Introducing Beethoven's Contrabassoon

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  • @Nesisorator
    @Nesisorator 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9651

    I never knew Beethoven composed the construction site in front of my window

    • @motorTranz
      @motorTranz 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      😂

    • @MrAlfredWennberg
      @MrAlfredWennberg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      I can't stop laughing at this while watching the video!

    • @Keodron
      @Keodron 5 ปีที่แล้ว +149

      At first I didn't get it but then, while I was reading again, the sound at 5:12 started.

    • @lexman350
      @lexman350 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I'm fucking dying to this comment

    • @i_a8209
      @i_a8209 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Didn't mean to interrupt you but he was deaf..

  • @mosesdrubahadur3255
    @mosesdrubahadur3255 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2304

    The classical is generally much softer and has some really nice pure notes
    *continues to play a ship horn*

    • @phantasmtheater6015
      @phantasmtheater6015 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      LMAO

    • @Amevaag
      @Amevaag 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Literally gave me a laughing fit.

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Baroqueeeee

    • @SaxJockey
      @SaxJockey 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wait for it at 58 seconds:
      th-cam.com/video/JFhqe-tdARg/w-d-xo.html

    • @NoHomerS
      @NoHomerS 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      😆

  • @wildehawk2803
    @wildehawk2803 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5222

    My husband plays this instrument every morning. I just can't figure out where he keeps it.

    • @blu3620
      @blu3620 4 ปีที่แล้ว +193

      Let him keep it

    • @fernandopandolfo8923
      @fernandopandolfo8923 4 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      Hahaha 😂

    • @timothyhays1817
      @timothyhays1817 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      In the WATER CLOSET of course.

    • @wildehawk2803
      @wildehawk2803 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @Praise No-thing yeah lol

    • @wildehawk2803
      @wildehawk2803 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@timothyhays1817 yeah. Good one😂

  • @junem.burton235
    @junem.burton235 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1885

    This is the exact tone that every heavy metal bass guitar player is looking for.

    • @kishascape
      @kishascape 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      I’d like to see it do Djent

    • @gizka6816
      @gizka6816 2 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @@kishascape oh you know this thing djents

    • @seraphale
      @seraphale ปีที่แล้ว +8

      You'd need some big lungs!

    • @ghaushahinfinity4910
      @ghaushahinfinity4910 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂

    • @theMuritz
      @theMuritz ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mosh hard 🤘

  • @cat441
    @cat441 4 ปีที่แล้ว +442

    I very much enjoyed this video and learning about this instrument. However, I REALLY have enjoyed the comments much much more....

    • @diasspeed
      @diasspeed 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Hahaha!!! Same here...this comment section made me laugh so much.

    • @Warlanda
      @Warlanda 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Cat indeed! a much needed chuckle for times such as these

    • @Afurthyclays
      @Afurthyclays 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      A cat after my own heart! 😂

    • @velxcity07
      @velxcity07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Warlanda fr

    • @Nine-Signs
      @Nine-Signs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      You and me both buddy, I've got tears here, lol, jesus the comments 😂

  • @fnersch3367
    @fnersch3367 5 ปีที่แล้ว +497

    My grandfather played this instrument. His was a Mollenhauer built in the 1930s. He played for Arturo Toscinini & Arther Fiedler among others. You can see him playing saxophone behind Al Jolson in the caberet scene of "The Jazz Singer" made in 1927. He played in the Vitaphone orchestra.

    • @johntechwriter
      @johntechwriter 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Fantastic legacy!

    • @Nine-Signs
      @Nine-Signs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Your grandfather was built in the 30's ?
      😂 Nice story, thanks for sharing.

    • @hammered0184
      @hammered0184 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      WOW!

    • @stephaniecarrow4898
      @stephaniecarrow4898 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Wow ~ so interesting! Thanks for sharing. 🙂

    • @liviloo87
      @liviloo87 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      So cool!!

  • @thealexanderbond
    @thealexanderbond 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3530

    IF you hate your neighbours, this is a perfect instument to practice at 3am.

    • @malcolmabram2957
      @malcolmabram2957 6 ปีที่แล้ว +171

      I was learning to play the bag-pipes but the banging on the wall was so loud could not hear myself practice. Neighbours can be so selfish.

    • @breif1020
      @breif1020 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@malcolmabram2957 Jesus Christ 😂😂😂

    • @KarlSheen
      @KarlSheen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      nah...im a percussionist...BRING ON THE TIMPANI!!!

    • @fft2020
      @fft2020 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      bwahahaha

    • @bensexton7350
      @bensexton7350 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Blast a tuba

  • @MagnusMoerkoereJohannesen
    @MagnusMoerkoereJohannesen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +340

    1:55 Ah yes, the opening movement from Beethoven's "Symphony for Oil-tankers." I know it well!

