Contrabass Saxophone

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  • @mrcowybeef2997
    @mrcowybeef2997 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4862

    he has a better microphone than most people in 2019

  • @AsherSax
    @AsherSax 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3162

    I couldn't figure out how to message you directly, so I hope you don't mind me saying it here. I watched this video over 10 years ago when I was in junior high. I found the "excellent defense in a number of sports" joke to be quite amusing, and for some reason it stuck with me. About three weeks ago, I was interviewing for a job at a law firm and a partner and I were talking saxophones. He mentioned he had seen a really large one, and I said that was possibly a contrabass sax. In that conversation, I totally stole your defense joke, and he gave me the most genuine laugh I heard all day. I knew that if I later got the job, it would be at least in part because of that moment right there. About a week ago, I got a call saying I got the job. I had to come here and thank you. Thanks, friend.

    • @deadlybladesmith3093
      @deadlybladesmith3093 4 ปีที่แล้ว +91

      Awesome! How the job goes well for ya man!

    • @aan3513
      @aan3513 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Its amazing dont it

    • @markopolo2224
      @markopolo2224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      literally says the email at the end of the video

    • @tpal3243
      @tpal3243 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Can someone please explain the joke to me, please? I'm not a native speaker...

    • @markopolo2224
      @markopolo2224 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@tpal3243 i don't know either
      buuut maybe they meant the baseball bat ?

  • @ZeusMegabeard
    @ZeusMegabeard 8 ปีที่แล้ว +724

    How do we know he's not just a dwarf?

    • @nolanquinn2970
      @nolanquinn2970 8 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Listen to how low it is

    • @ZeusMegabeard
      @ZeusMegabeard 8 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      +Nolan Quinn I was being facetious.

    • @Succer
      @Succer 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      midget*

    • @BigSmartArmed
      @BigSmartArmed 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      oh wow, the best things in life are free! best yt comment of the year

    • @oz1077
      @oz1077 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      *hobbit

  • @HighTen_Melanie
    @HighTen_Melanie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3325

    Imagine carrying that onto the school bus 🚌🎵🎶

    • @robertmarston9386
      @robertmarston9386 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      ☀️ Sunny Days ☀️ our school bus driver isn’t keen on a tenot

    • @BhaskerManandhar
      @BhaskerManandhar 6 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      Im already having trouble carrying alto

    • @MarsDoodlez
      @MarsDoodlez 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@BhaskerManandhar lmao same

    • @danicayuen
      @danicayuen 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      i play a baritone but i have 2 one for school and one for home

    • @fyqesema5301
      @fyqesema5301 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How big the case must be.

  • @PIlotrcm
    @PIlotrcm 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1237

    Girls date you for the uh....size of your saxophone.

    • @UserUser-zi1fv
      @UserUser-zi1fv 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      PIlotrcm I would! 😂 JK JK

    • @fbi-agentvillegas9033
      @fbi-agentvillegas9033 6 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      I play Bari at my highschool so I'm the biggest one

    • @sandwich434
      @sandwich434 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      FBI- agent Villegas I play the Bari aswell.

    • @Ratio16180
      @Ratio16180 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s probably true

    • @leo-qd6qm
      @leo-qd6qm 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hehe

  • @ianfowler124
    @ianfowler124 9 ปีที่แล้ว +552

    "it plays excellent defense in a number of sports"

  • @kuigi7781
    @kuigi7781 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3496

    lower than my grades

  • @ray8649
    @ray8649 4 ปีที่แล้ว +273

    The difference between the quality of his mic and the quality of his camera is really jarring

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      If it had to be one or the other, then he made the right choice.

    • @NutsTesticles
      @NutsTesticles 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Musicians man

  • @kjamespeace
    @kjamespeace 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4440

    Do you have to feed it every day? What does it eat?

    • @rune9864
      @rune9864 8 ปีที่แล้ว +633

      It eats the souls of failed saxophone players.

    • @aliciadonadio2597
      @aliciadonadio2597 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      +Brass band Dennis Lmao

    • @nnwccc
      @nnwccc 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      +Brass band Dennis lmao 😂

    • @SuzukiHayabusa-li4qt
      @SuzukiHayabusa-li4qt 8 ปีที่แล้ว +79

      KJames Peace It eats up your air.

    • @imagine1214
      @imagine1214 8 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      lips

  • @givnnv
    @givnnv 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1923

    Imagine what the case looks like.

    • @Gardentimegrowing
      @Gardentimegrowing 8 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      +Gia Angel It could be like a bass clarinet case t must have 3 different pieces neck and one that separates middle but yeah probably really big case…. for anybody who is going to say thats wht=at she said i will do it for you "thats what she said."

    • @amberkincaid4195
      @amberkincaid4195 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      holy shit😂

    • @alanvang8618
      @alanvang8618 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Or could be as big as a Double Bass

    • @genemasters4986
      @genemasters4986 8 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      The case is probably an F-150

    • @courtneya4509
      @courtneya4509 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      XD yeah. I can hardly haul around my bari sax case. we had to get a small kart for it because i walk to and from school

  • @ironic1767
    @ironic1767 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2114

    So do you use a 2 x 4 for the reed?

