Theorbo (The enormous 14 string lute)

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  • Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 6 тис.

  • @b33sma11
    @b33sma11 5 років тому +1587

    you reached out to find a theorbo expert, and then you find a person that not only has the instrument but is also a great speaker, and teacher. one can tell he truly loves this instrument and speaks through it....17 minutes...and i could watch it for another 17...thanks rob

    • @johnfritz15
      @johnfritz15 5 років тому +15

      I guessing he gets asked about this ALL OF THE TIME. It’s pretty slick.

    • @VideoMask93
      @VideoMask93 Рік тому +9

      And he's got his own channel, too!

    • @ibrahimismail5625
      @ibrahimismail5625 Рік тому +5

      Guy has 400k subs rn

  • @applebuster
    @applebuster 4 роки тому +4977

    This Theorbo guy is a level 20 bard in D&D

    • @Larken42
      @Larken42 4 роки тому +15

      Chezsit zubDANCE then what level is Rob?

    • @mikahkilgore4972
      @mikahkilgore4972 4 роки тому +23

      Chezsit zubDANCE most underrated comment of all time

    • @ElZamo92
      @ElZamo92 4 роки тому +49

      Chezsit zubDANCE He destroys all the kobolds in a room with a single strum of his giant lute

    • @adwitatherealadwita
      @adwitatherealadwita 4 роки тому +58

      Instrument of the Bards: Theorbo
      Wondrous Item, Legendary
      Once per day, you can expend a 9th Level Spell Slot and for 24 hours you become the biggest chad in a 64 mile radius.

    • @adirblazkowics7717
      @adirblazkowics7717 4 роки тому +6

      More like level 80

  • @osees5197
    @osees5197 5 років тому +2197

    I have a painting in my hallway from the 1600s, that features Brandon playing this

    • @DLBBALL
      @DLBBALL 4 роки тому +82

      Gosh, so the rumours of him inventing the theorbo itself may very well be true!

    • @dalerider3124
      @dalerider3124 4 роки тому +2

      You just wish you did.

    • @vtautogrow6096
      @vtautogrow6096 4 роки тому +11

      I have one that your mom painted

    • @yonatanbeer3475
      @yonatanbeer3475 4 роки тому +3

      This is the most underrated comment I'm dead

    • @eli_are_ftw
      @eli_are_ftw 4 роки тому +4

      @@JordyMarincic i got one of him making that flute they consider the first instrument

  • @duxnihilo
    @duxnihilo 4 роки тому +1046

    10:26 *BRANDON:* "I'll be your bass."
    *Everyone here in the comments:* "You can be my anything you want."

  • @zookkkk
    @zookkkk 5 років тому +892

    i love the enthusiasm he has to explain this instrument. this is baffling

    • @sk8terboi10003
      @sk8terboi10003 5 років тому +8

      I think you have to be enthused to Play this intatrument

    • @nextlifeonearth
      @nextlifeonearth 5 років тому +11

      The repertoire is amazing. It drove me to play early instruments too, so yeah.
      Didn't get to find an affordable theorbo builder though, so it's just lute, recorder, vihuela, viol da gamba, hurdy gurdy, crumhorn, cornett and tambourine for me sadly.
      I'm not obsessed I swear.

    • @zookkkk
      @zookkkk 5 років тому +1

      Thats a shame that you didnt get to play this insane thing

    • @Aaron-zh4kj
      @Aaron-zh4kj 5 років тому +13

      Passionate people get other people passionate too. Never ignore a passionate person. You'll learn so much, and they'll feel so loved when you listen.

    • @iiirdeyeheretik
      @iiirdeyeheretik 5 років тому

      @@nextlifeonearth The solo repertoire is good but there's nearly none of it out there. You could feasibly learn nearly every single piece ever written for the instrument in a pretty short period of time =/ The instrument is just so damn unwieldy and because of the re-etrant tuning it makes it difficult to write good melodic parts.