  • @makaan699
    @makaan699 4 ปีที่แล้ว +303

    With such low notes, you realize that pitch is really just a frequency. Impressive.

    • @schrodingersgat4344
      @schrodingersgat4344 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Pitches, love frequency.

    • @F-Man
      @F-Man ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@schrodingersgat4344 Comma, splice.

    • @gatergates8813
      @gatergates8813 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I wonder if this can be used to fine tune the perfect BPM to play a song based on the key of the song

    • @jh.95
      @jh.95 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@gatergates8813 it sure can

  • @CheeseTruffles
    @CheeseTruffles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +286

    "The classical is generally much softer, and has some really nice, pure notes."
    **Starts up lawnmower**

  • @TheRusty
    @TheRusty 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3397

    "Beethoven himself may have heard it"
    The instrument so loud a deaf man could hear it.

    • @livispuzzled
      @livispuzzled 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

      I think he meant by vibrations

    • @DdDdDdDdDded
      @DdDdDdDdDded 4 ปีที่แล้ว +183

      Beethoven wasn't always deaf

    • @andrewchu5050
      @andrewchu5050 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      Dan Trebune boomer

    • @andrewc.2952
      @andrewc.2952 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Vibrations and all... I could see that happening.

    • @daemonCaptrix
      @daemonCaptrix 4 ปีที่แล้ว +75

      @Dan Trebune "Y'all" has been a Southern US word meaning to clarify the plurality of the word "you" for nearly 200 years.

  • @brokenrosin
    @brokenrosin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +724

    Can you imagine a trio for this, the sub contrabass saxophone, and the octobass? The vibrations would be insane!

  • @ilznidiotic
    @ilznidiotic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1611

    Beethoven: What this piece so desperately needs is the sound of a rhinoceros farting, but however am I to get him to do it in time with the music?
    Sir Simon Contrabassoon: A moment of your time, please, good sir?

    • @gabe_s_videos
      @gabe_s_videos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Ilznidiotic I can’t even listen to the rest of what’s going on in the video because this is too damn funny XD

    • @ronniewoodsbellmontsounds7045
      @ronniewoodsbellmontsounds7045 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'm glad you don't have a brain

    • @gabe_s_videos
      @gabe_s_videos 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ronnie Woods Bellmont Sound's Ah quit being a party pooper

    • @williamrobertson797
      @williamrobertson797 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      LMAOOO

    • @typo1345
      @typo1345 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How about 'Sir Simon Contra'
      Since bassoon already existed

  • @benpeltola1364
    @benpeltola1364 4 ปีที่แล้ว +190

    "I want a foghorn with a double-reed"
    ~Beethoven

  • @macdjord
    @macdjord 4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

    I call this next composition 'Ship Arriving in Harbour'.

    • @muichiroscat104
      @muichiroscat104 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I laughed way too hard at this

  • @d1a1x1d1a1x
    @d1a1x1d1a1x 5 ปีที่แล้ว +829

    The range of pitch is from 'taco fart' down to 'engine noise in cabin'.

    • @eamonahern7495
      @eamonahern7495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      😂🤣😂🤣

    • @DJ_Bonebraker
      @DJ_Bonebraker 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      This comment had me laughing so hard I literally had tears coming out of my eyes.

    • @jodyguilbeaux8225
      @jodyguilbeaux8225 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      south of your border, amigo

  • @JesseBFournier
    @JesseBFournier 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1939

    Thats a note every one will remember. * starts an air compressor *

    • @shaalis
      @shaalis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      LMAO!!!

    • @aarondavis5850
      @aarondavis5850 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Spot on. Flashbacks to construction ensued.

    • @Shatteredworld
      @Shatteredworld 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      just got to this part in the video, saw your comment early on and thought "couldn't be that bad". nope, absolutely spot on analogy.

    • @jurebohinc4666
      @jurebohinc4666 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      My sister literally asked why im listening to the jackhammers.

    • @thewonderfulwizardofcodsaq3472
      @thewonderfulwizardofcodsaq3472 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Literally

  • @JamiePlaysBanjo
    @JamiePlaysBanjo 6 ปีที่แล้ว +671

    "Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should"

    • @claymationwaves
      @claymationwaves 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      music science in a nutshell

    • @benjamintscholl
      @benjamintscholl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      LOLOLOL Ian Malcolm

    • @NASAjunkie
      @NASAjunkie 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      "Theremins. Theremins are on the verge of extinction. If I were to create some theremins for this orchestra, you wouldn't have anything to say."

    • @Juscz
      @Juscz 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      HILARIOUS!!!!

