Literally the only guy I've seen who actually understands and physically plays an instrument when showcasing it, unlike most other boring reporters who are just reading off memorized script.
For anyone searching - I've finally found it: The piece at 6:12 is from the Antwerpener Tanzbuch (Chorearum Molliorum Collectanea, 1583) by Pierre Phalèse and is called Gaillarde Mais pourqoy. So far, I've only found a recording with an arrangement for multiple instruments, not for solo harpsichord.
My grandmother has a harpsichord I used to play on all the time when I was a kid. You can really feel the pluck when you press down each key, it's a completely different feeling from playing piano.
Love these instruments and I've especially loved harpsichord since I first heard it! Transports me back in time. Maybe I had a past life during those times...
I’m impressed at how he’s well versed in all these instruments. These pianos are very different from one another ... you really have to have a good ear to be able to be get the flow.
i like when he said " this piano Mozart finally bought" reminds me how i borrow tools or an instrument to a friend and they never return the item and finally they decide to give me some money and purchase it from me, in which case i never get back the initial investment but in turn i end up helping a friend in need
The harpsichord doesn’t have dynamics since it plucks the strings and they always give under the same amount of tension, so you can’t change the volume by hitting the key harder or softer. You can see at 4:49 he pulls they key down very slowly and it still sounds at full volume. You might be thinking, “but you can adjust dynamics on a guitar and that’s plucked”, but it works there because you can adjust the position of your finger. On a harpsichord, the jacks are locked into only moving vertically. The piano replaced the jacks with hammers which allows you you have dynamics. But the clavichord strikes the strings with tangents, so it has dynamics too. The name pianoforte (later shortened to piano) comes from the fact that the instrument can play piano and forte which the harpsichord can’t
Excellent explanation of the differences between the harpsichord, clavichord, and piano. Thanks so much. You are, or would make, a great teacher. Your grasp of the subject and clear explanations should set the standard for others.
This video has answered my questions about how keyboard instruments evolved over the centuries. Before TH-cam, I had no idea where to look. This, my friends is the value of YT. To learn. I am 84 yrs. old...never stop learning!
I love the sound of the clavichord and the harpsichord. They are my favorite of the keyboard instruments from before the modern electronic era. Well, I suppose you also have to add in the organ but that's in a different class. I especially love the small, almost lute-like quality of the clavichord.
The master pieces still to be written, only await the mastering of these tools....this fellahs playing took my mind back to the age of Georgian England, a place i only know from books, movies building architecture and archeaology, the harpsicord breathes life into it all.
*You sit In your chambers, waiting to fall asleep. Suddenly, you hear your harpsichord being tuned very silently, despite it being closed.* *You hear a pleased squeek as the string reaches a perfect C note.*
David Schrader is one of the most incredible keyboardists I have ever seen in my entire life. He had an organ that was installed in his office at ccpa in chicago- that's how highly he's regarded.
Wonderful presentation. Thank you for making it. Any chance you could make more on other instruments such as the celesta? It’s really nice how you explain the history of the instruments and how they work.
It’s from what the keys used to be made out of. The accidental keys (black) used to be made of ebony wood. And the natural keys (white) used to be make of ivory. After that kinda.. became not okay, they moved to either plastic stuck to wood, or painted wood. The colour just stuck.
I believe thats incorrect. The white keys were originally made from black ebony wood since it was more widespread. The modern black keys used to be white ivory since it was more scarce
@@MrHantz101 how would white keys be made of black wood and black keys of ivory? would they just paint over them to basically rid them of their aesthetics?
I meant that the colors were reverse of what we have today. The (currently) white keys would have been made from black ebony wood hundreds of years ago. My reasoning was incorrect tho, they actually swapped the colors because the black keys (currently white) were too hard to differentiate with the black gap between them. Making those keys white highlighted the gap, making them easier to play. And no, I dont get high anymore :)
Thanks for a set of great presentations. I appreciate the comparison of the fortepiano to the clarinet. You are right. I just never made the connection. Also, thanks for the comparison to the guitar at several points in your presentation. Lutes and guitars are some of the oldest string instruments we know, so the connection to the keyboard instruments is inescapable (but the history of plucked instruments and their connection forward seems to have eluded many musicians and historians. King Louis XIV was a guitarist, for example. One should think, therefore, that guitar music from that time would provide a source for understanding the performance of French baroque music.) As a guitarist, I always assumed that the change in sound intensity when pushing the instrument was an inferiority, compared to the modern piano. I need to rethink that. Thank you!