    • @Stizzedd
      @Stizzedd 8 ปีที่แล้ว +58

      A really thin one

    • @HK-sn4rx
      @HK-sn4rx 8 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      Reclaimer I play tenor and I thought it was heavy

    • @omarmariscal5066
      @omarmariscal5066 7 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Nabor Gonzalez I think the bari is heavy and I'm in 8th grade ._.

    • @Stizzedd
      @Stizzedd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      omar martinez It's very light for me, you need to work out more if it's heavy

    • @omarmariscal5066
      @omarmariscal5066 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      PandazFx lol I'm a skeleton

  • @double124
    @double124 4 ปีที่แล้ว +667

    Noone:
    My phone vibrating on the table:

    • @charitywoodson
      @charitywoodson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Underrated af

    • @Hiroyuki_T
      @Hiroyuki_T 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Wow the vibration of your phone has alotbof notes played 🎼🎵🎶

  • @-Vitalis-
    @-Vitalis- 8 ปีที่แล้ว +363

    The sax bell looks big enough to actually take a dump in it.

    • @GreenBoy9000
      @GreenBoy9000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      YES! YES!

    • @handmeballs
      @handmeballs 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      There’s just some things that shouldn’t be said

    • @deadlybladesmith3093
      @deadlybladesmith3093 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It is child sized. Not because its easy to lift or anything. It's just that the bell is roughly the size of a 2 year old child...

    • @mech1x
      @mech1x 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@deadlybladesmith3093 They'll never find him...

    • @koolboo6921
      @koolboo6921 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lmao

  • @Jombo1
    @Jombo1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2314

    You could kill someone with that.

    • @sashabenitez6143
      @sashabenitez6143 8 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      you can hide a body in there

    • @jackychan1474
      @jackychan1474 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Jombo 🤣🤣🤣🤣that tickled my funny bone...

    • @torrentdawsongaming396
      @torrentdawsongaming396 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Jombo that is true

    • @jiibomcdinonald1874
      @jiibomcdinonald1874 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I could kill with the worlds smallest violin

    • @milkman9314
      @milkman9314 7 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      whoops I dropped my monster sax that i use for my magnum band

  • @hughmungus4089
    @hughmungus4089 5 ปีที่แล้ว +641

    Imagine a fat cat walking to this music

    • @Squishito
      @Squishito 4 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      Oh lawd he comin'

    • @rickross3968
      @rickross3968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Josho Wosho ik this is old but😂😂

    • @jakegill4968
      @jakegill4968 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Lmaoooo

    • @ALSG-re1bl
      @ALSG-re1bl 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hugh Mungus add some creaking effects

    • @ephronium
      @ephronium 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      there’s a jazz song called the fat cat

  • @awildfilingcabinet6239
    @awildfilingcabinet6239 5 ปีที่แล้ว +380

    Imagine the raw power whenever he plays one of those classic riffs like smoke on the water or 7 nation army.

    • @ЗахаровМикита
      @ЗахаровМикита 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I downloaded synthesizer app, turned it to sax mode and played smoke on the water and 7na on low notes. That was sick!

    • @RCPSU4
      @RCPSU4 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That would be a riff I'd want to play. Possibly even one of those bass lines made famous by the late Lemmy from the band Motorhead.

    • @tychomanson5745
      @tychomanson5745 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was actually waiting for 7NA after he launched into the Addams Family theme.

  • @chuckanderson8144
    @chuckanderson8144 9 ปีที่แล้ว +540

    Not your typical marching band instrument.

    • @colelipe4072
      @colelipe4072 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Marching? I don't even think I could pick it up.

    • @HappyWheelFan2013
      @HappyWheelFan2013 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      They were actually invented for marching. Strange right?

    • @chuckanderson8144
      @chuckanderson8144 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Perhaps for giants but not for ordinary size people. I was being sarcastic. :)

    • @me36adlucinor46
      @me36adlucinor46 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Definitely not with a neck strap😂😂

    • @Stizzedd
      @Stizzedd 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      it was a marching instrument back in the day

  • @bob2.02
    @bob2.02 9 ปีที่แล้ว +747

    that thing scares me, im a trumpet player

    • @Bren9431
      @Bren9431 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol me too

    • @Mr-Trox
      @Mr-Trox 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      +bob 2.0 sg Trumpet players = pansies :D
      Tuba ftw

    • @dirtynappies7173
      @dirtynappies7173 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Mr. Trox lol scrub, contrabass saxophone FTW...get rekt m8

    • @dirtynappies7173
      @dirtynappies7173 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Mr. Trox lol jk I like tenor and alto sax cause those are the two I've played

    • @dirtynappies7173
      @dirtynappies7173 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +John Appleseed correction, it IS a truck

  • @Megaguris100
    @Megaguris100 10 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    25% of comments- OMG how much does that weigh
    75% of comments- I thought the Bari sax was the lowest

    • @joshbautista99
      @joshbautista99 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol

    • @CrokedBlueCreeper101
      @CrokedBlueCreeper101 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Meeeeee

    • @JohnRandomness105
      @JohnRandomness105 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Megaguris100 I knew that the bass saxophone existed. From what I heard, the contrabass sax only existed in a few remaining century-old instruments, until a couple decades ago, when ORSI decided to start making them again. I don't know if a subcontrabass saxophone existed until a company in South America began making them a decade or two ago.

