Saltarello II - a Medieval Tune Played on the Vielle
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- Hello everyone. This is another medieval dance tune from Add MS 29987, a 15th Century Manuscript currently held in the British Library. This particular Saltarello is one of my favourite medieval tunes and is played here on my vielle, which is an instrument I'm becoming increasingly fond of.
Once again, this was recorded on my Samsung smartphone.
I hope you enjoy the video!
I have known this piece of music for 50 years now. Played by David Munro (my hero then) and the Early Music Consort of London.
What an interesting comment! What interesting knowledge.
I think there was a time when by far most people knew this piece from Dead Can Dance's fifth album, Aion (the one with a detail of Hieronymus Bosch's "The Garden of Earthly Delights" on its cover), from 1990. Come to think of it, it believe it's still true. ;O)
Ah, what you're talking about is this TH-cam URL😀
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I don't know who the composer of this song "Saltarello" is, but it's a really cool song!✨
I know the tune, never heard it played on this instrument. I remember reading that it was hugely popular in Spain and when the guitar came in, there were vielle players who declared the guitar was a fad and would never catch on! 😂
@@renderizer01Oh man! Thank you for mentioning this. I used to listen to that album (still have it but hadn’t listened to it often lately). But also have been listening to lots of early music over the past 10 years or so. Saltarello kept coming up, and I really enjoy the tune. But there was an odd familiarity floating around in the back of my mind. Thanks for providing the connection. :)
Welcome Wanderer. You look weary from your travels. Why don't you let me pour you a drink of some nice Dwarven ale and you can listen to our local bard play his favorite tunes.
Love the Saltarello (ever since my love of early music started in high school) and this version is lovely! Spirited, exuberant, and what a gorgeous and resonant instrument you have!!
Many thanks!
I love that instrument. The vielle and flute together create a wonderful medieval sound. This was a very nice performance.
Thank you very much!
Thanks for sharing. I love music played on ancient and novel instruments from a range cultures and time periods. I especially enjoy blended styles like bardcore, modern songs sung in gregorian chant, metal versions of other genres etc.
My introduction to saltarello came via a track on the album Aion by Dead Can Dance. Their version gives me a somewhat nostalgic and whimsical feel. An underrated Australian band I recommend you check out.
anyone down for a game of gwent?
Yessir
This is the one. I'll learn this 😊
Prepare yourself mortal. I will drain you of your life with my druid magic ✨
The TH-cam algorithm casually recommending a friend from folk soc what? Hello long time no see how are you 😂
Reading the description, I went to the British library on Friday and I absolutely want to go back to go digging through RVW collections or to find some unplayed English or Welsh 20th century flute works I am very excited
I think I know who you are?
Bravo signore!! 👏🏻👍🏻 I've heard tons of medieval 🏰 music 🎶 before and this guy's got incredible talent and rhythm 🎶 he's spot on!! This is a typical medieval dance of maybe the 12 to 1300s but I'm just guessing & probably played for the royalty 🤴 since the peasants couldn't afford musicians or musical instruments and if they had them, they probably made their own, also known as minstrels, or something like that.
Loving this medieval taverns!
What an amazing piece played so well! That's worthy of a sub. Please keep it up 😊
Very lively and fun, well played. 😊
Glad you enjoyed it!
Bravo!
Came here by accident and stayed by being in awe!
Great, again nice tune and great playing❤
This piece was in spice and wolf
awesome!
My favourite tune from the mediaeval's time!
Great!
Love it!
Thanks!
Gorgeous!!!!
I would love to see this, and other similar instruments / songs, played in person. Any ideas where to go find such things in and around london?
I wouldn't be able to say honesty. I'm based in Manchester
I'm really curious what your bowstring is made of.
Omg I've been playing this on recorder
Fucking love this! We need more dancing songs like this today.
Love the content Jerome, could you do the infamous tin whistle next?
I'll certainly consider playing the tin whistle in my next video :-)
serious riffs
does this vielle use gut strings?
This vielle currently has modern viola strings in a D A D A tuning (for this tune at least). I'm wanting to try gut strings, but for now, these seem to work
Oh, this is so cool!
What are the strings tuned to?
D A D A
Encore! Encore!
Appearance of small guitar but sound of different !
What kind of strings do you use?
At the moment, these are just Warchal Brilliant Viola strings. I'm hoping to buy a set of gut strings for it when I have the money
Why it sounds different from the violin?
Is there a source to go to to read some of these tunes in modern notation?
A lady named Jane Moulder, who plays in a group called Piva, has published 2 books of medieval tunes: piva.org.uk/product/medieval-vol-i-ii-18-00-saving-2-80-12th-15th-centuries/
Also
Is it possible to play this on violin
Yes
@@JerryJM26do you have tabs or anything to learn this tune
Saludos!