Simply brilliant! Expert knowledge of the history and very skillful use of the instruments! Thank you for taking the time to write, *compose,* and perform this! And of course...if ain't *baroque,* don't fix it.
If I might make a couple of clarifications: Actually, the earliest stringed keyboard instrument known is the hurdy-gurdy; it has been depicted since the 12th century, whereas the earliest possible references to the clavichord are from the 14th century. Additionally, there is a more direct ancestor of the piano known from the 15th century: the "dulce melos", or keyed dulcimer, described in the manuscript of Henri Arnault van Zwolle ...
*Beautiful Instruments* I can envision courtiers dancing in a Baroque Masque. Or else not so courtly persons drinking at the _Drunken Boar Inn_ where the cheap spirits help the drinkers make merry. LOL I do appreciate these early instruments... It's very nice they are preserved and still fascinate people. Thanks for posting!!
Another observation: The harpsichord shown appears to be in the Italian style; there is no provision for moving the jackslides to provide a contrast of tone, as in Flemish instruments...
2:46 That was just a beautiful demonstration. Can anyone help me by identifying the composer/composition and maybe point to some similar late renaissance/early baroque? style music for clavichord? I really need some more of that 😍. ( I'm also in the need for an ear-heart emoji! 😄)
Well done! Nicely played! Thank you. As an organist who has played all, and owned a harpsichord, I am so thankful for the modern piano. (Also like thathe camera is moved showing us different angles.)
I rather like the sound of all these older instruments. Thank you for sharing and posting this. And Willard Martin. I wonder if it isn't one of the Martin Family of guitar makers.
I don’t know why but @4:29 had me laughing way too hard for such a simple moment, the way he just popped his tongue out real quick… I’m not making fun, I just found it very amusing! Also, this whole video was lovely, much appreciated! 🙏
OO man. I wish there was a guitar effect pedal that could emulate that magical harpsichord sound. I am mesmerized by that instrument from the time when I was a boy of 4 years old, when the neighbour above us played his home made harpsichords and played them also in the evening ...best way to fall asleep then, I have very warm memories from my youth of that sound.
Literally the only guy I've seen who actually understands and physically plays an instrument when showcasing it, unlike most other boring reporters who are just reading off memorized script.
Tanhlei i know, but he is also boring, i just want to see him playing it only
@@autosalesrevival then how you'll learn about the instrument it self, this isnt a video about him playing
this is a video about the instrument itself
sailor7k i know i know but he should play it first than explain
@@autosalesrevival
Dumbass.
@@autosalesrevival Boring?, you must be looking for the guitar section...its down the road.
This video single-handedly got me interested in historical instruments back in ninth grade. Now I have my own clavichord!
So lucky man..
How did you get such a rare instrument? I’m really curious because I love it’s sound!! :D
For anyone searching - I've finally found it: The piece at 6:12 is from the Antwerpener Tanzbuch (Chorearum Molliorum Collectanea, 1583) by Pierre Phalèse and is called Gaillarde Mais pourqoy. So far, I've only found a recording with an arrangement for multiple instruments, not for solo harpsichord.
Maybe its in one of the FitzWilliam Virginal books
tls give us an update when you do!
Thank you!
goddamn man, i been looking all over the place for it lol
What about the piece at 2:46
My grandmother has a harpsichord I used to play on all the time when I was a kid. You can really feel the pluck when you press down each key, it's a completely different feeling from playing piano.
TheDude4077 yeah the harpsichord technique is entirely different from the piano.
Better.
Patricia Yeiser well, yeah.
My piano teacher had one with a reverse keyboard color. I loved playing it!
They also have a super light action, in my limited experience
the harpsichord is so very fabulous. it makes you feel as though you are in the renaissance
Physics Only
For me it makes me feel I'm in the 18th century, or in my grandma's old, classically furnished house
baroque maybe?
Fuck Google well the piece is from the renaissance
Ekvitarius
I meant 1400-1800 :-)
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The harpsichord sounds like a mix of a modern piano and a guitar, that's why I love it!
No, it doesn't
@@ArturoEscorza it likely reminds him of the sound when you pick a guitar string very close to the ends
Perfect description!
It sounds like itself.
I love the way he changes his posture when speaking in German
This guy looks like a Red Dead Redemption character
"How ya holdin' up, Blacklung?"
@@chaingrower I'VE GOT LUMBAGO. Very serious.
Holy shit this was exactly what I was thinking lol
Lol.
