@@CT_7718 I imagine it's more about not making an errant noise during the performance. I don't know if you could set the mallets down hard enough to actually hurt the instrument.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't hitting an instrument literally made for hitting not hurt it at all? I think he just doesn't want it to make a sound that would play over his voice.
It is more of a respect for his craft, as the most important things to do when playing in a professional orchestra is to be incredibly careful not to make any unplanned sound. I think it is often underappreciated how quiet and disciplined a group of 80 people can be. Making a sound with instruments that are very very easily heard thorugh the music because they cut through so much, is especially bad, hence the care when laying sticks down anywhere and walking away from or towards a set of wind chimes for example. I really love that he is so careful handling the instruments even in a less formal situation.
Yeah. My band did a piece that had bass, snare, timpani, low tom, shakers, bongos, congrats, marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, crash and suspended cymbals, finger cymbals and triangle
As a mainly computer-based composer, I want to thank you so much for taking the time to really explain these instruments so we can freely watch and learn all about them. Seeing them in action really helps to deepen the understanding!
He touches this instruments so delicate fully. I really appreciate his adorable lesson. I'm garage producer enthusiast and I in my humble opinion for produce quality music is impossible without this kind of understanding.
It's not very expressive as an instrument, but it definitely can be used to an effect. A piece may want a soft clean sound like in many lullabys or even a moving drone sound like in Holst's Jupiter. It's not flexible, but that's why percussion has so many instruments.
There are such iconic sounds, like the bass drum. Some of the other instruments don't sound very pleasing on their own, so it's always amazing to me that composers, conductors, and musicians can recognise the significance and contribution of it's sound as part of the whole orchestra. Very interesting to have it all broken down like this
Ι have seen almost all videos from this series. This specific teacher, is probably the one that gives me the most, the feeling that he knows his instrument(s) in a tremendous depth
+Braden Plyler Saint Saens wrote Danse Macabre 1st but later wrote the Carnivale de Animaux as a musical joke, He used the fragments of Danse macabre which represented bones in fossiles......a composer plagiarizing his own music hehe!
This is such a wonderful series and I'm glad I found it. I feel like I can now have a much deeper appreciation of orchestral scores now that I know the sound of each instrument and can pick them out much easier.
Freddy Fox Thank you, we're very glad that these videos are helping your musical appreciation! Keep an eye on our youtube profile and our main video page www.philharmonia.co.uk/explore/films as we're always producing new content.
I love the contrast between the intensity of his playing (watch his face at the end of the snare drum part) and the great care and respect with which he handles the instruments. That is true passion!
CHRISTI XX hey im 17 and a drummer for 7 years now and lately ive been thinking of becoming a percussionist. are you a percussionist in an orchestra? if so can you tell if its hard to transision Instruments and is it worth persuing that career?
+Fritz Hose Never been in an orchestra. I do marching and concert band tho. I think you will be fine being a percussionist. Stick with drums first and then move on to maybe some keyboards. If you feel that you would like to pursue it, I say go for it.
I'm actually in the same situation. I'm 18 and I've been playing drums for 6 years now. Have you already started percussion? How does it feel compared to playing a drumset?
I must admit I’ve never paid much attention to percussion. I had no idea there was so much going on and so much to be interested in. Superbly presented. Thank you!
As soon as I heard Les Fossiles/Danse Macabre, this percussionist won my heart. Also brings back memories of the time when I started out as a six year old, training to be a percussionist, before I discovered grunge as a teen and concentrated on rock drumming from then on. Still have my first pair of concert snare drum sticks!
at 9:14 when he said "today perhaps we're more familiar with them as orchestral instruments. or as part of a drum kit" and then made that frown. you can tell he just wants the orchestra percussion to get its recognition
I've never used the expression 'wow', as much as I did whilst watching this clip. Absolutely fascinating. The musician David has such a remarkable gift in presenting. I was particularly impressed at 10:03 - 10:13. What amazing skills he has as a professional percussionist.