  • @Nine-Signs
    @Nine-Signs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Beethoven: "I am bored of these instruments, make me something that resonates rock to dust while being hilarious to look at and hear"

  • @deondevilliers9272
    @deondevilliers9272 4 ปีที่แล้ว +356

    He should play the “ smoke on the water” riff on it , would sound really cool

    • @NickSquids
      @NickSquids 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I thought he was for a moment there. 1:32

    • @huskydogg7536
      @huskydogg7536 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      a fire in disguise

    • @tixximmi1
      @tixximmi1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeah, and Frank Zappa always thought the contrabassoon was the most difficult instrument to play.

    • @annunacky4463
      @annunacky4463 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@huskydogg7536I’ve got two chickens to paralyze, pack your bags we leave tonight…lol.

    • @philmann3476
      @philmann3476 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@tixximmi1 Until some stupid with a flare gun...

  • @CathodeRayKobold
    @CathodeRayKobold 6 ปีที่แล้ว +560

    It's so low I can almost count the individual vibrations.

    • @MarioAtheonio
      @MarioAtheonio 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Zoshi The Neely Frequency

    • @penclaw
      @penclaw 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      WHOA NEELY!!

    • @1jazzyphae
      @1jazzyphae 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Same. I don't know how I feel about it

    • @jennyoyster5054
      @jennyoyster5054 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zoshi I love it....😍😍😍😍.

    • @gammafoxlore2981
      @gammafoxlore2981 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      About 8 cycles per second (I counted them!)

  • @Njald
    @Njald 6 ปีที่แล้ว +425

    Is it me or does it grow during the video? It looks much longer in the end. Maybe it's happy to see us?

    • @holtaf6026
      @holtaf6026 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      I think it grows. Look at 0:15 and 4:40 for example.

    • @bassline5633
      @bassline5633 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@holtaf6026 Good point holtaf, I think he switched a part or modified the Basoon. Can not deny it changed.

    • @johnwinder6895
      @johnwinder6895 6 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      The one at the end has an extension on the end that allows it to go lower than what you see in the rest of the video. The note he plays from the Creation is a low B flat, a whole step lower than he could play earlier in the video

    • @XIIMonkeysMusicGroup
      @XIIMonkeysMusicGroup 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      The modern contrabasson has the same extension option, but it brings the bell to the floor!

    • @Gorbachefchew
      @Gorbachefchew 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      +Njald... what wouldn't grow if you keep blowing it... 😊

  • @pygmalion137
    @pygmalion137 4 ปีที่แล้ว +318

    If this intimidating-looking instrument would be used as a weapon of mass destruction, it would be called a bassooka.

    • @cosminogloocosy1154
      @cosminogloocosy1154 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      XD

    • @fabiopaiva8741
      @fabiopaiva8741 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      hahahaa, nice

    • @dumbpunk1165
      @dumbpunk1165 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      im stealing this

    • @vargasmartin7143
      @vargasmartin7143 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's actually an instrument called bazooka, the rocket launcher "bazooka" got his name because it looked like the instrument bazooka

    • @superblip9372
      @superblip9372 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Contrabazooka.

  • @LetterToGodFromMeToYou
    @LetterToGodFromMeToYou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +95

    4:36 - When you need to snipe people with the brown note from 10 miles away

  • @catfishspence1002
    @catfishspence1002 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1318

    This mad lad had a distorted 808 in the 16th century

    • @revibard-harvey6919
      @revibard-harvey6919 6 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      LMAO the absolute madman.

    • @edgyyjaden9949
      @edgyyjaden9949 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Bl00dy h3ll m8

    • @androiduser3579
      @androiduser3579 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Beethoven going low key HARD

    • @PaulTheSkeptic
      @PaulTheSkeptic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      What's that, a gear joke? Are you talking about the 808 chip, like in a Tube Screamer or do you mean the Roland drum machine?

    • @twocsies
      @twocsies 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@PaulTheSkeptic drum machine

  • @Lt.GonvilleBromhead
    @Lt.GonvilleBromhead 5 ปีที่แล้ว +386

    If you’re the kind of person who nearly faints blowing up balloons, this is not the instrument for you.

    • @eamonahern7495
      @eamonahern7495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      🤣

    • @e.e.y.1803
      @e.e.y.1803 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Isnt that allowed for any bassoon?

    • @Nine-Signs
      @Nine-Signs 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Stormy Daniels is an expert at it apparently.

    • @cameronbartlett856
      @cameronbartlett856 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The oboe isn't either XD

    • @AOSMAKAKMS
      @AOSMAKAKMS 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Neither is the tuba or trombone

  • @hypotheticalpineapple
    @hypotheticalpineapple 5 ปีที่แล้ว +390

    "this really is one note which everyone can remember from the piece"
    *jackhammer begins drilling into cement*

  • @khatdragon7694
    @khatdragon7694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    This comment thread is priceless. You folks got me laughing first thing in the morning!