  • @nnnnnnnnnick5557
    @nnnnnnnnnick5557 5 років тому +3387

    Goes into guitar center: "I need some synthetic gut strings for my giant lute"

    • @OrangeColt
      @OrangeColt 5 років тому +219

      They just replie, "What gage?".

    • @christopherstube9473
      @christopherstube9473 4 роки тому +55

      @@OrangeColt nyl-gut

    • @reubenshiflet
      @reubenshiflet 4 роки тому +56

      Nah he actually uses human gut cuz he's a vampire

    • @M7awesat
      @M7awesat 4 роки тому

      @@christopherstube9473 goat gut

    • @eightfifty2309
      @eightfifty2309 4 роки тому +36

      Then all of a sudden they have the brightly colored Ernie Ball package with strings made for that lol.

  • @mndlessdrwer
    @mndlessdrwer 4 роки тому +5449

    Dude looks like what manga artists think musicians looks like. Damn.

  • @abedinsubashi
    @abedinsubashi 4 роки тому +762

    1:17 when rob said “it’s beautiful” he wasn’t talking about the theorbo, he’s talking about Brandon

  • @JaredDines_
    @JaredDines_ 5 років тому +4086

    Brandon is such a talent. wow. you guys captured some magic moments. that was awesome!

    • @Kommisar_Lutter
      @Kommisar_Lutter 5 років тому +100

      Time to do djent 1619.

    • @omniheart2381
      @omniheart2381 5 років тому +22

      Jared, if you don't metal-fy this instrument with him then what is life?

    • @Josh-it6uy
      @Josh-it6uy 5 років тому +21

      go make reaction videos

    • @dashqe
      @dashqe 5 років тому +7

      @@Josh-it6uy ouch

    • @brandonacker
      @brandonacker 5 років тому +60

      Thanks, Jared! I'm a fan of yours as well. Keep up the great videos.

  • @Broshare1
    @Broshare1 5 років тому +3520

    Theorbo Guy: Ive prepared my whole life for this moment.

  • @xMrJanuaryx
    @xMrJanuaryx 5 років тому +9003

    Pretty sure Brandon is a vampire and has been playing this instrument since he invented it back in 1666.

    • @nguyenduc5938
      @nguyenduc5938 5 років тому +301

      Robert yeah he like unbelievably good looking

    • @allenlord8251
      @allenlord8251 5 років тому +218

      He definitely has freakishly long hand and fingers...might be a vampire.

    • @Mambo.Canibal
      @Mambo.Canibal 5 років тому +110

      I wouldn’t be surprised if he slept in a coffin in the basement

    • @justsomeguyonquarantine7274
      @justsomeguyonquarantine7274 5 років тому +123

      He probably survived the great London fire

    • @TheHitman-
      @TheHitman- 5 років тому +32

      A.d. 1580

  • @skraz0r
    @skraz0r 5 років тому +848

    "You're officially the third best Theorbo player in Chicago."
    Which, I think, means that there's like 4 of them total. Amazing instrument.

    • @Pannemat
      @Pannemat 5 років тому +3

      Flight of the Conchords reference. :-)

    • @russellzauner
      @russellzauner 5 років тому +2

      Nice, nice and it was a joke because CHI probably has ter...tha....terob fuck whatever clubs. Lots of old universities and churchy shit going on, symphony and orchestra communities that are fairly elite...I think they could find even more rad shit to expose himself to. Do a djent on weird old instruments tour it's been at least a month since Someone Else did lol

  • @BrotherLawson
    @BrotherLawson 5 років тому +2218

    This is the most metal instrument ever.
    Strings made of Guts
    More than 7 strings
    Super Djenty
    The sound holes look like black metal band logos.

