower.
Ian Black comedy bang bang
Ian Black omg dude 😂😂😂😂
Now all I can hear is a lawn mower!😂
I live for this comment 😂
Sounds like he’s gonna summon a demon without knowing
Lolol
HP Lovecraft's bass.
Cellothulhu?
just sounds like my stomach in the morning
Ambient drone musicians salivating while watching this
You thought YOUR bass was hard to tune?
Broke a string once. Lost my arm.
I have to tune after every few songs!
@@LastTaboo 😨
basses aren't necessarily hard to tune. The way the sting hit the fingerboard will irK ME UNTIL I DIE THO
I have never knew an insterment like this existed I'd like to see this in an orchestra or at least have someone play a song eaven if it was hot cross buns
Girls talk in a higher pitch to guys they like.
Girls talking to me:
🤣🤣🤣 (I laughed an octave lower than usually, of course 😄)
This is copied from the lingling40hrs reddit.
🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣
@@zswu31416 i can assure you it did not originate there, very common joke.
@@sylphyyreal
Before subwoofers, was the Octobasse.
interesting, never seen before. In which composition is it used ?
I think its made for dinosaur
Don't be silly dinosaurs don't listen to classical music, they listen to ROCK
get it
not the t rex though, they have tiny arms..
It sounds like a dinosaur 😂
Lol
The PandorasBox T-Rexes are actually great violin and ukulele players
Some of those notes sound like my washing machine in spin cycle
You need to get that checked out ;)
This just feels like an Onion article.
If they started selling octobasses at guitar center then yes it would be an onion article
Standard Tuning for Octobasse
3 String (Bottesini): C¹ G¹ D²
4 String (Trad.): F⁰ C¹ G¹ D²
5 String: Bb-1 F⁰ C¹ G¹ D²
6 String: Eb-1 Bb-1 F⁰ C¹ G¹ D²
The Octobasse is Tuned to Cajun Violin Tuning but 3 Octaves Lower
But the one in MIM is Tuned to Cajun Violin Tuning 4 Octaves Down
3 String (Bottesini): C⁰ G⁰ D¹
4 String: F-1 C⁰ G⁰ D¹
5 String: Bb-2 F-1 C⁰ G⁰ D¹
6 String: Eb-2 Bb-2 F-1 C⁰ G⁰ D¹
Thanks for saving me the time to look all that up..🙂
is it bad if my car sounds like this?
Probably
is it a v8? c;
mechanic: what's wrong?
me: ... you ever hear an octobass?
I laughed so hard a the last replay
I was hoping we would get to see him play that note we can't hear.
I'm pretty sure he did. There's a difference between a note being outside of our hearing range, and the sound of an instrument playing that note being inaudible.
The innermost part of our ear canal is lined with an array of tiny hairs of different lengths. Just as the length of a tuning fork determines the frequency at which it vibrates, the lengths of these hairs determine the frequency of the sound that will cause those hairs to vibrate and bend. This bending action is transmitted to the brain, and that's how we hear. We don't actually hear a written waveform like you see on a computer. We hear a collection of frequencies.
Typically, the longest hairs vibrate at around 20Hz, or 20 waves per second. But if someone claps their hands, maybe three times per second, that's a lower frequency. We can still hear them clapping their hands, because the sound of a clap excites various hairs inside our ears that respond to various frequencies. But the collective cycle of something happening three times per second doesn't register as a "pitch". And that's really the difference. You don't hear it as a pitch.
Real musical instruments don't produce a perfect sine wave. If they did, then we really wouldn't be able to hear them play notes below 20Hz. Instead, they are imperfect. Those long, loose strings swing back and forth, slapping against the bow, almost thumping like a helicopter. We hear the thumps, but the rate of those thumps doesn't register in our minds as a "note".
@@tom_something quite fascinating. Thank you for taking the time to explain!😊
The instrument does not produce a sine wave... You wouldn't hear the fundamental note but the harmonic overtones (partial vibration of the string). Your speakers can't produce anything below 50 hz well anyways unless you have a big subwoofer.