  • @zynosgd9982
    @zynosgd9982 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    Especially for Bethoven, this instrument was... "unheard of" at the time.

  • @henrygingercat
    @henrygingercat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +184

    I congratulate him on somehow managing to keep a straight face (and let's not forget that the first composer to use one in a symphony was stone deaf at the time).

    • @TheAntiChrysler
      @TheAntiChrysler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      I forgot which composer it was, but he apparently hated it when people fell asleep in his concerts, so he wrote a piece that was very quiet, but had a sudden unexpected snare drum beat in the middle

    • @henrygingercat
      @henrygingercat 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@TheAntiChrysler Haydn's Surprise Symphony. th-cam.com/video/VOLy6JxEDLw/w-d-xo.html

    • @Mazut0
      @Mazut0 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@TheAntiChrysler Metallica - St. Anger

    • @hymnodyhands
      @hymnodyhands 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@TheAntiChrysler Possibly Haydn with his "Surprise" Symphony...

    • @dailynotes2845
      @dailynotes2845 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Mazut0 dirty

  • @GeneticBioazard
    @GeneticBioazard 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3260

    When your game crashes 5:12

  • @Anonarchist
    @Anonarchist 5 ปีที่แล้ว +284

    4:35 wait, did this thing get LONGER?

    • @flann5802
      @flann5802 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      YASSS 🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @JonatasAdoM
      @JonatasAdoM 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      The instrument got hot and started to stretch.

    • @paulneal9908
      @paulneal9908 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      It saw the female modern contrabassoon

    • @SmugSuspenders
      @SmugSuspenders 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Akra Seil You win 👍

    • @dickravis
      @dickravis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      That's what she said...

  • @blizzbee
    @blizzbee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +131

    Production team: Which is the widest angle lens we got?? He's playing a giraffe bone.

    • @stevenk8189
      @stevenk8189 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Giraffe boner you mean.

    • @oae
      @oae  4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Yes, this is genuinely how the conversation went

  • @brycerosenwald2915
    @brycerosenwald2915 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    David Chatterton: devotes his life to mastering a difficult, beautiful instrument with a rich history.
    TH-cam comments: _I'm about to end this man's whole career_

  • @shroomhilda
    @shroomhilda 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1403

    "Some really nice "pure notes..."
    I call this one...
    "Uncle on the toilet"

    • @thescratchyscratch7848
      @thescratchyscratch7848 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Lmao

    • @hhhhh18384
      @hhhhh18384 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hahahaha

    • @MrRacer1001
      @MrRacer1001 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @WizardOfAtlantis
      @WizardOfAtlantis 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I'm laughing so hard I can't get the mouse over the thumbs up to click it

    • @TheKrensada
      @TheKrensada 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Usually when I say I laughed at something on the internet, I simply found it amusing, but my expression doesn't change. This comment was not one of those times.

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge 5 ปีที่แล้ว +226

    man, that clacking sound along with the fundamental..... that is scary! 5:15 horror soundtrack... done. haha

    • @explosionmental2781
      @explosionmental2781 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      you are everywhere c:

    • @TruthSurge
      @TruthSurge 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@explosionmental2781 apparently! Maybe I AM Santa Claus. ?

    • @WillTheBassPlayer
      @WillTheBassPlayer 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sounds like my furnace went out lol

    • @Surr3alll
      @Surr3alll 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would not expect you to be interested in classical instruments and music haha

    • @remremgacha6433
      @remremgacha6433 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Air pressure washer

  • @jcortese3300
    @jcortese3300 4 ปีที่แล้ว +338

    "Beethoven himself may well have heard it." Well, that explains why he went deaf ...

    • @rhero1
      @rhero1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      J Cortese
      Lucky bastard!
      As a bassoonist. This thing is vile!
      Interesting but yuk!

    • @jumbo4billion
      @jumbo4billion 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@rhero1 I love it

    • @junacebedo888
      @junacebedo888 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ludwig has congenital syphilis which can cause deafness. Eric Clapton, Pete Townsend and Lars Ulrich has never had a bassoon player in their Combo band yet those three had suffered tinnitus

    • @huskydogg7536
      @huskydogg7536 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm not sure being deaf would prevent you from hearing this thing

    • @huyenle7242
      @huyenle7242 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      This is soo disrespectful but also Very funny 😂

  • @alexhb12333
    @alexhb12333 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Can you imagine the experience of your breathe bringing to life music from a 211 year old instrument. Marvelous

  • @222ableVelo
    @222ableVelo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

    No wonder Beethoven's Fifth Symphony was so epic. It had instruments I've never even heard of before. 😂

  • @koreyewen8869
    @koreyewen8869 5 ปีที่แล้ว +656

    Looks like an anti aircraft weapon😂

    • @ocean6857
      @ocean6857 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Anti Neighbo weapon

    • @alquinn8576
      @alquinn8576 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      sounds like one too

    • @PierogiPerson
      @PierogiPerson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's first AM and I'm laughing my ass off at this comment. Thank you

    • @wayfarer3535
      @wayfarer3535 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m seeing it.
      en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holman_Projector

    • @ermanevcil
      @ermanevcil 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      ahha dude .. so true lol

  • @effluviah7544
    @effluviah7544 6 ปีที่แล้ว +698

    Today I Learned: A contrabassoon looks like a Final Fantasy weapon.