    • @AgeofJP
      @AgeofJP 5 років тому +24

      Sorry for being that guy, but I don't consider Djent to be Metal...it's literally it's own thing. More than 6 strings are not needed in metal and most metalheads I know despise Djent and the few Djent fans I know only like Djent.
      Metal to me is the perfect blend between art and brutality. US metal already tends to put *much* more emphasis on the brutality aspect than European Metal but Djent isn't even compareable to that. I know it sounds like an insult but Djent where I live is treated like Rap music...and I mean literally. They are two groups that rarely interacts with each other, metalheads hate the music, usually can't find anything likeable even if they try and vice versa.
      My fav genre is Melodic Deathmetal (finnish style) but I listen to pretty much every other subgenre and I have at least a few songs that I really like within most genres I can think of...I'm very tolerant when it comes to different tastes. The only exeptions where I was truely appaled by what I listened to where screamo, some of the -core genres and most of them all Djent. Core genres I just didn't like at all, they felt like the most basic and generic kind of metal I've heard. But in Djent there's literally nothing metal I could find.(it fits the word, but not the music) They may use the same instruments, but the way *how* they use them is so fundamentally different
      But I guess the US definition of metal is so different that Djent seems more metal there than let's say symphonic metal or 90s power metal

    • @ssosso79
      @ssosso79 5 років тому +6

      @@AgeofJP haha. amusing. djent sucks. the only djent i can stand is when metal bands are influenced by djent. like meshuggah. but even then.
      it can be.. hard to fully appreciate.

    • @ssosso79
      @ssosso79 5 років тому +3

      i guess i mean... the only correct "djent" is meshuggah. anything "djent" that isnt meshuggah. is a ripoff. in a way.

    • @AgeofJP
      @AgeofJP 5 років тому +1

      lol your username...guess I never was "that guy" to begin with

    • @skwisgaarskwigelf331
      @skwisgaarskwigelf331 5 років тому +6

      They amment's metal. It ams a grandspas guitars.

  • @aidantf8
    @aidantf8 5 років тому +767

    “the lute family is vast” is the sexiest sentence i’ve ever heard

  • @alpharage1090
    @alpharage1090 4 роки тому +464

    Lute guy has unreal genetics I have to say.
    Well-spoken, good on camera, fantastic musician, good looking.
    I am none of those things and I don't even have a sick lute to make up for it.

  • @robertgirtakovskis1670
    @robertgirtakovskis1670 4 роки тому +1001

    I like how we just agreed that theorbo guy is a anime/vampire/bard hybrid

  • @Davmm96
    @Davmm96 4 роки тому +440

    I'm really glad that this video made the theorbo get a 999% increase in its audience.

    • @bcc5701
      @bcc5701 3 роки тому +7

      Jesus it’s got 5 mil views and EVERYONE is raving about it. How cool something so obscure now is getting seen. Internets cool sometimes man

    • @Goku17yen
      @Goku17yen Рік тому

      So true 😂

  • @Doikmania
    @Doikmania 5 років тому +1800

    He looks exactly like I would have imagined a Theorbo player to look like

    • @MRBOOOYA
      @MRBOOOYA 5 років тому +16

      What, Harry potter? xD

    • @quizarorobzaqu8558
      @quizarorobzaqu8558 5 років тому +3

      Me

    • @ronanator789
      @ronanator789 5 років тому +43

      Just think of the most intellectual man you can possibly think of=Brandon

    • @VanGruuv
      @VanGruuv 5 років тому +15

      hot? yeah

    • @FrontierSettler
      @FrontierSettler 5 років тому +11

      Oh really? Not to be rude, but I pictured Cicero from Skyrim. lol

  • @Coltmarconi
    @Coltmarconi 4 роки тому +867

    I consider myself fairly straight, but Holy shit Brandon is the cutest most charming man I've ever seen.

  • @simgingergirl
    @simgingergirl 5 років тому +2483

    I used to have a theorbo but I baroque it.

  • @NathanArundel
    @NathanArundel 5 років тому +3612

    Therapist: long guitar isn’t real, it can’t hurt you.
    Long guitar:

  • @OldManDoom
    @OldManDoom 5 років тому +389

    Now THAT is a guy who got his money’s worth from a college education. As soon he started talking about the Renaissance and the Baroque period, I just said “This one’s for me!”