Por favor dime cuál es el nombre específico de éste instrumento?
Se ve diferente a los violines comunes.
Saludos desde la ciudad de Barquisimeto. Venezuela 🇻🇪🫂
Saludos. Esta es la "vielle", un instrumento de cuerda medieval
@@JerryJM26 Gracias por responder. Que bueno es conocer los instrumentos musicales que le dan ese "Toque" que define la particularidad o distinción única del tema que interpretas.
Con el favor de DIOS 🙏🏼 sigas adelante con tus proyectos y crezca el reconocimiento de tú arte.
Hasta luego 👋🏼🫂
Hermoso
swet job
who remembers this piece dropping in 1424 🔥🔥🔥
You should slow this down. Gonna sound a lot better. And try to accent the melody even more.
I can imagine it sounding good slower, too. I'm just used to it going at quite a pace. Take Ensemble Unicorn's version, for example. I appreciate the feedback, though
*does a jig*
*Clumsily manhandles an enormous drumstick from a roasted bird on the table, and noshes greedily*
Signals for another pint
that instrument looks like a kids’ toy
Given this on the cheaper side, but nice handmade vielles are expensive & I don't have that kind of money right now.
I liked MS29987 before it was cool.
😎
Honestly, mcguiness if i got the recognition he was giving to people that were 😅 id might have done a little more. Or perhaps i didnt want to be on the phone with that person. Who was incredibly difficult to talk to. I asked you a question. Answer it properly. Especially if youd like the same from me. 😊
Although i believe i tried to always. Unless i didnt know and if i didn't know and was cute about it why didnt you kiss me and tell me to go take a shower Roderick?
It appears the fiddle predates the violin
Beautiful!
Thank you!
I've heard this in one of my video games. Either Bannerlord or Crusader Kings, I can't remember now.
Same😂😂😂😂😂😅
I'm pretty sure I heard it in Stronghold.
Mount and Blade: Warband - Persistent Kingdoms. You could play it as one of the tunes on the Lute (if you managed to find one)
Well I've never played that one specifically and I've nwver fooled around with lutes in any m&b game so it must be something else
I know this from Dead Can Dance! Sounds lovely
That's how I know it too.
We had never heard it before Dead Can Dance put out Aeon. We played this song at our wedding reception. It sounds wonderful on vielle- thank you for posting!
Grapevine, grapevine, Right and Left Grand.
Well, I remember that much of the choreography. Our dance troupe had such a fun dance for that song! Good times!
Ooh. Interesting, an instrument from before the Baroque period. I love it, very nice song, as well, thank you. :3
Wow, this is amazing, it feels like I'm in a medieval tavern. Also, could you do some slower sad song. Or maybe something from The Witcher, like Believe.
Having a bar fight with the lads at near dawn. Hope none of us get the block tomorrow.
Damn there is that song played slower in Stronghold !!
Thought so!
brought here at 3AM as the 805th view by the Algorithm. This one's gonna be viral for sure
4 am eating a sandwich
15k views now!
strange, I don't own a sword, but there is now one in my hand.
That was like rock guitar
Super ich spiele es auch auf meiner selbstgebauten Kniefiedel. Auf der Drehleier klingt es nicht ganz so gut 😊
No soundpost! Well!
Great!!! Pls more :)
My history teacher got pissed off with me and sent me out the class when this tune was used in a dramatisation of 'Anthony and Cleopatra' and I told him it's not historically accurate.
Beautifully done!
That was great. Thanks for sharing.
ooo what tuning is this typicaly in
D A D A
How can medieval music be saved if there was no written music back then ?
Written music did exist in the medieval period, just not as we know it today. Notated music went through a lot of development during that time. Modern transcriptions of mensural notation, which was common from the late 13th Century until the early 17th Century, are where we get a lot of the medieval music we play today from.
@@JerryJM26 thank you .
That's just Veille! (I'll get my coat...)
Recorded on your Samsung smartphone and viewed on my Samsung smartphone.
I learned this on the violin and now I want one of these seeing that this is how it would have sounded with the correct instrument
certified banger 🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is really nice to see. You play very well. Where did you get your vielle?
The Early Music Shop 😀
wait, are they tuned in ADGC? can you show us what the music score looks like
D3 A3 D4 A4 🙂
Did you find that thing in a lucky bag and then improvise that one key jig?
It would've had to have been quite a big lucky bag, lol
@@JerryJM26 I was only kidding. It's an interesting piece and nicely played on an ancestor of the oul fiddle. Thanks for sharing.
Excellent!
Signal to noise ratio very low for this instrument. Listen to John Renbourn's rendition of this.
I think you played this tune too fast.