  • @bwilliams463
    @bwilliams463 5 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    It may be a coincidence that Alfried Krupp toured the Beethoven museum only 6 months before the 88 MM Flak cannon was designed. Then again...

  • @TruthSurge
    @TruthSurge 4 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    2:30 wow, I never noticed that the bell is chopped off in the masking process.

  • @rattmcpossum
    @rattmcpossum 2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    If you imagine him as a very small man playing a regular wind instrument it really elevates the video

    • @Lufelo
      @Lufelo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Why did you do this to my brain…

    • @gabe_s_videos
      @gabe_s_videos 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      "How's that harmonica solo coming along, Plankton?"
      "It's tremendous! Wanna see?"

  • @idiobox
    @idiobox 6 ปีที่แล้ว +377

    Sounds like a Honda civic with a loud subwoofer, from the outside.

    • @AtlasReburdened
      @AtlasReburdened 6 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      It legit does. Like, when you can tell the only sound deadening the dude did was stuffing socks and rags behind plastic panels to hold down the rattle.

    • @fritzbee5789
      @fritzbee5789 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      How specific do you need to be to include the car, does it affect the subwoofer?

    • @Adefesio94
      @Adefesio94 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hahah fuck yeah

  • @jeffw1267
    @jeffw1267 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2677

    It sounds like a fart reverberating off an orange plastic classroom chair.

    • @suhanijoshi5076
      @suhanijoshi5076 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      Which is why I say that sometimes the brass section sound like a bunch of well tuned farts

    • @noname8354
      @noname8354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      While playing the low Bb on the contrabassoon, I farted. Heard no difference

    • @darkglacier9786
      @darkglacier9786 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Spisific

    • @PeterGriffin-kb2hf
      @PeterGriffin-kb2hf 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      As a musician, it's kinda insulting when an instrument is compared to farts. No matter what instrument it is.

    • @noname8354
      @noname8354 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Beat T-Series With One Video Challenge I'm a musician as well, and idc. Especially cuz the lowest register on the contrabassoon really does resemble them.

  • @robmemeoverlord6399
    @robmemeoverlord6399 5 ปีที่แล้ว +356

    Beethoven: “I do say, I’ve always wanted an instrument of flatulence.”
    David: “Say no more”

    • @morganrobinson8042
      @morganrobinson8042 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Seems more like a Mozart thing to say, but here we are.

    • @PeaceToday2011
      @PeaceToday2011 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@morganrobinson8042 Mozart, the genius who brought the world "Leck mich im Arsch" (Lick my ass/lick me in the ass) in B-flat major. :)

    • @theevermind
      @theevermind 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      PDQ Bach would have just used a whoopee cushion.

    • @teemusid
      @teemusid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I joined my first kickstarter a year ago to produce a Fart Pedal for the guitar, although I saw a harpist use it on her channel.

    • @russell_szabados
      @russell_szabados ปีที่แล้ว

      @@theevermind all due respect to PDQ Bach, who I love, but he's become the Gallagher of art music humor. He needs to reference djent to reach today's audience. I'll give him a call. ☎️📞

  • @ren_it_rains
    @ren_it_rains 4 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    1800's: Has bassoons
    Beethoven and Haydn: _We need to go deeper_

    • @alanbarnett718
      @alanbarnett718 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "You're gonna need a *bigger bassoon*!"

  • @gregfaris6959
    @gregfaris6959 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love the illustration of the “terrible” notes. Non wind players won’t know what this means, but every bassoonist, particularly those who also have to do contra, understand!!

  • @zetacon4
    @zetacon4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Love the sound of your instrument. As a clarinetist, I can appreciate the work and difficulty in making your reeds and playing that classic instrument. Thanks for the great sample of it's range and playing a short clip from Beethoven's work.

  • @BlommaBaumbart
    @BlommaBaumbart 6 ปีที่แล้ว +372

    I'm left with a feeling that this could very well be a prank and we'd all be too embarrassed to ask...

    • @joshburns1777
      @joshburns1777 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      You'll be glad to hear it's very much real.

    • @dskero
      @dskero 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      It looks like a bastard child of mortar and anti-tank rifle...

    •  6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Actually it looks like a very big bassoon. Gosh, so many jokes in this thread just just don't land. You have to wonder why you all even try.