Look at the note he plays at 2:30. After he removes the bow, the string is still vibrating, but no audible frequency is heard. That’s the 15 Hz note. This instrument is terrifyingly beautiful.
Autumn Akins he played it, you just can’t hear it...
I was curious of what it sounds like ... sounds like my dad snoring ... didn’t know he was the unknown 4th octobass
Exactly my kind of instrument ❤ Because the lowest note is beyond human hearing, you just hear the overtones - fascinating 😎 And you can hear the strings actually vibrating, because they vibrate slowly enough to hear (and even see) the vibrations 🎉
I absolutely love the fact that this is randomly recommended to me, and these comments make this 100x better.
Agreed. I clicked on the video out of curiosity. I was very impressed by the instrument itself, and these comments are giving me some much needed lol moments.
The good thing about being the octobass player is that everyone else in the band has to come down to your place for rehearsals 😊
2:26 Sounds like a freaking helicopter
Weird Cat Yep. Just like a Vietnam era Huey!
But the thing is: you can't be sure, if it sounds that way, because you don't know, if the microphone could pick it up. :)
Omg it does!
From time to time I come back to this gem.
This beautiful thing always brings joy to my life 😅
Any larger and you could use an entire horse -- just the horse -- as the bow.
lol
This guy is like "I can't believe this is real" the entire video.
And I was like, "I can't believe two more were made after the first."
So that's an Octobasse, huh? Weird. You can't even see the tentacles.
You've won! '-D
Also, DJ Octavio does only Dubstep, and not orchestral.
When u stop hearing it u start seeing it. Wonderfully made.
We can hear the harmonic squeak though, and their tones, and sometimes the low-wobble was clear recognisable bass notes.
Cool to see it spool & flam like that. Uncovers mysteries.
Apparently this is what comes up when I search worlds smallest violin
Powergoose618 the guy is just really short
Play this at 6AM in the middle of your yard. listen as people start yelling "Who's mowing their lawn this early in the morning.."
But can you vibrato?
LOL NOPE HAHAHA
Add a 'whammy' bar to the bridge.
Tremolo
you won't need vibrato by these low notes you won't even hear vibrato. :'D
You need a earthquake to do vibrato
What a beautiful sound! Well, whatever the opposite of that is.
Play that in a dark house, when a burglar breaks in!!
Dubstep Unplugged
InverseAgonist 😂😂😂😂
They were so cought up with whether or not they could, they forgot to ask whether or not they should.
😂😂
tag comment please!
Maya McTacoz was funny till you added the emojis
Jurassic park!
it definitely reminds me the heptapodes from The Arrival. As they didn’t see this instrument I find it even more impressive. They knew they needed that sound to make their aliens appear terrifying of strangeness and cosmic
deep bass can excite primal fears
i flippin LOVE that movie, it’s definitely my favorite science fiction film of the 21st century
can't you just drag a wooden chair slowly across a wood floor? pppfffffffftttt
LOL
LMFAO
Just lost a lung reading this. Holy shit!
LAMO YOUR A. GENIUS
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Try getting THAT on a bus!
tom kent you need a semi to carry it
You can only get it on an octobus
Try getting that on a plane
You mean try getting a bus on that?
@@MrLemon-vt4ky Better think the other way, just throw the octobasse into the sea and use it as an aircraft carrier.
But can it play hot cross buns?
Brody Penn mi re do
probably not lol
YES IT CAN.
well, it can play "SCORCHED BAKED CARNAGE" but not "Hot Crossed Buns."
Brody Penn 😂😂😂😭😭😭
Aahhh so relaxing 😌, synths can do that too.
Nice for when the orchestra needs to simulate a truck idling.
Cowgoesmoo2 you win man
The truck from "Duel".
Dang, as a violinist i always thought the double Bass was pretty big
Imaspecofdust yeah same haha
As a cellist I aways thought the bass bow was intimidating until I saw this
How about the viola?
@@imaspecofdust3913 Big enough to give you back pain, not big enough to be impressive.
Ahh
Shaq uses this as a violin.