    • @jyothisri9813
      @jyothisri9813 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      45 lbs

    • @devin_pauley04
      @devin_pauley04 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wrath very accurate

  • @TheLoughDuck55
    @TheLoughDuck55 4 ปีที่แล้ว +312

    *When you see someone complaining about the weight of their alto sax

  • @owiewan0112
    @owiewan0112 7 ปีที่แล้ว +510

    1:48 after eating taco bell

    • @zayb07
      @zayb07 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Lol😂😂

    • @jackmessaros5313
      @jackmessaros5313 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Big lol

    • @Sam_Sabaka1
      @Sam_Sabaka1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ...

    • @Trathaal
      @Trathaal 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fuckin’ lmao

    • @jorge0358
      @jorge0358 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Kyle Billie that's del taco

  • @delstanley1349
    @delstanley1349 8 ปีที่แล้ว +305

    For one's enemies, do you play it at them, or just drop it on them? Do you have to register it? Do you clean it with Draino? In well below freezing temps do you have to wrap in it cloth, or let warm water drip through it? Does it bite? Or constrict like a boa? I suppose one could play it and fart at the same time with no one the wiser!

    • @marcelhelland
      @marcelhelland  8 ปีที่แล้ว +81

      For enemies, I play it then drop it. I find Liquid-Plumr to be a bit more effective than Drano due to the expansive foaming action. It handles freezing temperatures like a champ. It both bites and constricts. Regarding registration, the federal government requires registration of all weapons of brass destruction.

    • @delstanley1349
      @delstanley1349 8 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Okay, lol. You play it, then drop it on your enemies? I don't think that's a "sound" strategy however. If you play it first, the whole world would hear it (or feel it) first, and know you're coming. Just drop it on em, they'll never know what hit em! Ever think about a combo-duet with an octobass player? That's a Moby fiddle and takes two people to play it?

    • @anarathaminsawthecitygiver9569
      @anarathaminsawthecitygiver9569 8 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      haha, weapons of 'brass' destruction. Nice one.

    • @paullangford8179
      @paullangford8179 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Consider the bagpipes. It takes the Scots to develop music as a weapon of war.

    • @oil1252
      @oil1252 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Del Stanley 😂😂😂

  • @2.00.2
    @2.00.2 8 ปีที่แล้ว +247

    I KINDA WANNA HEAR THE HIGHEST NOTE

    • @potatoes7309
      @potatoes7309 8 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      I kinda wanna hear the lowest

    • @JohnDixon
      @JohnDixon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      potatoe S
      I don't think you physically can

    • @mohammeddukuly5325
      @mohammeddukuly5325 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Leo P plays both

    • @whosazalia
      @whosazalia 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Yeh

  • @charliegarvin517
    @charliegarvin517 4 ปีที่แล้ว +162

    the people in his house must hate him.

    • @julianna4912
      @julianna4912 4 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Pug Maniac I only play bass clarinet and my family STILL gets annoyed, they say i practice too much and are sick of hearing me play the same measures over and over again lol...

    • @denimlether5812
      @denimlether5812 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not like he plays drums and sucks at drums. He sucks at a low sounding overly sized saxophone.

    • @celerymuseum6752
      @celerymuseum6752 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Denim Lether he’s actually really good the harmonics are just really wild in the first place.

    • @sunnyjim1355
      @sunnyjim1355 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I live on a different continent. Finally I found the source of that intermittent rumbling I've been trying to trace.

    • @nightmarechildtheminority4927
      @nightmarechildtheminority4927 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@julianna4912 another bass clarinet player!!!

  • @JustinRiray
    @JustinRiray 9 ปีที่แล้ว +296

    Then someone said "DROP THE BASS" And everyone died.

    • @ragerabbitpro
      @ragerabbitpro 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Im dying 😂😂😂

    • @justinwalter4509
      @justinwalter4509 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +awfulguitarplucker you are my favorite 😂

    • @Bunnybop
      @Bunnybop 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      awfulguitarplucker Saxophone is a woodwind

    • @ad.cab.3485
      @ad.cab.3485 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      *DROP THE CONTRABASS 😂😂

    • @AshleighLeighanne
      @AshleighLeighanne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      вυииувσρ
      a woodwind made out of brass

  • @gjhzy
    @gjhzy 4 ปีที่แล้ว +97

    I felt the earthquake coming from that thing 12 years later...