    • @typo1345
      @typo1345 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @ just stop. Your spamming on each joke comment. Just stop, Take a joke, and be a bit more enlightened.

    • @Pillar_of_Salt
      @Pillar_of_Salt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @ What a baby

  • @rogerb5615
    @rogerb5615 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    My late Dad played bassoon in the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra during the 1950s - 60s. I recall one day he brought a contra-bassoon home to practice for an upcoming performance of the Fifth. Besides Beethoven, Dad produced eructations of flatulence from the beast, to the great amusement of his kids ( but not, as I recall, their Mom!)

  • @leokottke45
    @leokottke45 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I really didn't know about this instrument, so thank you for introducing it in this video. The history of instruments is really intriquing and also gives a nice additional insight into Beethoven's 5th. It must be inspiring for a composer to have a sound like this at his disposal, really enhancing the possibilities.

  • @backalleycqc4790
    @backalleycqc4790 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    "The contrabassoon has only one rival in an orchestra, and that's the smashing of hardened concrete with a pneumatic drill next to your ear".

  • @sashakindel3600
    @sashakindel3600 6 ปีที่แล้ว +340

    4:13 I can't imagine testing a contrabassoon reed by itself and deciding it doesn't sound right, when this is the standard you're aiming for.

    • @ZimuThielus
      @ZimuThielus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Well, this is normally an oboist thing for everyday.

    • @sashakindel3600
      @sashakindel3600 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Oboe reeds have a recognizable pitch they're supposed to produce, right? These contrabassoon reeds, seemingly not so much.

    • @ZimuThielus
      @ZimuThielus 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alex Kindel well, before playing oboe I probably did not know how should it sounds

    • @bgilley8199
      @bgilley8199 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Alex Kindel you have to imagine it with the other instruments of the orchestra, it's obviously not a solo instrument.

    • @sashakindel3600
      @sashakindel3600 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I'm talking about the sound of the reed when it's not attached to the instrument, not the sound of the instrument as a whole. The instrument sounds fine. For oboes, my understanding is that you can tell to some degree whether a reed is any good depending on how it sounds when played in isolation.

  • @zantrex4
    @zantrex4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +375

    And thus Dubstep was birthed by our forefathers 🤔

    • @greedokenobi3855
      @greedokenobi3855 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Exactly!

    • @TheSboobsy
      @TheSboobsy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      forefarters* give the sound of that thing

    • @deanc9453
      @deanc9453 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      +

    • @cranque__7737
      @cranque__7737 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      This isn’t dubstep lol. I know it’s a joke and a lot of classical musicians will hate me, but dubstep is way more complex than the sound of a bassoon.

    • @memesthemaker8429
      @memesthemaker8429 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cranque__7737 yes, they birthed out the bass sound and bOom dats you dubstep of the day and it had years to become what you know today

  • @SVAFnemesis
    @SVAFnemesis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +436

    aka anti tank bassoon

    • @iaial0
      @iaial0 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I laughed so hard on this

    • @TornaitSuperBird
      @TornaitSuperBird 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      samuel willette Fucking hell, brass and woodwinds are the ranged weaponry of the orchestra. This thing would be a damn railgun.

    • @V-A
      @V-A 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmfao

    • @TheRandomWolf
      @TheRandomWolf 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tornait A mortar lol

    • @DANINJUNE
      @DANINJUNE 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bassonka

  • @kwf6273
    @kwf6273 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I played the Bassoon in Highschool. We were told to choose our instruments, I picked the Bassoon because it looked so strange. Great instrument.

  • @zerklang
    @zerklang 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is the TH-cam content I didn't know I needed.

  • @mwbright
    @mwbright 5 ปีที่แล้ว +701

    It's like a precision didgeridoo.

    • @zappzapp1350
      @zappzapp1350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Well no the didge is something else specialy the way to play it

    • @kezkezooie8595
      @kezkezooie8595 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      The didgeridoo has a much nicer sound in my opinion, along with a much broader range of sounds, especially when played by someone with the talent for it.

    • @zappzapp1350
      @zappzapp1350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well i do play the didge

    • @kezkezooie8595
      @kezkezooie8595 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@zappzapp1350 Lovely! Was it hard for you to learn the circular breatihng?

    • @zappzapp1350
      @zappzapp1350 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Well the hard thing is to stay with it and you have to realy want to play this. It took me 9 month to learn the circulation, but only then the instrument teaches you how it want to be played.

  • @TheRealJavahead
    @TheRealJavahead 5 ปีที่แล้ว +130

    "Austrian marching bands on the continent that needed a 16' sound..." I've got to see those Austrian marching bands.

    • @Apfelstrudl
      @Apfelstrudl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Unfortunately we got rid of them nowadays. We are much less feared now.