Chuck
O my God you are....
medoww z where has this been all my life😂😂😂
Lol
Absolutely fascinating watching the strands and being taught what we’re actually seeing - sound waves. Remarkable.
This would sound good as a sound effect or in a horror movie. I feel like I've heard it in a movie.
Mooseknuck Scalloper OH this might be what they use for the deep growling sound when a monster or large object is moving ominously and slowly, like the creature in the latest Godzilla or something
It's a critical element of my stumble towards the coffee pot at 5am, along with dodging the cats. (Just as you referenced, John.)
Josh D Bloodborne definitely used one
I haven't confirmed it yet, but I heard Richard Wagner himself was one of the first composers to use this monster in his orchestra because he, indeed, wanted to create a particularly scary sound effect that he could only find in the Octobasse.
War of The World on meth is what that noise is lol
You probably go through an entire round of rosin for each session.
I get it
What is this, a cello for giant ants?!!
yep this is for us
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The cello must be at least... three times smaller than this!
@@kungfuman82 No I play the cello and it's like 6 times smaller than an octobass.
kungfuman82 yah way less
This must be the most beautiful instrument I've ever heard.
You must be an elephant.
how do u do vibrato?
Raw Meme shake the bow? Or pulse the lever?
If they do vibrato on it, the sound will probably cause an earthquake okr tsunami or something I mean
You dont i guess
It just happends m8 idk
@@gilkot4633 xD
Are there any compositions written with the instrument included? I don’t think the full effect of the sound would become apparent until it is used in an orchestra.
Maybe because there’s only 7 in the world?
kinda redundant. well, you can't hear 16Hz, but you can hear the individual back-and-forth vibrations of the string.
You can't hear 16Hz, but you can feel it. It's a whole different experience to hear it in person. The recording equipment probably doesn't even pick up the lowest rumble and even if it did your headphones or speakers wouldn't be able to recreate it and even if they did your room is probably to small for the sound wave to travel it's full length. Same goes with large organ pipes.
Napalmpeppar hmm. good point. however, this one probably doesn't sound too good with actual music. timbre assures double basses get enough frequencies that are felt, so i don't think there's need for an instrument that does nothing but that.
Yeah definitely, the regular ones will shake you alot. The octa is simply a result of musical experimentation to the point of what is actually possible, it's a natural human quality I would say.
Not Legato the montreal symphonic orchestra has one and it sounds amazing
Kriscor01 really? that'd be cool to hear... live. oh well.
I bought my octobass pre installed with a sun roof and a restroom.
Pretty useful for when on tour.
The sound of this thing is terrifying! Sounds like the monster under the bed is hungry.
Or the can opener bridge in Durham, NC. 🤣😭
*t h i c c c c c c c c* violin
Kai Or a regular bass XD
E X T R A T H I C C
Oh lawd it vibrating
*U L T R A T H I C C*
You mean t h i c c c with 1000 c right¿
It sounds like a lawn mower
It does
A Cup of Tae With Two Sugas ARMY identified
Ayyeee army
A Cup of Tae With Two Sugas it does tho
wanna listen to the sound of big piston engines. start with a boss hoss, and work your way over nascar to WW2 aircraft and submarine engines. and dont miss out on the brutus
A dirge and a very old, possibly haunted shipwreck come to mind. Super cool lol
Girl: What instrument do you play?
Me: it’s complicated
lol
You are sitting in it. I had wings put on it because it's cheaper than air freight.
It sounds like my washing machine
Lokes I think you need a new washing machine
Did you put a brick inside it?
W
It djents
Sergej Topic I Bet my ass it will😁
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with this bow elders hunts mammoths
it definitely djents
fuck you , beat me to it
I just got my first 3/4 size bass and I thought she was big. I saw the Octobasse in Arizona a LONG time ago and completely forgot about it until this video. Now I recognize how small she is. (She was made 265 years ago in Prague :) )
I have a full size cello, and was amazed that a bass was the size of me without the pin out.
I'd be TERRIFIED to stand next to one of these gigantic beastly instruments😆 ( and that wording is meant with all the love in the world, I love strings with every bit of my heart. )