  • @scrymnstrs1380
    @scrymnstrs1380 5 ปีที่แล้ว +360

    Tuba: am biggest boi
    Contrabass saxophone: hold my mouthpiece

    • @scrymnstrs1380
      @scrymnstrs1380 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@studio9131 sure

    • @chris72.
      @chris72. 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      A sousaphone is bigger than that

    • @Baritone782
      @Baritone782 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "holy crap this is the size of my instrument"

    • @AllWaysBig
      @AllWaysBig 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      just get a contrabass tuba, easy

    • @mpatmack77
      @mpatmack77 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I wouldn't want to lug that around.

  • @scottishbananaclan
    @scottishbananaclan 5 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    Me: looks at my clarinet
    "Too small"

    • @alexcrespo3252
      @alexcrespo3252 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Scottish Banana Clan pp joke here

  • @maggielurvey6706
    @maggielurvey6706 7 ปีที่แล้ว +145

    Person: "How strong are you?"
    Maybe this guy: "I can play the contrabass without a harness"

    • @yakinthebox
      @yakinthebox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      But then he wouldnt be able to play with the hands

  • @SkimBee
    @SkimBee 4 ปีที่แล้ว +85

    Flutes: my arms hurt SO MUCH
    this guys: *Pathetic*

  • @lythd
    @lythd 7 ปีที่แล้ว +505

    Thats a small piccolo

    • @TheRobloxianOfTheWorld
      @TheRobloxianOfTheWorld 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      SpartanSpark the piccolo is huge compared to this thing

    • @Cabbegze
      @Cabbegze 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      Yes very small I have to say it’s smaller than
      My harmonica

    • @derpysheep5872
      @derpysheep5872 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I thought soprillo was small until I saw this

    • @cgktheking
      @cgktheking 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ocarina Boy bruh it’s obviously a guitar

    • @juneau.bandca
      @juneau.bandca 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Frxzsty ! Nah fam that’s obviously a snare drum smh.

  • @antonioluciovivaldi_4317
    @antonioluciovivaldi_4317 4 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Contrabassoon: lol I’m biggest woodwind
    Contrabass sax: hold my reed

    • @RyanEntnerMusic
      @RyanEntnerMusic 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Even the contrabass clarinet is bigger than the contrabassoon

    • @happyears21694
      @happyears21694 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Subcontrabass is bigger than the contrabass.

  • @patrickmeyer2802
    @patrickmeyer2802 8 ปีที่แล้ว +477

    are you compensating for something?

    • @ikeeichenberg9068
      @ikeeichenberg9068 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      Does the inverse apply for soprano players?

    • @InsaneH
      @InsaneH 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      No

    • @thebrownlord1465
      @thebrownlord1465 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      like most bass instrument players, he's actually under-compensating

    • @Blahblahblah-s9x
      @Blahblahblah-s9x 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@thebrownlord1465 Remember, bigger instrument means bigger stick size.

    • @smeggytesters8585
      @smeggytesters8585 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ben170305 all I got is a cornet lord help me

  • @smersmer1855
    @smersmer1855 5 ปีที่แล้ว +220

    As a flute player, my first thought is, _I wonder how many piccolos can we fit inside that thing?_

  • @charlesmccall9198
    @charlesmccall9198 8 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    Percussionist here, and I'm still wondering how people haul around tenor saxes.

    • @sGSdYgsdGA8fSWrRb2uzpMzzt2ys90
      @sGSdYgsdGA8fSWrRb2uzpMzzt2ys90 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Charles McCall that's easy I carry a trombone and it isn't hard at all

    • @flaviederville5658
      @flaviederville5658 8 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I play the tenor sax, the alto, and the bass. The tenor isn't heavy, but heavier than a trombone definetly

    • @Jose-oh4lp
      @Jose-oh4lp 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Charles McCall your last name is the same as my band director and I play tenor saxophone

    • @themusicman2005
      @themusicman2005 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Curry,N,Rice lol i also had and band director named Mr. McCall in middle school.

    • @xavieram1156
      @xavieram1156 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Charles McCall well don't forget about the poor bari saxes

  • @xulphr
    @xulphr 4 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    No one:
    YT Recommendations: Lets put a video of a guy playing a chonky sax

  • @ronnieanand
    @ronnieanand 9 ปีที่แล้ว +211

    A tenor saxophone feels so heavy around my neck. I don't know how you carry this one..

    • @Price82020
      @Price82020 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ikr

    • @franksedits9380
      @franksedits9380 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +ronnieanand tenor? their only like 15lbs.. try a baritone ;)

    • @annaok1013
      @annaok1013 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Franks Edits It's funny that you think Tenor Saxes are 15 lbs. Like bro, lol have you ever held one? Yes a baritone is heavier, but Tenor Saxes aren't 15 pounds. Your baritone logic really draging me down.

    • @franksedits9380
      @franksedits9380 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Do you even lift? They are to 15lbs. I've played, and held one before.