Lmfao
Love these instruments and I've especially loved harpsichord since I first heard it! Transports me back in time. Maybe I had a past life during those times...
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David is an absolute boss, and can play literally anything, and can easily read full scores. He's an unbelievable musician, one in 100 million really.
I've taught piano for 20 years and this is the best info video with actual examples of all keyboards I have found. Thank you!!!
Harpsichord is majestic and heavenly instrument, I would listen to it for the whole eternity.
when he started to play my jaw fell off very nice
5 seconds rule buddy, better pick it back up
You must have some kind of deformed face to have a jaw connected to the face
Might want to have that checked out. Not normal. Not right.
Reminded me of Romeo and Juliet , though I wonder if Shakespeare used music in his plays..not very versed.
I’m impressed at how he’s well versed in all these instruments. These pianos are very different from one another ... you really have to have a good ear to be able to be get the flow.
i like when he said " this piano Mozart finally bought" reminds me how i borrow tools or an instrument to a friend and they never return the item and finally they decide to give me some money and purchase it from me, in which case i never get back the initial investment but in turn i end up helping a friend in need
Who likes the harpsichord best?
I love it because it sounds so beautiful and majestic.
@@SugarQueen972 Olivia: Now, in this modern generation, they call it a funk machine.
Lurch from the Addams Family
Me
I DO .. ALWAYS HAVE ALWAYS WILL ....
This was great. Loved the video. Harpsichords have the best stringed keyboard sounds, to me. Baroque music is true love.
I was told the clavi/harps had limitations that the piano solved...however they still have its own character and I appreciate it
The harpsichord doesn’t have dynamics since it plucks the strings and they always give under the same amount of tension, so you can’t change the volume by hitting the key harder or softer. You can see at 4:49 he pulls they key down very slowly and it still sounds at full volume. You might be thinking, “but you can adjust dynamics on a guitar and that’s plucked”, but it works there because you can adjust the position of your finger. On a harpsichord, the jacks are locked into only moving vertically. The piano replaced the jacks with hammers which allows you you have dynamics. But the clavichord strikes the strings with tangents, so it has dynamics too.
The name pianoforte (later shortened to piano) comes from the fact that the instrument can play piano and forte which the harpsichord can’t
The trouble with the clavichord is that it was too quiet to play publicly
This man is such a good presenter. I could listen to him explain anything.
Really nice presentation. Thanks for sharing. The video holds up great after 10 years.
Excellent explanation of the differences between the harpsichord, clavichord, and piano. Thanks so much. You are, or would make, a great teacher. Your grasp of the subject and clear explanations should set the standard for others.
My grandma's friend's late husband had a Clavichord. It sounds really nice!
I went back to listen to the amazing clavichord playing and it said "most replayed" ... others appreciated it too! 😊
It's nice to see how Trevor has recovered from his GTA trauma
I've always loved the sound of the harpsichord! And you sir are a great musician! Thank you for this video!
4:14 "There's no such thing as a fretted harpsichord."
Fretted harpsichords: am I a joke to you?
This video has answered my questions about how keyboard instruments evolved over the centuries.
Before TH-cam, I had no idea where to look.
This, my friends is the value of YT.
To learn.
I am 84 yrs. old...never stop learning!
6:12 when I enter a medieval tavern and this plays:
Such a great video. Very well, clear explained. And entertaining. Thanks!
Sad to see this channel posted 4 very high quality videos 10 years ago and hasn't posted anything since.
The presenter passed away a few years ago. Lovely man and amazing musician.
I honestly wasn't ready for him to start shredding... This dude is GOOD.
I love the sound of the clavichord and the harpsichord. They are my favorite of the keyboard instruments from before the modern electronic era. Well, I suppose you also have to add in the organ but that's in a different class. I especially love the small, almost lute-like quality of the clavichord.
people seem to not understand how precious this video is.
By the time he got to playing the harpsichord I'd forgotten what the clavichord sounded like
Oh, I actually love the clavichord! it's small and has a very nice sound. Lovely!
The harpsichord sounds absolutely phenomenal, like the brightest and most brilliant acoustic guitar
The master pieces still to be written, only await the mastering of these tools....this fellahs playing took my mind back to the age of Georgian England, a place i only know from books, movies building architecture and archeaology, the harpsicord breathes life into it all.
I've viewed this at least 10 times, and it's still good content.
Lol, same!
Oh how beautiful these instruments sound. I love the sound of the harpsichord.