    • @mesh6275
      @mesh6275 5 років тому +18

      Snoo Lee Imma give you an L on this, you’re just straight poor m8

  • @HaIsKuL
    @HaIsKuL 3 роки тому +77

    The way it folds while retaining tension, and therefore tone, is a thing of genius. It's absolutely astounding how inventive people can be.

  • @dylanlucas9720
    @dylanlucas9720 5 років тому +864

    "Wow, I'm having trouble wrapping my head around this" *composes entire song*

    • @garyjohnson4575
      @garyjohnson4575 5 років тому +2

      back to the future......!

    • @caletoews8003
      @caletoews8003 5 років тому +22

      I love reading comments from people that don't play instruments on Robs Channel cuz it's sooooooooo wrong yet so flattering lol

    • @alexfoy5177
      @alexfoy5177 5 років тому +5

      cale you came in hot with the backhanded compliment there

  • @jacksales9342
    @jacksales9342 5 років тому +851

    I can't get over how good the bass strings sound.

    • @nicholasjaworski9368
      @nicholasjaworski9368 4 роки тому +1

      Jack Sales right!

    • @DaOttah
      @DaOttah 4 роки тому +19

      for real, i really want that tone

    • @Zawmbbeh
      @Zawmbbeh 4 роки тому +8

      it feels like an 8 string’s F# at longbass tension, so punchy and nasally

    • @BRO_TOAST
      @BRO_TOAST 4 роки тому +1

      Same!

    • @vimtheprotogen2855
      @vimtheprotogen2855 3 роки тому +2

      It's all about scale length!

  • @GregJonson
    @GregJonson 5 років тому +444

    To any fellow perfect-pitch-ers out there, I'd like to remind you that the fact that Brandon refers to F# as a G is not a mistake or mistuning. Baroque tuning used to be 1/2 step lower than our contemporary tuning, so the baroque G does sound like our F#. Having this theorbo tuned in authentic tuning is either a necessity because the baroque instruments would be severely damaged if you tried to add more tension on each string; or, in case this particular instrument is a modern remake (I can't really tell), it pays an homage to the old times and adds the authenticity to it.

    • @mr.fodder7260
      @mr.fodder7260 5 років тому +39

      thank you I was having a panic attack

    • @bardfinn
      @bardfinn 5 років тому +4

      It's a modern manufacture theorbo.

    • @Merlyno99
      @Merlyno99 5 років тому +19

      it "sounds" like 1/2 step down because they tuned in 415 ish hertz while we tune usually around 440

    • @mentalitydesignvideo
      @mentalitydesignvideo 5 років тому +11

      Correct. Modern widely accepted tuning for baroque music and period instruments is A=415 Hz, which is close enough to ½ lower than 440. (Or the new European symphonic standard of 442-444.)

    • @evilgremlin
      @evilgremlin 5 років тому +2

      And all of that is totally pointless now because of equal temperament.

  • @slimkt
    @slimkt 5 років тому +229

    Damn, imagine how many people you could take out with that neck with just a careless half turn. I could listen to Brandon talk about the theorbo all day. Love when you can really feel someone's passion when talking about something they truly enjoy. Rob could play mayonnaise at this point and I wouldn't be surprised that it sounded good.

    • @Loebane
      @Loebane 5 років тому +6

      You'd all better duck, because I'm about to turn left.

  • @tigerwoodz86
    @tigerwoodz86 5 років тому +354

    That guy was a great guest! Really knows his stuff.

  • @benmcdaniel3428
    @benmcdaniel3428 4 роки тому +2983

    I bet his theorbo isn't the only thing he has to fold in half when he leaves the house.

    • @YeOleBorther
      @YeOleBorther 4 роки тому +54

      😂😂😂😂😂🤢🤮

    • @omni1607
      @omni1607 4 роки тому +531

      Of course, he must fold his wallet closed!