I just discovered this series of very well-produced, sophisticated profiles of orchestral instruments, and the series is a massive improvement on Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Of course, I have subscribed to the entire series, and probably will get little sleep as I stay up late tonight, simply to watch and listen. Well done !
I myself am a piano plsyer. I have watched all the videos in this series. And before I watched these instruments videos, my knowledge regarding the sounds, techniques, functions, and history of the orchestral instruments are not that much. And after watching all from the strings, woodwinds brass and finally this percussion, I've learned a lot and understand better. So, thank you London Philharmonic Orchestra!
These videos are great for an IB Music student, such as myself, who wants to learn more about the instruments that they are writing for. I learned much more than I thought possible and these would help with the creation of playable music that can use the instruments to the fullest. Thank you so much for this!
For me as someone who can play and compose on piano, this has inspired me to have glockenspiel and other percussion instruments as accompaniment to piano. Thanks Philharmonic Orchestra!
@@nuberiffic True, but that bowed vibraphone is a pretty rare sound, I could definitely maybe use that. Recording quality doesn't _always_ matter that much.
Oh my god, this man loves all his instruments! I wish thes series had been around when I chose my instrument. I guess I would have gone for something else, this series is quite helpful and informative.
really love these series, would really want to have each of the instruments of each type expanded and made into their own vid (and all the differences and common uses in each), very informative and lovely for those of us that are non-musicians!
Yes! :-) Other playing techniques that are great for tam tams and gongs (Paiste tam tams in particular!) are: to bow the edge like he did with the vibes, to drag a special rubber mallet across the surface (it's like a Superball on a thin flexible stick), to strike the gong and then dip it into a large vat of water while it is still vibrating.
*To make music has to be the greatest creative gift man is capable of in terms of raw expression - getting an imaginary sound straight out the mind onto a sheet of paper and the ears and minds of others.*
Absolutely gorgeous! I am an amateur percussionist and play with the orchestra, I always wish people can have more appreciation on percussion! Though also I think triangle is not always like have to wait for such a long time. We are playing Bacchanale at our concert soon, and I'm doing triangle in there. In fact turned out triangle is one of the most important parts for Bacchanale and it is in fact pretty hard! :)
I hate that people say “percussion is SO easy! You just play rhythms” event though I’m not a percussionist. Also, someone told me not to mess with percussionists, because they hit things for fun, right?
@@glenngouldschair390 haha not only do we hit things for fun we often have a bag full of different sticks and mallets made specifically for hitting things with us
Alex Lastra I’m pretty sure it’s from an SNL skit about Blue Oyster Cult recording Don’t Fear the Reaper in a studio and the producer kept wanting more cowbell
Thunder Sheet would have been good to include a very versatile sound source FX, not just for the obvious. the Vienna Symphonic library for percussion - never believe how many ways to play the triangle, and scoring same.
I got all excited when he played the bass drum, the snare and the cymbals. And that tam tam, goddamn... I guess i really am a drummer to the core. Very informative video!
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I love how this guy lays down the mallets with the greatest of care not to make a clank when laying down the handle, guy respects the instruments.
To be expected from instruments well worth $10k upwards
@@CT_7718 I imagine it's more about not making an errant noise during the performance. I don't know if you could set the mallets down hard enough to actually hurt the instrument.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't hitting an instrument literally made for hitting not hurt it at all? I think he just doesn't want it to make a sound that would play over his voice.
@tinylilmatt
I mean, that's a pretty shottily made xylophone if it breaks once you drop your mallets on it slightly harder than this guy did.
It is more of a respect for his craft, as the most important things to do when playing in a professional orchestra is to be incredibly careful not to make any unplanned sound.
I think it is often underappreciated how quiet and disciplined a group of 80 people can be.
Making a sound with instruments that are very very easily heard thorugh the music because they cut through so much, is especially bad, hence the care when laying sticks down anywhere and walking away from or towards a set of wind chimes for example. I really love that he is so careful handling the instruments even in a less formal situation.
I like the way he treats those instruments... So gentle, so nice...
