The Elephant by Camille Saint-Saens double bass solo
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- A performance and tutorial of "The Elephant" by Camille Saint Saen from the Carnival of the Animals. Performed by Barry Lieberman, former Assistant Principal bass of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Performed on a 17th century Maggini once owned by the famous Stuart Knussen, Principal bass of the London Symphony. Bow by Reid Hudson of Victoria Canada. For more on the Maggini please visit Barry Lieberman and the Maggini.
Are you interested in studying at the University of Washington in Seattle? We offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in performance. Please contact Prof Lieberman at dbass@uw.edu or call 206.685.9112 for more information. - เพลง
The double-bass is the proverbial elephant in the orchestral room. Saint Saens had an amazing wit.
I always have imagined this elephant as a goody simple-hearted one that inspires tenderness despite its size, probably a female elephant playing with her offspring.
Javitomanzano beautiful
Awww so cute.
I will NEVER look at this piece the same way again. I love this lesson, thank you so much!
Really good playing. An inspiration for double bass players.
God damn, so in tune...
trinity. aka.batman ahahaha
He seems to be really good teacher. Calm and to the point.
Nothing frivolous, no flamboyance, just played perfectly.
I´m working on with this piece and my teacher told me to check this out from TH-cam. So here I am and YES! I found exactly what I wanted and you helped me a lot! My teacher also told me that this piece sounds easier than it really is. But still thank you so much! (And sorry about my English.. I´m from Finland..)
bruh ur english is better than most english speakers
Same I’m from Finland and accent slightly is funky
I enjoy the fact that music shows, highlights and interprets the personality of animals!
A great mini-master class. I was going to comment on the wonderful warm tone of the instrument, then read all the comments. No wonder! As an ex-cellist, I also appreciate the critical importance of a well made and well balanced bow, which can be far more expensive than most people would ever dream!
I also tried Pirastro Eudoxa strings, but couldn't handle them - went back to Danish Jagar. Cheers, Col, NZ.
One of the best bassist I have ever heard!
Isaac Ford try listening to Gary Karr
I m not agree with you
@@dic_chocolate1282 I've met him
I was his student for 2 years. Barry is one of the greatest living classical bassists.
What a beautiful bass!!
I've learnt the piece on my 6-string bass, where it can be played entirely in the 1st position. But now I see much more beauty in this music and understand that I have a lot of work to do in intonating. The smoothness in that slide Bb-Eb, the delicacy in going up the octave on G are beautiful and educating.
I actually imagined a really good hearted giant that doesn't want to hurt anyone, but due to it's size everyone is scared of it.
I just wanted to take time, and thank you for these very informative tutorials.
WTFK ASTONISHING SOUND have this Doublebass!!! AWESOME technic, with german bow!!! This bass have to be almost 300 years old!!! The brightness ressounding is AMAZING!!! Congratulations from Maringá, State of Paraná, South Brazil!!!
17th century Maggini, over 400 years old. He has a short YT video about it.
Só o BR
Thank you so much! Was able to learn this piece in 1 hour!!!
I play guitar and electric bass guitar as a hobby, and have never even so much as touched an upright bass. But you've inspired me to try and learn some of this solo on my electric!
You are simply awesome! Loved the video.
Beautifull Bass!!!
No one respects the German bow anymore. Such an assertive sound. Wonderful!
Addy C: my orchestra teacher only allows German bowing lol she always gets mad about it and embaresses them by singling out the freshman bassists in class until they switch
@@jacobhellman9181 your orchestra teacher is dumb
I don't know anybody playing french bow... so there's that :P
And it's more comfortable
That is a beautiful bass
Thanks! You helped me a lot!
Thank you very much! It helps a lot!
Great! And awesome recording!
Amazing
Wonderful stuff.
Thanks! Greetings from Venezuela! You helped me a lot!
So good
inspiring bow technique.
Great !
The double bass is hard only because if shifting I've played the elephant when I was barely getting to a professional and the elephant is a really good song and it was really hard because my fingers always got tired and my back would hurt u need to use almost every muscle in ur body to play a bass and u can get tired fast that's why I think bass is hard
oh yeah? well im in 7th grade and i have to learn this for an audition to preform in new york
Nadia Brown exactly I also love playing double bass because of its umph like yeh I play the boring bass line but I can also play very melodic and wonderful pieces.