    • @dillardfilth8933
      @dillardfilth8933 4 роки тому +46

      I ugly laughed on that one 😂

    • @kalebvera1841
      @kalebvera1841 4 роки тому +56

      i feel dense cuz i dont get it

    • @wigwagstudios2474
      @wigwagstudios2474 4 роки тому +181

      It’s probably a dick joke but how tf you fold a dick I’m dense af

  • @musicmaster555
    @musicmaster555 4 роки тому +183

    I know this stuff probably bores a lot of people but this dude's emmense and enthusiastic knowledge/love for historical stringed instruments makes it all so fascinating. Such a fun video.

    • @Dude8718
      @Dude8718 8 місяців тому

      Anything is interesting if the guy talking about it is interesting, and interested in the subject at hand. An interested, interesting guy can make anyone interested in their interest. (Mostly anyone, some people are lame)

  • @WangleLine
    @WangleLine 5 років тому +3614

    It's not a Theorbo, it's a giraffitar

    • @boyfromzambia
      @boyfromzambia 5 років тому +14

      I thought it was a long neck stylar, I stand corrected

    • @fabianclair-woods8169
      @fabianclair-woods8169 5 років тому

      Can't tell if you're serious or not?

    • @boyfromzambia
      @boyfromzambia 5 років тому +58

      @@fabianclair-woods8169 Deathly serious. Long neck stylars and giraffitars aren't anything to joke about

    • @awesomestuff9715
      @awesomestuff9715 5 років тому +2

      @@boyfromzambia hahaha lmao

    • @Thurston86
      @Thurston86 5 років тому +3

      Hahaha that’s Hilarious!

  • @nathanweaver3378
    @nathanweaver3378 5 років тому +994

    I always wonder if some lute player like 400 years ago was messing around and like strummed out some ye old Metallica riffs or something

    • @onidaaitsubasa4177
      @onidaaitsubasa4177 5 років тому +73

      Yeah, I also saw a similarity to Metallica's music, for all we know a lute player could've been performing 15th century Metallica to a crowd of people and never even knew it.

    • @StonedSpagooter
      @StonedSpagooter 5 років тому +6

      I was thinking the same thing, add some volts to that rift and you got a beautiful solo

    • @KitZunekaze
      @KitZunekaze 5 років тому +22

      That's a really fun thought. I wonder if any huge modern songs accidentally got played in the past, but never recorded.

    • @caletoews8003
      @caletoews8003 5 років тому +4

      @@onidaaitsubasa4177 That's because Metallica is not metal :) They are versatile but currently basically country, due to tone used during and after black album

    • @DelinkventeN
      @DelinkventeN 5 років тому +2

      Battery

  • @willmorris8198
    @willmorris8198 Рік тому +42

    I love Brandon's personality. So intellectual yet so down to earth, like a great college professor.

  • @mateogaona3948
    @mateogaona3948 5 років тому +500

    Everybody is paying attention to the guest but I'm more focused on how this guy adapted so quickly to this instrument... genius

    • @nosslraK
      @nosslraK 5 років тому +92

      True. At this point it's kind off become a meme that Rob can play anything he touches

    • @leavewe
      @leavewe 4 роки тому +11

      it isn't like he hasn't played a lute before

    • @karlpoppins
      @karlpoppins 4 роки тому +12

      It's not that impressive for a decent guitarist, such as Rob, to be able to play other plucked instruments.

    • @DLBBALL
      @DLBBALL 4 роки тому +13

      Мариос Христодулу I thought it was pretty impressive how he’s great at other instruments too - bass, drums, etc. And how quickly he adapts to non-string instruments as well (I.e playing For Whom The Bell Tolls on a Carillon).

    • @karlpoppins
      @karlpoppins 4 роки тому +4

      @@DLBBALL Percussion is an entirely different animal, but I count all plucked strings as essentially one instrument - and I say that from personal experience.