    • @annaok1013
      @annaok1013 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Franks Edits Okay, i have to be honest, do you even lift was a great comeback XD. But they really aren't. Yamaha's are about 18-20 lbs, and saxophones gain weight over time. Also, with saxophones, all of the weight is getting forced on your neck. Even if they may seem light holding them, it hurts your neck, even with padding neckstraps. Alto's arent very heavy, there about 7-1o lbs though.

  • @ZicajosProductions
    @ZicajosProductions 9 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    0:20 "It's tuned an octave below the Bari Sax... Uh, it plays excellent defense in a number of sports" xD I loved that part.
    But great playing! It sounds like it'd be a great addition to a number of bands. And I liked your choice of songs.

    • @craigdouglas9979
      @craigdouglas9979 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Really good demo and he obviously is a competent player but is sounds like a hippo breaking wind.

    • @happyears21694
      @happyears21694 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      0:11 "I know the truth" I loved that part the best.

    • @DerpDerp3001
      @DerpDerp3001 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would love to see a cover of Banjo Kazooie themes with this.

  • @markrobinson4021
    @markrobinson4021 10 ปีที่แล้ว +164

    ima just stick to my alto

  • @Banzaii96
    @Banzaii96 4 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    2007:
    ...
    2008:
    ...
    2009:
    ...
    2010:
    ...
    2011:
    ...
    2012:
    ...
    2013:
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    2014:
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    2020: Hey, check this sick sax

    • @blu3620
      @blu3620 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bruh

  • @luke1stars1masher
    @luke1stars1masher 9 ปีที่แล้ว +337

    How the fuck do you hold that.

    • @emilyblack7416
      @emilyblack7416 9 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      *facepalm* saxophones require a neckstrap

    • @marissaruiz9963
      @marissaruiz9963 9 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Emily Black actually I can play my alto just fine without a neck strap so therefore your commet is very in Incorrect

    • @emilyblack7416
      @emilyblack7416 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      ludacris1234 TM I play alto, tenor, and baritone. There is no way to play without a neck strap. I don't know about contrabass though.

    • @thejuggernaut1739
      @thejuggernaut1739 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Emily Black the contrabass needs a harness i play all the saxes so ya you need a harness for the bari and contrabass

    • @SasukeUchiha-tc9xx
      @SasukeUchiha-tc9xx 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Fsx and EuroTruck How is he playing it with a neck strap! That huge instrument needs a neck stap and needs to be supported on the floor

  • @kirkbrownridge
    @kirkbrownridge 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    As a sax player and enthusiast, thanks for sharing the legend that is the contrabass saxophone!
    I knew they existed - just never had the pleasure of meeting one.

  • @awildantinous5302
    @awildantinous5302 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    “Plays and excellent defense in a number of sports” lol I died 😂😂

  • @VocalEdgeTV
    @VocalEdgeTV ปีที่แล้ว +2

    16 years. Awesome video. I miss this TH-cam.

  • @cadegossett2653
    @cadegossett2653 8 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    imagine having to walk with that in a case

    • @redhed6459
      @redhed6459 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It sucks. Especially when NO ONE wants to help you.

    • @IAmKillEveryone
      @IAmKillEveryone 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Takes up the entire flatbed of a pickup.

    • @Sofia-de5wy
      @Sofia-de5wy 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      And I thought my regular contrabass was heavy!

    • @cadegossett2653
      @cadegossett2653 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Sofia Circus lol

    • @frei000
      @frei000 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ...just in case

  • @Pekachuisepic
    @Pekachuisepic 11 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    Look at how fucking big that fucking saxophone is. Holy fuck you could fucking fit a fucking baby in there. Do you guys think I say fuck too much? It's just such a pretty word.

    • @Liberatorx13
      @Liberatorx13 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      FUCK

    • @lindamansour5237
      @lindamansour5237 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Soooo your saying the sax is big? Ya i agree but not with the f****

    • @Pekachuisepic
      @Pekachuisepic 10 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      "Fuck" has three letters? Seems legit.

    • @DatsWhatHeSaid
      @DatsWhatHeSaid 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      People who use a lot of swear words, tend to be more honest and trustworthy, human behavioral studies suggest.

    • @DatsWhatHeSaid
      @DatsWhatHeSaid 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Corey Console
      Who are you addressing.

  • @SofiaH
    @SofiaH 9 ปีที่แล้ว +235

    ITS SO BIG

    • @c5-rguy643
      @c5-rguy643 9 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      That's what she said😂

    • @MONEY_tK68
      @MONEY_tK68 9 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      That's what she said

    • @c5-rguy643
      @c5-rguy643 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      OHHHHHHHHHHHH

    • @FruityFilm
      @FruityFilm 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Sofia H And yet he can play and carry it

    • @ego15
      @ego15 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Sofia H Yes, but please lets focus on the Saxo

  • @baptistemartin219
    @baptistemartin219 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    After 12 years, TH-cam finally put this in my recommandations

  • @buchanan289
    @buchanan289 8 ปีที่แล้ว +92

    I had someone tell me the contra was the size of a flipping alto!!!