You can tell he just takes so much joy in everything he plays :)
10:43
Of course! It does cost more than 2000$ since its orchestral.
This gentleman is so poised, well spoken and informative: much useful information condensed in a no-nonsense talk.
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I feel like the percussion section always has the most fun people
Yeah. My band did a piece that had bass, snare, timpani, low tom, shakers, bongos, congrats, marimba, xylophone, glockenspiel, crash and suspended cymbals, finger cymbals and triangle
+Braden Cutright-Head oh and ago go bells
Bassoon?
Tell that to the marching band, tubenshaft.
Chris Mav yeah they usually just create their own band just out of percussion instruments
The prelude from Bach's cello suite on the marimba made me smile
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MARIMBA'ING MAKES ME FEEL GOOD!
That bowed vibraphone
It's a lovely effect, isn't it?
I just loved it !!!
Did they use a bowed vibraphone in the intro to the original Star Trek theme?
It sounds like the word SPACE. :)
I think the bowed vibraphone was used by Jerry Goldsmith for the beginning of the movie Poltergeist.
As a mainly computer-based composer, I want to thank you so much for taking the time to really explain these instruments so we can freely watch and learn all about them. Seeing them in action really helps to deepen the understanding!
He touches this instruments so delicate fully. I really appreciate his adorable lesson. I'm garage producer enthusiast and I in my humble opinion for produce quality music is impossible without this kind of understanding.
"It's a rather simple instrument." Proceeds to explain the triangle.
this man is awesome
nicoloco9974 To make noise and add a harmony to the song.
It's not very expressive as an instrument, but it definitely can be used to an effect. A piece may want a soft clean sound like in many lullabys or even a moving drone sound like in Holst's Jupiter. It's not flexible, but that's why percussion has so many instruments.
nicoloco9974 triangle can add a lot to a piece, don't underestimate it.
Here in Brazil the triangle is an important instrument of ''Forró'', ''Xote'', ''Baião'', even in samba too. You need to check, is quite complex!
the bow on the vibrophone was very majestic, and beautiful sounding.
I've literally played percussion for 15 years why am I watching this
Because it's relaxing as hell
No way
He's not playing the cymboles right
Daniel Dickerson ...theres different ways to play it
I just stared playing this year
There are such iconic sounds, like the bass drum. Some of the other instruments don't sound very pleasing on their own, so it's always amazing to me that composers, conductors, and musicians can recognise the significance and contribution of it's sound as part of the whole orchestra. Very interesting to have it all broken down like this
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He told us to expect an "extraordinary crescendo," but I was still blown away.
Ι have seen almost all videos from this series. This specific teacher, is probably the one that gives me the most, the feeling that he knows his instrument(s) in a tremendous depth
Thank you for watching!
@@the_moist dude chill
@@elynnzhao7422op and I basically said the same thing
Nice, only about 46 more standard orchestral percussion instruments to go...
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@@philharmonia_orchestra yes, really wait for another percussion instrument by this sir
8:41 You've been spotted!
11:48 also
Percussionists have to practice 4.2 hours a day. But 100 times on 100 different instruments so 420 hours a day.
I love how gentle and elegant he is with each instrument
+Freddy Ochoa The melody at 3:05 is from the 12th movement (Fossils) of Camille Saint-Saëns' 'Carnival of the Animals'.
The music at 3:05 is it not Danse Macabre by Saint Säens?
+Braden Plyler Saint Saens wrote Danse Macabre 1st but later wrote the Carnivale de Animaux as a musical joke, He used the fragments of Danse macabre which represented bones in fossiles......a composer plagiarizing his own music hehe!
+Callum Ewen Yes it is.
What are those bass drum heads? They are absolutely beautiful.
+wiremessiah it's either natural calf skin or Remo fibreskyn. I'll hazard a guess at calf.
This is such a wonderful series and I'm glad I found it. I feel like I can now have a much deeper appreciation of orchestral scores now that I know the sound of each instrument and can pick them out much easier.