The man looks like he’s from the era of the clavichord
I love how clear he talks. I, as a non english native speaker, can understand most of his words
This dude was a mouse that used to live inside of pianos.
LMAO
*You sit In your chambers, waiting to fall asleep. Suddenly, you hear your harpsichord being tuned very silently, despite it being closed.*
*You hear a pleased squeek as the string reaches a perfect C note.*
This is genuinely the only comment thats made me laugh ever tyty
Jay Bee 😂😂👌🏻
Draicor 😂
Thank you for both of these videos. I learned a lot of information very fast and I also thank you for playing the instruments.
Such a majestic moustache. Congratulations 🎊
The 'stache is clearly the star of the show. Rock on, man!!
Coincidence. The original clavichord has the same number of keys as a Minimoog synthesizer: 44!
David Schrader, a fixture of Baroque music in Chicago. Heard him play many times; always excellent. Never heard him talk, though, so this is a treat.
What's the piece played on clavichord? It sounds MAJESTIC! Antwerpen dance too
I think it may have been just an improvisation.
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As a guitar player… I learned so much useful history and things from this video, no wonder we play many harpsichord pieces on classical guitar now 🫡
I just love how the harpsichord looks. Like it’s just sticking directly up and I love it so much
I want a harpsichord now
When this guys speaks he just sounds so precise and knowledgeable. Combined with his interesting appearance.
How many just skip to hearing what these instruments sound like!
David Schrader is one of the most incredible keyboardists I have ever seen in my entire life. He had an organ that was installed in his office at ccpa in chicago- that's how highly he's regarded.
4:29 he was a bit too into the tongue there...
Jack Le He likes giving it to those nursing home ladies 👅
"Oh god yes, the tongue..."
I remember watching these as a kid, and this sparked my interest in music.
His mustache to his mouth:
Stop! You’re surrounded!
Your brain to your mouth: Nobody home.
Excellent information.... Thankyou very much from India..
Wonderful presentation. Thank you for making it. Any chance you could make more on other instruments such as the celesta? It’s really nice how you explain the history of the instruments and how they work.
You tough me about all my favorite instruments today thank you
I prefer the sound of the ancient clavichord, it has a distinct sound!
Nice work! Very creative solutions. The people aren’t necessarily cheap but they work well with the right “feet”. Thanks for the update.
I wonder who came up with the idea of the black and white key pattern and how they came up with it?
It’s from what the keys used to be made out of. The accidental keys (black) used to be made of ebony wood. And the natural keys (white) used to be make of ivory. After that kinda.. became not okay, they moved to either plastic stuck to wood, or painted wood. The colour just stuck.
I believe thats incorrect. The white keys were originally made from black ebony wood since it was more widespread. The modern black keys used to be white ivory since it was more scarce
@@MrHantz101 how would white keys be made of black wood and black keys of ivory? would they just paint over them to basically rid them of their aesthetics?
@@MrHantz101 were you high when you wrote that
I meant that the colors were reverse of what we have today. The (currently) white keys would have been made from black ebony wood hundreds of years ago. My reasoning was incorrect tho, they actually swapped the colors because the black keys (currently white) were too hard to differentiate with the black gap between them. Making those keys white highlighted the gap, making them easier to play.
And no, I dont get high anymore :)
People like this guy make the world a better place.
i just had an operation on my clavichord
What an informative video; thank you! I've always enjoyed the history of instruments and this was a fun way to learn.
Thanks for a set of great presentations.
I appreciate the comparison of the fortepiano to the clarinet. You are right. I just never made the connection.
Also, thanks for the comparison to the guitar at several points in your presentation. Lutes and guitars are some of the oldest string instruments we know, so the connection to the keyboard instruments is inescapable (but the history of plucked instruments and their connection forward seems to have eluded many musicians and historians. King Louis XIV was a guitarist, for example. One should think, therefore, that guitar music from that time would provide a source for understanding the performance of French baroque music.)
As a guitarist, I always assumed that the change in sound intensity when pushing the instrument was an inferiority, compared to the modern piano. I need to rethink that. Thank you!
Simply brilliant! Expert knowledge of the history and very skillful use of the instruments!
Thank you for taking the time to write, *compose,* and perform this!
And of course...if ain't *baroque,* don't fix it.
If I might make a couple of clarifications:
Actually, the earliest stringed keyboard instrument known is the hurdy-gurdy; it has been depicted since the 12th century, whereas the earliest possible references to the clavichord are from the 14th century.