    • @orgelspielerkmd
      @orgelspielerkmd 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      ?

  • @BretNewtonComposer
    @BretNewtonComposer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +237

    Would have loved to have heard more about that extension to low Bb at the end.

  •  4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    People: why is your left arm so huge?
    Mr. David Chatterton: I hold THIS.

  • @SJR_Media_Group
    @SJR_Media_Group ปีที่แล้ว +4

    *_Amazing sound, so rich and warm..._*
    First time seeing or hearing a Contra-Bassoon. I think that is the tallest instrument I have seen. The new version with folded main airway really makes it more compact. Some will prefer old over new. Even with 2 1/2 octave range, the pitches are such that most people, myself included will listen with a sense of awe.

  • @mqbitsko25
    @mqbitsko25 6 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Bassoon inventor: "Damn! My duck call is broken! I hate to throw it away though....."

  • @BTsMusicChannel
    @BTsMusicChannel 5 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    First time I heard a contrabasson was when I was playing double bass in an orchestra playing Brahms. I fell in love with it. It looks the like pipes in the cellar of an old house. :D

  • @redtexan7053
    @redtexan7053 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    My old band friends always joked that bassoons were just bazookas you could play. But that things a freaking Howitzer.

    • @mrslinkydragon9910
      @mrslinkydragon9910 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wonder if you could weaponise a bassoon... obviously itll have to be metal to withstand the blast but itll probably make an effective mortar

    • @dsnodgrass4843
      @dsnodgrass4843 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Made from leftover patterns from Krupp Arms.

  • @sculter8
    @sculter8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I don't care who you are, you can't just stroll by this and ignore it, like I wanted to at first. Great performance, great sound! I was so sad when it was all over!

  • @luaquinomar
    @luaquinomar 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    it should have red lights. you know, for the airplanes

    • @cosminogloocosy1154
      @cosminogloocosy1154 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      :)))))))))))

    • @cz2301
      @cz2301 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Seem this comment already in the video about the teorba

  • @argonwheatbelly637
    @argonwheatbelly637 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    What a lovely warm sound! It's comforting, and I can imagine it playing in consort with others of its kin. A nice, reedy range.

  • @lovedogs1999
    @lovedogs1999 6 ปีที่แล้ว +231

    When I hear this instrument, the first thing that comes to mind definitely isn't "soft" or "nice, *pure* notes"

  • @CongaLineMonkey
    @CongaLineMonkey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +202

    Beethoven's love of flatulence has finally been exposed.

    • @lol...
      @lol... 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Mozart lived poop jokes too I believe

    • @Mercure250
      @Mercure250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@lol... I mean, Mozart composed a piece called "Leck mich im Arsch" ("Lick me in the ass")

  • @suginami123
    @suginami123 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fabulous. I love this kind of lecture and presentation. Fascinating

  • @Ferda1964
    @Ferda1964 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    somehow over the years bassoon sound has become one of my favourites and your show is spectacular

  • @Craft2299
    @Craft2299 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    We need a "Contrabassoon Hero" video game and an authentically sized controller of the Contrabassoon. Would be fun, no?

    • @gabe_s_videos
      @gabe_s_videos 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I'd play the hell out of that!

    • @MrKlausbaudelaire
      @MrKlausbaudelaire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      just make sure the controlelr vibration is turned off less you want to shatter all your bones.

    • @mycrazyfamilyid
      @mycrazyfamilyid 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@MrKlausbaudelaire eaaaarrrrrttttthhqqquuaaaaaake! :)

  • @CLaw-tb5gg
    @CLaw-tb5gg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +191

    That's not a bassoon. *pulls outs contrabassoon* THAT's a bassoon

    • @TerrenceNowicki
      @TerrenceNowicki 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "I see you've played knifey-bassoony before."

    • @MultiPetercool
      @MultiPetercool ปีที่แล้ว

      Giant chromatic didgeridoo? 😜

  • @Fredicilla
    @Fredicilla 5 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    This literally sounds like my phone vibrating when I put it in silent

  • @DB-ho8cc
    @DB-ho8cc 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Died laughing the entire video! The ultimate measuring contest for sure. Wait why does it keep getting bigger?

  • @beeswan9775
    @beeswan9775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank you for featuring this unique instrument. More, please.

  • @h_curly6384
    @h_curly6384 5 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    "the classical is generally much softer and has some really soft pure notes."
    brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrum brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrum

  • @TheKrensada
    @TheKrensada 4 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    This is the largest woodwind instrument. I remember learning about this thing in music class when I was little. I wanted to play one simply because it was the biggest. The one this guy has is abnormally large.

    • @Apfelstrudl
      @Apfelstrudl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I hear some length complexes here?

    • @TheKrensada
      @TheKrensada 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Apfelstrudl oh come on!