    • @coolballer7726
      @coolballer7726 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      They must be crazy

    • @svennoren9047
      @svennoren9047 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      An alto what? Alto singer?

    • @jadenoodle3933
      @jadenoodle3933 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      im pretty sure that was a joke

    • @sonyadesantis9465
      @sonyadesantis9465 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lol

    • @dedede5586
      @dedede5586 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ella Czarnezki that person must have been a piccolo player

  • @shingshongshamalama
    @shingshongshamalama 8 ปีที่แล้ว +88

    "Here's a contrabass, I play sports, let's go."
    *plays a fucking disney princess song in fart-o-bass
    This is why the internet exists.

    • @marcelhelland
      @marcelhelland  8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Having had this video up for nine years, this is one of my favorite comments ever.

    • @dennisnizzle2851
      @dennisnizzle2851 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      shingshongshamalama this comment is magical

    • @Alpha25803
      @Alpha25803 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      shingshongshamalama any time I'm having a bad day I come read this and instantly feel better

    • @thd5678
      @thd5678 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Best comment ever!

  • @TheNyxusSam
    @TheNyxusSam 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    No idea why but when you started playing it triggered my fight or flight response lmao

  • @marcospintor1333
    @marcospintor1333 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It’s been 12 years. We need a saxophone update

  • @sinc650
    @sinc650 9 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    I feel like finding sheet music for this thing would be really hard.

    • @lger2010
      @lger2010 9 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      +JohnnyG Actually its in Eb, so bari sax music works, and Alto if you're insane

    • @kamilee4123
      @kamilee4123 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Matthew Matousek bass clarinet wouldn't really work without transposing it

    • @fbi-agentvillegas9033
      @fbi-agentvillegas9033 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      sinc650 immposible

    • @fbi-agentvillegas9033
      @fbi-agentvillegas9033 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Johnnygl oh yea

    • @nicholaspalazzo6000
      @nicholaspalazzo6000 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      broski its an octave below bari sax so u could read alto or bari sheet music for the same songs and results so i guess it doesnt matter

  • @Bren9431
    @Bren9431 9 ปีที่แล้ว +72

    Try jazz running with that

    • @jelleypeanuts7866
      @jelleypeanuts7866 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      probably like having a tuba dangling from your neck, maybe worse

    • @Bren9431
      @Bren9431 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jelley Peanuts probably

    • @rubyphoenix2536
      @rubyphoenix2536 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Not to sound like a smart ass but you typically dont march this sax. Its usually on the side and someone comes up plays it and picks up their other instrument and goes back on field

  • @Digitalmath
    @Digitalmath 9 ปีที่แล้ว +195

    That's a lot of brass! must cost a lot!

    • @hardb0iled3gg
      @hardb0iled3gg 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      They cost millions of dollars. There are literally only like a dozen in existence. :)

    • @Digitalmath
      @Digitalmath 9 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      YouGottaBay hehe I think millions might be an over exaggeration ;) looked them up and they run for about $50,000 USD

    • @laymeht
      @laymeht 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Digital Math that's around the price of a tuba 😨 I don't doubt it though

    • @ragerabbitpro
      @ragerabbitpro 9 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      +YouGottaBay i think you got mixed up with a contrabass and a subcontrabass sax

    • @LucileGuo
      @LucileGuo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      +Deadly Marvelous Dreams A regular tuba is not 50K USD. A very very expensive one might be though. The tubas that my school have are $3000-$10000. Due to the "rarity" of contrabass saxes, they range from $20K to who knows how much.

  • @jheokv6771
    @jheokv6771 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    In awe at the size of this saxophone. An absolute unit.

  • @audymaulizar6697
    @audymaulizar6697 6 ปีที่แล้ว +65

    *JAZZ POWER INTENSIFIES*

  • @DanielVerberne
    @DanielVerberne 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    That's an amazing instrument - Even if no one could play it, I'd marvel at it's sheer existence. I've heard players of Contrabasses playing harmonics on the instrument - they sound like the noises of heaven.

  • @maxleavemealone5649
    @maxleavemealone5649 5 ปีที่แล้ว +492

    Girls recommendations: cute cat compilation
    Boys recommendations:

    • @hollicide1
      @hollicide1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      HoundoomTube prove it

    • @JerryEatsPizza
      @JerryEatsPizza 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      HoundoomTube fake

    • @hollicide1
      @hollicide1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      HoundoomTube proven not real female, I’m starting to suspect they’re just a Hollywood myth

    • @wakkkoflakko4740
      @wakkkoflakko4740 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I'm a girl tho

    • @hollicide1
      @hollicide1 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Smol Kitty prove it

  • @QueenJaneway
    @QueenJaneway 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I've probably never had a video and a comment section make me smile this much

  • @philthemustardtiger
    @philthemustardtiger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    "Mom, can I have $30,000?"
    "Why son?" sais Mom,
    "I want to buy a Contrabass Saxophone."