Freddy Fox Thank you, we're very glad that these videos are helping your musical appreciation! Keep an eye on our youtube profile and our main video page www.philharmonia.co.uk/explore/films as we're always producing new content.
I love the contrast between the intensity of his playing (watch his face at the end of the snare drum part) and the great care and respect with which he handles the instruments. That is true passion!
I love being a percussionist :)
It sucks to transport but otherwise a great instrument, glad I chose it.
+Trevor twoclever I hate transporting too but same I feel at home with percussion
CHRISTI XX hey im 17 and a drummer for 7 years now and lately ive been thinking of becoming a percussionist. are you a percussionist in an orchestra? if so can you tell if its hard to transision Instruments and is it worth persuing that career?
+Fritz Hose Never been in an orchestra. I do marching and concert band tho. I think you will be fine being a percussionist. Stick with drums first and then move on to maybe some keyboards. If you feel that you would like to pursue it, I say go for it.
I'm actually in the same situation. I'm 18 and I've been playing drums for 6 years now. Have you already started percussion? How does it feel compared to playing a drumset?
David Corkhill is a fantastic presenter. I really enjoyed this!
Thank you for this brilliant demonstration. As a composer who is not that comfortable with percussion, this sort of video is incredibly valuable.
That's great to hear - thanks for the feedback.
Percussionists need to get some more love :)
there is no orchestra without a triangle
Mine has a triangle, but nobody wants to play it!
no there's no orchestra without the bass or snare drum
+IAmNateDogg or tambourine. Or wait yes there is, but those are not nearly as good.
IAmNateDogg I didn't know that the triangle was an orchestral interment
I thought it was to call the cattle and tell me the corn bread is ready
Castle Black
But I'm the timpanist!
I must admit I’ve never paid much attention to percussion. I had no idea there was so much going on and so much to be interested in. Superbly presented. Thank you!
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I love how he has a triangle stick in his pocket.... I want to do that!! :D
Best ever lesson of percusiont i see. Thank for share your knwoledge.
+David Rojas Thanks for watching! We're glad you enjoyed it.
Whiterun Guard
I'm learning....thanks!
He is obviously a non native speaker. Can you write properly in Chinese, or Italian or Polish? :P
As soon as I heard Les Fossiles/Danse Macabre, this percussionist won my heart. Also brings back memories of the time when I started out as a six year old, training to be a percussionist, before I discovered grunge as a teen and concentrated on rock drumming from then on. Still have my first pair of concert snare drum sticks!
I love the sound of the tam tam, i use it all the time with my private composition's
private compositions?
Ah ok, I've never heard that term before, thanks :)
at 9:14 when he said "today perhaps we're more familiar with them as orchestral instruments. or as part of a drum kit" and then made that frown. you can tell he just wants the orchestra percussion to get its recognition
This man moves, talks and acts so gracefully.
I've never used the expression 'wow', as much as I did whilst watching this clip. Absolutely fascinating. The musician David has such a remarkable gift in presenting. I was particularly impressed at 10:03 - 10:13. What amazing skills he has as a professional percussionist.
This guy plays every instrument better than I can play my iPod.
You could probably get a nice sound from an iPod if you hit it with a xylophone beater.
better don't...
Wow iPod! Haven’t heard that in AGES!
That man really loved the tam tam. He touched it so delicately
This guy knows very much, I adore him!
Me too! I want him to be my grandpa... Can we somehow arrange that?
+vadesdecero yes
@@yosoyleus I have my contacts
He probably does too he's quite old but maybe he didn't opt for the glasses in front of the camera
And yet he can't play a clean buzz roll
(Yes I'm joking, though I'm not wrong about the buzz rolls😂)
The repertoire of percussion players always manages to surprise me.
I was just waiting for him to play the high-hat, or play with a brush!
he explain so well
I agree
Great and detailed introduction to the percussion instruments of the orchestra, by my fantastic teacher David Corkhill.
I just discovered this series of very well-produced, sophisticated profiles of orchestral instruments, and the series is a massive improvement on Britten's Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra. Of course, I have subscribed to the entire series, and probably will get little sleep as I stay up late tonight, simply to watch and listen. Well done !