  • @DVincentW
    @DVincentW 5 років тому +1195

    Synthetic guts.
    Nice sounding instrument.. brings back ancient memories..

    • @Dunkle0steus
      @Dunkle0steus 5 років тому +29

      The name of a theorbo-based metal band.

    • @anjoliwanag4927
      @anjoliwanag4927 5 років тому +19

      How old are you?

    • @georgepapad5272
      @georgepapad5272 5 років тому +25

      Ancient MEMORIES??

    • @s3uche
      @s3uche 5 років тому +3

      @@georgepapad5272 I was falling over this too 😅

    • @Dunkle0steus
      @Dunkle0steus 5 років тому +1

      @Anjo Liwanag, are you asking me?

  • @justinz9225
    @justinz9225 4 роки тому +114

    "Synthetic Gut". NEW BAND NAME, I CALL IT

    • @arnoldrivas4590
      @arnoldrivas4590 4 роки тому +10

      I'm buying the first album :)

    • @therealeren2045
      @therealeren2045 3 роки тому +7

      We need an update

    • @vsGoliath96
      @vsGoliath96 3 роки тому

      It's a medieval metal band but you can only use lutes, viols, and hand drums.

  • @ISmellMopWho
    @ISmellMopWho 5 років тому +652

    "Aye bro where's that weird looking guitar?"
    "It's right over theorbo"

    • @shaynevaldez4237
      @shaynevaldez4237 5 років тому +4

      Nick Urban underrated comment lmao

    • @ducati1957
      @ducati1957 5 років тому +4

      Noting on the internet makes me laugh out loud. I never really comment either. However, this "bro" play has killed me. Too funny!

    • @andresxcore1
      @andresxcore1 5 років тому

      nice

    • @carracroucher6686
      @carracroucher6686 5 років тому +1

      This has been the comment that has finally made me laugh out loud

    • @KyoshiNin
      @KyoshiNin 5 років тому

      😂😂😂😂😂

  • @akosslive03
    @akosslive03 5 років тому +718

    Bass: Tells a "size matters" joke
    Theorbo: HOLD MY BEER

    • @proveitbytch8379
      @proveitbytch8379 5 років тому +9

      When is the hold my beer thing going to die off?
      Wasn't funny the first time.

    • @akosslive03
      @akosslive03 5 років тому +4

      @@proveitbytch8379 Hold my beer=MEME
      MEME's live forever

    • @shinso516
      @shinso516 5 років тому +15

      Bass: size matters
      Therobo: hold my beer
      Octo bass: hold my whiskey

    • @proveitbytch8379
      @proveitbytch8379 5 років тому +1

      @@akosslive03 ... Memes live forever...
      I don't like it.
      Not one bit.

    • @ikariim
      @ikariim 5 років тому +20

      Bass: size matters
      Therobo: hold my beer
      Octo bass: hold my whiskey
      Plucking the wires on a suspension bridge: **laughs inaudibly**

  • @cozyfeller
    @cozyfeller 5 років тому +146

    this theorbo dude could drop the sickest black metal album

    • @eijlha
      @eijlha 2 роки тому +1

      soad tribute band

  • @tdiddle8950
    @tdiddle8950 4 роки тому +46

    In a lot of ways, we live in such an amazing world that people are still into playing instruments from the 1500's to the 1600's.

    • @tdiddle8950
      @tdiddle8950 4 роки тому

      Or well, I guess it is for opera too, which is much later.

  • @RainyNebula
    @RainyNebula 5 років тому +325

    This guy is super cool and informative on the theorbro, he seems like a really interesting dude

    • @mal2ksc
      @mal2ksc 5 років тому +3

      He kinda reminds me of Eagle McMahon, with a similar kind of enthusiasm mixed with mastery.
      facebook.com/Eagle-McMahon-827952767308488/

    • @TheLumbersnack
      @TheLumbersnack 5 років тому +3

      Seems like a pretty good reason to check out his channel linked at the end of the video. I agree he seems really interesting, mainly for me, because of how passionate he appears to be about what he's into. Definitely somebody that I could listen to talk about their hobbies for quite a while.