  • @justyoureverydaypig3716
    @justyoureverydaypig3716 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Also known as the “affront to god” saxophone

  • @oweneastep3020
    @oweneastep3020 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    As someone who has played one of these, i respect the speed on the low notes.

  • @ghtaboma
    @ghtaboma 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Damnest thing I’ve ever seen! Fabulous.

  • @quoisegames1937
    @quoisegames1937 10 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    this is what you get when you divide a saxophone by the absolute value of negative zero

  • @honbe
    @honbe 8 ปีที่แล้ว +146

    Fart generator 9000

    • @timmytoms__
      @timmytoms__ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      😂 fuck

    • @oogabooga6669
      @oogabooga6669 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Nah that's still a tuba

    • @koolboo6921
      @koolboo6921 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      So fucking true 😂

  • @pbasswil
    @pbasswil 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Awesome how you keep the lowest notes so clean, and the pitch so defined. On a tuba they'd be pitchless farts.

    • @Minnevan
      @Minnevan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I’m going to start a band called Pitchless Farts

    • @pbasswil
      @pbasswil 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Minnevan Sounds like a geriatric baseball team whose entire pitching staff snuffed it.

    • @TheRandomWolf
      @TheRandomWolf ปีที่แล้ว

      Not true

  • @LelandHasGames
    @LelandHasGames 4 ปีที่แล้ว +38

    When I was in marching band in high school, there was a kid who played one of these... needless to say, it was a bit gratuitous.

  • @theotherwtemeat
    @theotherwtemeat 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Closest thing to the “Brown note” I’ve ever experienced.

  • @AdvancePlays
    @AdvancePlays 9 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Just get a bassoon mate :P
    But seriously, absolutely awesome instrument. Contrabass instruments are always ridiculously neat.

    • @shiningarmor2838
      @shiningarmor2838 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Contrabassoon*

    • @gonssavm4048
      @gonssavm4048 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      AdvancePlays compared to a bassoon this is a tad lower right?

    • @AdvancePlays
      @AdvancePlays 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jorge Daniel Huh, I'd have thought so, but not so according to Wikipedia. I'm not familiar with saxes in general so I'm not a great source. It certainly sounds it, so in effect it probably is.

    • @thepokeybird
      @thepokeybird 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      True true, just think how much that thing cost!

    • @Phippsta
      @Phippsta 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Jorge Daniel A lot lower! A Bassoon's only about the same register as a Bari Sax!

  • @Brendan45600
    @Brendan45600 8 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    Just when you think Tubas are big. Ha. Tuba is just big enough for me and I'm not going any bigger. Other than Bb of course.

    • @dylantaylor7416
      @dylantaylor7416 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      There is a contrabass tuba.

    • @Brendan45600
      @Brendan45600 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dylan Taylor I was aware of this. I actually want to play a C Tuba in the future

    • @zacharywilliams2
      @zacharywilliams2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hector Berlioz I love Carl! As soon as he speaks, all the women in the room instantly become wet.

    • @rorypeters8710
      @rorypeters8710 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The contrabass tuba is the tuba that is normally played

  • @ImNotQualifiedToSayThisBut
    @ImNotQualifiedToSayThisBut 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Imagine going to war and seeing an entire army with these things in their hands.

  • @notoriousdrunk5188
    @notoriousdrunk5188 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    HOW FRICKING HEAVY IS THAT THING DUDE

    • @derpysheep5872
      @derpysheep5872 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      soldier the rocketman um yes excellent question

    • @juliusbirnbaum3244
      @juliusbirnbaum3244 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Probably like 50 lbs

  • @matrix_624
    @matrix_624 10 ปีที่แล้ว +314

    I play Bari sax and I thought it was the lowest sax :(

    • @hunxho.1k
      @hunxho.1k 10 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      The lowest is a subcontrabass sax

    • @matrix_624
      @matrix_624 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      ~McMan35HD~ NAAAAWW LIKE I DIDNT JUST COMMENT ON A CONTRABASS SAX VIDEO SAYING I "thought" IT WAS

    • @hunxho.1k
      @hunxho.1k 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      The lowest saxophone is a SUBcontrabass not a Contrabass you thought it was a bari and then u saw this and this still isnt the lowest

    • @matrix_624
      @matrix_624 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ~McMan35HD~ a subcontrabass? must look it up

    • @matrix_624
      @matrix_624 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ~McMan35HD~ oh... well then... sorry for the confusion then

  • @micahgruenwald9321
    @micahgruenwald9321 10 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Amazing that the lower register still has great sound.

  • @KolaVRGT
    @KolaVRGT 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Bro never skips arm day as long as he holds that every day 💀💀

  • @iluvmusic.annie13
    @iluvmusic.annie13 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    THIS WAS 14 YEARS AGO????

  • @MrDanielBrisk
    @MrDanielBrisk 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I appreciated the humor with the "plays defense" line. I can't imagine how one would get ahold of those reeds, though. or do you just make them out of old rowing oars? I figured Popsicle sticks wouldn't be thick enough.