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There needs to be a part 2 for percussion!! So many more interesting sounds from this family like castanets, wood block etc. deserve to be mentioned
I myself am a piano plsyer. I have watched all the videos in this series. And before I watched these instruments videos, my knowledge regarding the sounds, techniques, functions, and history of the orchestral instruments are not that much. And after watching all from the strings, woodwinds brass and finally this percussion, I've learned a lot and understand better. So, thank you London Philharmonic Orchestra!
These videos are great for an IB Music student, such as myself, who wants to learn more about the instruments that they are writing for. I learned much more than I thought possible and these would help with the creation of playable music that can use the instruments to the fullest. Thank you so much for this!
For those interested, Mahler's 6th Symphony "Tragic" (Allegro energico) : 10:37
The low register of the vibraphone is one of the most unsettling and almost spooky sounds of any orchestral instrument
Wonderful!
I enjoyed this quite a bit as I am learning to become an orchestral composer learning the instruments is great!
Thanks!
+Danny Kundzinsh Thank you and good luck!
This guy is wonderful. It's so cute how seriously he looks at the camera.
Excellent demonstrations and explanations!
I didn't know Bill Murray was an informative and classy British percussionist.
Robert Elven haha
Robe
Robert Elven )o
Robert Elven hilarious!
I thought it was Frank Underwood.
For me as someone who can play and compose on piano, this has inspired me to have glockenspiel and other percussion instruments as accompaniment to piano. Thanks Philharmonic Orchestra!
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8:35 he just pulls a triangle stick out of his pocket like he carries it everywhere
I love these videos because the musicians are always so excited about their insteuments and having so much fun explaining them 💜
Omg I love this, interesting, entertaining, and educational lol. This man’s knowledge and love for the instruments really show through ☺️👌
what nice music like in a fairy tale, and the wait was worth my time
Im almost seeing frank underwood explaining in a masterclass everything about drums. What an amazing video!
Thank you for satisfying my curiosity of the classical percussion section so expertly.
Producers getting hella samples from this lol
Yes lol
I like the sound of crotales...I think I gonna use it.
mmmm..... i doubt they are - these are pretty bad recordings
Oh yes I indeed did. Could make a whole Sample Pack out of it.
amazing sound samps played on speed .25
@@nuberiffic True, but that bowed vibraphone is a pretty rare sound, I could definitely maybe use that. Recording quality doesn't _always_ matter that much.
This video changed my life and career forever
Wow! Can you tell us how?
Oh my god, this man loves all his instruments! I wish thes series had been around when I chose my instrument. I guess I would have gone for something else, this series is quite helpful and informative.
What a majestically heroic moment at 12:14, it gave me goosebumps!
I’m majoring in music (percussion) and it is an awesome world to get lost in 🤩 I was the world’s fastest drummer champion in 2015!
What an articulate man, pleasure to listen to.
Percussion is a fascinating topic too, so that helps!
I have a 2.5 octave glockenspiel (written F3-C6) but I want a three-octave one with resonators like Corkhill is using in this video!
I ❤️ this series!!! Never too old to learn about music!
Glad you enjoy it Lucia!
WHY IS THIS SO RELAXING?!
This guy is well spoken to explain the percussion instruments. What a lad!
As a drummer I love percussion instruments. Very nice video and the app in the end seems great!
really love these series, would really want to have each of the instruments of each type expanded and made into their own vid (and all the differences and common uses in each), very informative and lovely for those of us that are non-musicians!
"This is the bass drum,... sometimes it can be rather mellow" *BOOMMMMMMmmmmmmmmm*
Marvellous video, the Tam-Tam really interests me.
tam tam is awesome.
Yes! :-) Other playing techniques that are great for tam tams and gongs (Paiste tam tams in particular!) are: to bow the edge like he did with the vibes, to drag a special rubber mallet across the surface (it's like a Superball on a thin flexible stick), to strike the gong and then dip it into a large vat of water while it is still vibrating.
All of these videos are awesome! Look forward to more.