Additionally, there is a more direct ancestor of the piano known from the 15th century: the "dulce melos", or keyed dulcimer, described in the manuscript of Henri Arnault van Zwolle ...
*Beautiful Instruments*
I can envision courtiers dancing in a Baroque Masque.
Or else not so courtly persons drinking at the _Drunken Boar Inn_
where the cheap spirits help the drinkers make merry. LOL
I do appreciate these early instruments...
It's very nice they are preserved and still fascinate people. Thanks for posting!!
Another observation:
The harpsichord shown appears to be in the Italian style; there is no provision for moving the jackslides to provide a contrast of tone, as in Flemish instruments...
GREAT video! I loved learning the history, mechanics, and differences of them. And boy does he play so well! Thanks for this
2:13 “IT G MA! Skr skrr skrr Under water SQUAD.”
I had never heard the sound of a clavichord, it is incredibly warm, full, generous.
Is the tune at 2:46 an improvisation or an actual piece? It sounds gourgeous ♥️
I guess it’s an improvisation since no one else can find it
Great video filled with plenty of information about the history of keyboard instruments from the beginning through the grand piano.
I had clavichord once but the antibiotics took care of it.
that was cheesy
Are you a docter
What do you buy for the man who has everything?...................answer PENICILLIN
@@johnboyle3297 Answer: CASTRATION.
I broke my clavichord riding my bike it was poking out my skin
Excellent little program. Just what I wanted to know (and hear). Thank you.
i want a harpsichord so much! :(
You can get them in Kit form - look in the Early Music Forum
Very instructive, and beautiful executions. Many thanks for these videos, Sir.
i love the harpsichord sO m Uch omg
i even named my pet snail harpsichord LMAO
you ARE a legend xDD
dunkleosteuss Why is that a really fitting snail name when I think about it
dunkleosteuss where can I buy one ?
Harpsichord is not the same of clavichord
NeeXxoR everyone knows. He said harpsichord not clavichord and he didn’t mention a clavichord.
This is a great presentation. Just what I was looking for.
2:46 i need to know this, plis help me
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@@Joao-ms3vb wow so helpful
@@Joao-ms3vb incredible
@@Joao-ms3vb Wow!
AAHHHH ME TOO
Finally a piano previewer that can actually play the piano.
what composer was it that said the harpsichord sounded like 2 skeletons making love on a tin roof...
The Rachmanioff I have to agree :P I don't like it very much
Rockstar Pirate It's pretty nice.
Sounds like something a 20th century bloke would say.
It doesn't matter what composer said that because he's wrong.
Ekvitarius
It’s the 21st century right now!
This man can play these like a pro…
2:46 That was just a beautiful demonstration. Can anyone help me by identifying the composer/composition and maybe point to some similar late renaissance/early baroque? style music for clavichord? I really need some more of that 😍. ( I'm also in the need for an ear-heart emoji! 😄)
did you find it yet? im also looking
@@thanosleontaris8248still didn't find anything
Sad to hear you guys disbanded! I wish you had kept your website available too!
It would be so easy to electrify that harpsichord.... that would be awesome.
Well done! Nicely played! Thank you. As an organist who has played all, and owned a harpsichord, I am so thankful for the modern piano. (Also like thathe camera is moved showing us different angles.)
I got rid of my piano and bought a harpsichord. I am thankful for being able to play Baroque music on the instrument for which it was written.
@@patriciayeiser6405 I am thankful that we have advanced far beyond twangy harpsichords. Baroque music is even better on the modern piano.
Looks the auditorium in Raiders where Dr. Jones explains the Ark of the Covenant to those FBI top men.
I just have to say, your performance skills are excellent! Thank you.
I rather like the sound of all these older instruments. Thank you for sharing and posting this. And Willard Martin. I wonder if it isn't one of the Martin Family of guitar makers.
I don’t know why but @4:29 had me laughing way too hard for such a simple moment, the way he just popped his tongue out real quick… I’m not making fun, I just found it very amusing! Also, this whole video was lovely, much appreciated! 🙏
7:00 Wowwwww black keys!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
OO man. I wish there was a guitar effect pedal that could emulate that magical harpsichord sound. I am mesmerized by that instrument from the time when I was a boy of 4 years old, when the neighbour above us played his home made harpsichords and played them also in the evening ...best way to fall asleep then, I have very warm memories from my youth of that sound.
2:46
6:12
Superb demonstration. Excellent presentation style.
2:32 clavicordio
4:29 como funciona el clave
6:10 así suena un clave italiano
gracias!!
Very informative! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us😺