    • @pauls5745
      @pauls5745 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      i think largest is contested by the few examples of a contrabass saxophone known to exist

    • @pauls5745
      @pauls5745 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      th-cam.com/video/9BiW2mVKk0w/w-d-xo.html

  • @shermich90
    @shermich90 6 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I wonder what made him decide he wanted to play that instrument. Was he like, "I want to make sweet ship sounds!"

    • @reallyhappenings5597
      @reallyhappenings5597 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He started on bassoon or even oboe

    • @felipeberlim3587
      @felipeberlim3587 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I know you mean the sound of the instrument is awful. It is! But imagine if this really was the reason. Somehow, I find it poetic! A boy wanting to make sweep ship sounds as a musician...

  • @pauliewalnuts2800
    @pauliewalnuts2800 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Nobody:
    Me after eating 2 chipotle burritos in the span of 10 minutes: 5:13

  • @justsittinhere72
    @justsittinhere72 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Symphony for Oil-tankers" was my personal favorite down here in the comment section. Good one Magnus.

  • @Dax893
    @Dax893 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Very nice! I have to admit, I didn't give a flying f about the bassoon, but then I married a woman who played one in school. She didn't call it a bassoon, she called it a fagotto. She could air-bassoon like no one else, and I'm a little jealous. This contrabassoon is very interesting, but I might need a roof rack.

  • @demetriusclark5043
    @demetriusclark5043 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Bassoon was the first instrument I learned how to play. This contra is nuts!!! Love the low notes this thing can get!

  • @MaestroTJS
    @MaestroTJS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +207

    I farted at the time he was playing the Haydn and it sounded like we were doing a duet.

    • @croatiangroyper5195
      @croatiangroyper5195 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      hit me up, maybe we can make it a trio

    • @MaestroTJS
      @MaestroTJS 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      As long as it's not a small room...and we're on opposite sides of it.

    • @croatiangroyper5195
      @croatiangroyper5195 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Then we'll need a warehouse my friend.

    • @ja_u
      @ja_u 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @viergenoire do you mean a fartet?

    • @sanokaizen2339
      @sanokaizen2339 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I love these comments 💀💀

  • @konekoray9323
    @konekoray9323 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    The lungs one must need to play an instrument like that.

  • @The.Lego.Man.
    @The.Lego.Man. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    My man is playing the telephone pole.

  • @wenomechainsanna
    @wenomechainsanna 5 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    What instrument do you play ?
    TREE

  • @LavaMLG
    @LavaMLG 6 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    Glad this showed up in my recommendeds lol

    • @teamcori
      @teamcori 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      LavaMLG | Pllastation5 same

    • @chado3000
      @chado3000 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Would be sad going to the grave not knowing this exists.

  • @tHustr4
    @tHustr4 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1979

    What is this, a bassoon for giant ants?!!

    • @austindorf83
      @austindorf83 6 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      It needs to be at least
      3 times larger!!

    • @Moxx3
      @Moxx3 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Eleph-ants ;)

    • @shannonheathcliffmul
      @shannonheathcliffmul 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      @@Moxx3 or gi-ants

    • @Tealmaker
      @Tealmaker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yesss

    • @william1760201
      @william1760201 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Lunchlady Steve Damn beat me to it

  • @Mr_Waffle.
    @Mr_Waffle. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I made the mistake of reading the comments while watching the video... I can't hear the dude talking over how loud I'm laughing... thanks everyone 😂

  • @alistairville9303
    @alistairville9303 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    So glad to have seen this. Just imagine practicing this gizmo for hours a day...

  • @PianoGuy1990
    @PianoGuy1990 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I really appreciate you demonstrating this unique and historic instrument. I play all the recorders and clarinets. It's amazing what is out there. Berlioz used lots of unique orchestration. My dad makes this noise after beans.

    • @PianoGuy1990
      @PianoGuy1990 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am in fear of the "Beast!" so cool

  • @alphabeets
    @alphabeets 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Gotta love the sound of that beast coming through a half inch iPhone speaker.

    • @MrKlausbaudelaire
      @MrKlausbaudelaire 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i'm surprised your iphone survived it.

  • @lelleithmurray235
    @lelleithmurray235 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    I would love to hear this instrument played in some 21st century contemporary music. That's some serious bass!

  • @richarddeleon3558
    @richarddeleon3558 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love musical educational videos,you did out standingly well , thanks

  • @magdahearne497
    @magdahearne497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Great informative video, thank you for sharing, I shall listen out for it in Beethoven's works in future...
    Listening to the resonance I now understand why "trumpets" were used to bring down the walls of Jericho, especially if they were like this a beast of a weapon....it's epic!

  • @itsmehavd9889
    @itsmehavd9889 6 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    The sound is so vibrating that it makes my phone shake...