This really helped me with my music homework.Thank you !💕
*To make music has to be the greatest creative gift man is capable of in terms of raw expression - getting an imaginary sound straight out the mind onto a sheet of paper and the ears and minds of others.*
This dude can even make the triangle interesting
Wonderful, clear & concise. Man knows his onions.
The tam tam is scary.
They get really big too
Shining Armor D:
Largest one I know of is 80" across
I tot it was called a gong or smth
Gong refers to one with a knob or boss, and tam tam is one with a flat face
I wish to thank the Philarmonia Orchestra of London for this video, I needed exactly this kind of info.
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Absolutely gorgeous! I am an amateur percussionist and play with the orchestra, I always wish people can have more appreciation on percussion!
Though also I think triangle is not always like have to wait for such a long time. We are playing Bacchanale at our concert soon, and I'm doing triangle in there. In fact turned out triangle is one of the most important parts for Bacchanale and it is in fact pretty hard! :)
I hate that people say “percussion is SO easy! You just play rhythms” event though I’m not a percussionist.
Also, someone told me not to mess with percussionists, because they hit things for fun, right?
@@glenngouldschair390 haha not only do we hit things for fun we often have a bag full of different sticks and mallets made specifically for hitting things with us
This is the best video on introduction of percussion instruments! Best on UA-cam hands down! Very well explained!
That major sixth chord at the vibraphone sounds totally jazzy.
It was a minor seventh chord
The first he makes at 0:50? It's M6, plus you can see him hitting the fiftth and the sixth next to each other
IrokoSalei its a m7 in first inversion
Dm7
@@jockcable6123 Am7 actually, or C6
The best video of introducing percussion instruments ever. Thanks for sharing!
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Needs more cowbell.
John Faggard what is the meaning of this phrase
Alex Lastra I’m pretty sure it’s from an SNL skit about Blue Oyster Cult recording Don’t Fear the Reaper in a studio and the producer kept wanting more cowbell
@@puzz88 Somebody Dickinson I think, maybe Bruce.
MORE COWBELL
Thunder Sheet would have been good to include a very versatile sound source FX, not just for the obvious. the Vienna Symphonic library for percussion - never believe how many ways to play the triangle, and scoring same.
I have a weird love for this video. When I need comfort, I turn to this guy
The tam tam sounds phenomenal.
I was expecting him to mention tubular bells at some point.
an excellent presentation!
I want to start playing percussion again after seeing this video.. I've got to find an orchestra that will take me in XD
pyro1324 I also want to know what happened to you, please respond
Pyro please respond
yo pyro uh it's been 4 years dude come on that XD better have meant something
Dude
My man it’s been 5 years :(
Really like the cymbals and snare drum very good for that point
I always thought the tam tam was a gong. Glad i know the difference now.
Tam tams are tuned, gongs are not
This is such an instructive video for composers! Perfect!
Glad it was helpful!
“This is a 4 octave xylophone, the most common”
Me, an American:
Percussion is so cool!
15:58 lol
I love how he makes a percussion sound even by licking his fingers.
you think he got enough of it?
Josh Deffenbaugh loop it please
Yes
What a fascinating video. Thanks.
finally I know the difference! thank you so much!!!! :)))
George Sevnv We're glad you enjoyed the video!
I got all excited when he played the bass drum, the snare and the cymbals. And that tam tam, goddamn... I guess i really am a drummer to the core. Very informative video!
8:40 Now I can die with my eyes close to know what is this sound in Disney's Mulan.
I love so much the Tam tam in Mahler’ symphonies.
What is the melody at 3:05 from? It sounds really familiar!
the fossils from the carnival of the animals
Graeme Culpepper Well it was first in Saint-Saen's piece Danse Macabre but the melody also made an appearance in Fossils
I really like your percussion instruments like your crotales
Cymbals
There are several items that were not mentioned like the slap stick, the jingle bells, and the chimes. Still, an interesting video.
I watched this right before I joined my band program in middle school. I’ll now be going to college for music this upcoming school year!