Who is here from twoset violin ?
Me．Trying to figure out what it's meant to sound like lmao.
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dont get the theme...but your bass is so beautifull....i could listen to it forever ))
Is the Best piece
Is so goooooooooooood
this guy is really talented
my chamber orchestra got into midwest so i’m using this as an audition 😮💨 wish me luck
I have to play this for solo competitions today and I’m so nervous 😬
How did it go? I hope you did well.
And for how long have you been playing?
I want to play the double bass just because of this piece... But for now I can just play it on my cello and piano...
Man... the tonal quality of this bass gives me a feeling akin to watching maple syrup from Vermont run down the sides of a stack of fresh sourdough pancakes... thick, syrupy... delicious!
L' Elephant
at 2;02/7;01 is there not a version that starts at bar 21 ;[the next phrase ]on the same note
as the preceeding ?
I've never seen that kind of bow before
A Swedish Fish It's a German bow, rather interesting to use
It's kind of a pain cause it's a real different way of applying weight to the bow
@@lamusico7746 But is more natural once you get used to it. The hand is in a more natural position than French. But it does take some getting used to.
1:30
what kind of strings do you have?
hi I'm fourteen I'm trying the contrabassoon for the first time at this is the part I play, I needed help and I found it
Por fin ese wey de Ventaneando se pone a hacer algo
This would also sound (and, I might add, FEEL) very good on contrabassoon!
haha loved it
What kind of bass is this? Its BEAUTIFUL!!!
1597 Maggini. One of the oldest in the world.
sweet effing christ, this guy.
I assume this is what is known as _the German bow (grip)_ as opposed to the French (overhand) one ... ?
indeed
+Santi Martínez Thanks.
+Noctumus But it's also not just grip, French and German bows are built differently. German bows are made like you see, with a larger "frog" to hold, like a handshake, and french bows are made very similarly to cello bows.
***** Thanks for the info :)
Lovely instrument Barry - what strings do you use on it?
I use Passione made by Pirastro. I also use their solo tuning version when needed.
Jeremy Morgan This is a double bass. The strings on it are G, D, A, and E. G being the highest pitched string and E being the lowest.
Abagail Szpara I'm thinking the question he was asking related more to Barry's answer rather than to what the tones of the strings are, but hey, at least those who don't know but end up listening to this will learn after your reply, so good on you for that.
Elijah Brockway
As mentioned earlier, I use Passione strings, made by Pirastro. There are two types of these strings, normal and "stark" and I use normal.
Not all strings are good for all basses, but these work well on my instruments.
Oh, I get that, I was just fairly certain that Jeremy wasn't asking about the tuning of the strings, which is the answer Abagail was giving, but rather the make of the strings - which was the answer you already gave.
Can I get a copy of the sheet music you used to play this?
+alexandar savic You can find it in the back of the Simandl Book I method book or on IMSLP
+Barry Lieberman thank you
Bro give me ur instagram I got u bro
Fallout led me to the animals…. Although I learned them in orchestral like 11 years before lol fallout made me actually enjoy them.
persse
Anyone from JHG
Anyone else hear Syd Barrett?
Hannes Olsson Yes! The beginning of “Effervescing Elephant”, but played with a bass instead of a tuba.
I don't get how he plays it like that it took me 1 week to play exactly like he does
Noice
Trying to imagine a sophisticated elephant.
Heey...Bertram Turetzky play this stuff at his masterclass.
why do you hold your bow like that
+Seth Lunsford
He's using the German bow.
It's a German bow.
Comienza 1:34
1:35 starts playing the most beautiful thing I’ve ever heard
I just came here to see how hard double bass actually is!
Alberto Boccini-Tarantella
That Curious Artist Not that hard. Most double bassists usually have the bass as their second instrument. It requires dedication just like any other instrument
Thisya Yogini well this piece is significantly more difficult and intricate than parts bassists are usually assigned to.
who is here from croft
school
better than davie504
midddle
1:29
1:32