  • @ethanisnothere1375
    @ethanisnothere1375 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Imagine bringing that to an airport and the TSA being confused as hell

  • @gary1961
    @gary1961 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    A full body work-out and a musical lesson. Cool. That thing is a monster!!!
    Oh, and the Addams Family tune was first class.

  • @angeldarkduck193
    @angeldarkduck193 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Everyone gansta until Marcell pulls out his contrabass sax

  • @CouchEconomyTX
    @CouchEconomyTX 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    I want to hear moanin on this absolute lad

  • @platygetzkillz627
    @platygetzkillz627 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    You know something's up when it's longer than a bassoon but has the bell of a tuba

  • @RefreshingShamrock
    @RefreshingShamrock 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I remember watching this when I was a kid!

  • @glennchartrand5411
    @glennchartrand5411 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yes the days of the heavy battle sax were glorious, tons of gleaming brass charging into battle , the ground shook , panties shook and the oboists shook in fear.
    Originally designed as a counter to the Nazi main battle tuba it quickly earned a reputation as the "Beast of the Bass".
    But in the end it was the human cost that brought an end to these magnificent instruments of destruction, the crippling effects of operating one of these was staggering.
    The hearing loss, the brain damage caused by the shaking of the skull , but worst of all the dreaded " Erection lasting longer than three hours" syndrome.
    "Petram Duris" you magnificent bastards "Petram Duris"

  • @redeemed7021
    @redeemed7021 9 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Imagine accidentally dropping that on your foot...

    • @paytonk01
      @paytonk01 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Redeemed oof

    • @liv4arts51
      @liv4arts51 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Redeemed You cant.. right 😖😖😖

  • @cookie0329
    @cookie0329 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    probably still reads treble clef

    • @madelyn1758
      @madelyn1758 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      FOR RE A L

    • @derpysheep5872
      @derpysheep5872 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All saxophones read treble

    • @madelyn1758
      @madelyn1758 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@derpysheep5872 right but they're kinda trying to say it's ridiculous that despite being low instruments tenor sax and below all still read treble clef

    • @milkman9314
      @milkman9314 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      it does. It's weird because the contra alto clarinet reads tenor clef and bass clef but all the saxophones read bass

    • @Markworth
      @Markworth 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      How else are you going to read music on it? It's in Eb, so you might as well save the player the trouble of transposing annoying accidentals and just give them treble clef. The only difference is the key signature. I guess if a composer wanted to be a real prick, he could write for this instrument in transposed bass clef. Nothing beats having to read your own chicken scratch music because the composer couldn't be bothered to provide anything useful.

  • @Lucius_Chiaraviglio
    @Lucius_Chiaraviglio หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Impressive to be able to keep that thing hefted for minutes at a time.

  • @BriansThing
    @BriansThing 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    That is so bad ass! I love it!

  • @kharnakcrux2650
    @kharnakcrux2650 11 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    i think FruityLoops has a buzzer generator, or distort that sounds just like that. it's basically a clipped sawtooth wave. imagine acoustic dubstep. eh? it's gonna happen

  • @RandomPersonVEVO
    @RandomPersonVEVO 10 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    This is what happens when a tuba has an affair with a bari sax.

  • @samuelmartin2992
    @samuelmartin2992 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm in awe at the size of this lad, absolute unit.

  • @Kiteman78
    @Kiteman78 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This is what the master chief had in mind when he said “ I need a weapon”

  • @stevennihipali3607
    @stevennihipali3607 8 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    when would this be needed?

    • @yesimcringey1002
      @yesimcringey1002 8 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      Sax battle against soprano when he says sax up

    • @kiteman7891
      @kiteman7891 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It was actually originally supposed to by for marching in the army

    • @rosinably1982
      @rosinably1982 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      when would it not?

    • @xRainings
      @xRainings 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      How about this vs a sopranino sax?

    • @mech1x
      @mech1x 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      WHO THE FUCK WOULD MARCH WITH THIS MONSTER.

  • @rectangulus2129
    @rectangulus2129 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When you defeat all the alto minions,
    you must face...
    the Contraboss

  • @Heyyy630
    @Heyyy630 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love how it sounds like an actual instrument you can play unlike the subcontrabass and contrabass flutes which are so low that they can barely be heard. This thing is amazing and beautiful.

  • @thenobody3881
    @thenobody3881 7 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    That must weigh alot to carry even with neck strap.

    • @milkman9314
      @milkman9314 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The Nobody hes using a body strap

    • @fbi-agentvillegas9033
      @fbi-agentvillegas9033 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Radio Scotch that's what I was gonna say

  • @CyanConfrontation
    @CyanConfrontation 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Imagine playing this shit in marching band.... O_O

    • @kyleleonard4427
      @kyleleonard4427 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      SilverEliteX the military used to march these but it was replaced by saursaphone

  • @hashbrowns8898
    @hashbrowns8898 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This thing MUST have broken several necks in the past.

  • @saucisse342
    @saucisse342 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    17 years later, im here. And i want the name of that sax! 🎷