    • @sophelet
      @sophelet 5 років тому +1

      he also plays lots of instruments: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric bass, banjo, ukulele, lute, theorbo, classical guitar.... a master

    • @flatjesus
      @flatjesus 3 роки тому

      @@mal2kscI guess I'm not the only person who loves weird instruments and disc golf.

  • @paolobaluran3021
    @paolobaluran3021 5 років тому +491

    Using a guitar with strings made of sheep guts? now thats metal.

    • @GabrielTellesHarp
      @GabrielTellesHarp 5 років тому +24

      The harp also uses gut strings.

    • @mentalitydesignvideo
      @mentalitydesignvideo 5 років тому +34

      Next: Phoetus guts for Medieval Djent.

    • @kebm1388
      @kebm1388 5 років тому +7

      The first condoms were made of sheep intestine

    • @andreasmakrygiannis359
      @andreasmakrygiannis359 5 років тому +4

      @@kebm1388 I think the first ones were from crocodile skin in Egypt.

    • @paulatreides9296
      @paulatreides9296 5 років тому +25

      Ironically, using metal strings is less metal

  • @ashtonebinger5651
    @ashtonebinger5651 5 років тому +590

    You, a lute player. Verses the dude she tells you not to worry about

    • @machinenkanone9358
      @machinenkanone9358 5 років тому +3

      @Dr. Krieger nah
      ...
      .kill the lute too, my liege.

    • @zanderclark1461
      @zanderclark1461 5 років тому +2

      @@machinenkanone9358 *Wind blows ominously*

  • @Agent-47-eh
    @Agent-47-eh 4 роки тому +21

    I love how 98% of the comments is thirsting for Theorbo Bard and I'm not complaining because same

  • @rifuki9940
    @rifuki9940 5 років тому +283

    this theorbo guy strightly looks like from a fantasy movie
    totally not disappointed

  • @landjplay1799
    @landjplay1799 5 років тому +713

    Yo wtf this dood teaches the little kids at our school in Chicago sick

    • @cranki6316
      @cranki6316 5 років тому +65

      He seems like a great teacher.

    • @chelcyndo1759
      @chelcyndo1759 5 років тому +58

      @@cranki6316 he legit looks like a teacher that would have you playing the instrument with a pasion after he's done teaching you how to play

    • @cranki6316
      @cranki6316 5 років тому +8

      @@chelcyndo1759 Except me. I can only play the radio. It's fascinating seeing how they make it look so easy. It seems like rocket science to me.

    • @Omfgwhtavid
      @Omfgwhtavid 5 років тому +7

      at first glance i thought that said touches

    • @chelcyndo1759
      @chelcyndo1759 5 років тому +8

      @@cranki6316 i can relate, i've got a Bass Guitar for 2 years now and all i can play is Seven Nation Army

  • @experimenteight4550
    @experimenteight4550 5 років тому +744

    Brandon is the exact person you need to watch your significant other around; especially when his instrument reaches full extension

    • @fenderstratguy
      @fenderstratguy 5 років тому +33

      I almost spit my coffee out of my nose there

    • @IROCK80551
      @IROCK80551 5 років тому +37

      I almost spit my nose out of my coffee there

    • @MisterMojoRising
      @MisterMojoRising 5 років тому +20

      I almost coffee my nose out of my spit there

    • @LJLewis94
      @LJLewis94 5 років тому +19

      Spit my coffee nose I almost there out of my

    • @chricechiu3673
      @chricechiu3673 5 років тому +14

      I almost nose my coffee out of my spit there

  • @MYCHEM1CALR0M4NCE
    @MYCHEM1CALR0M4NCE 5 років тому +223

    PLEASE tell me there is 30 more minutes of you two jamming out? Sounded so beautiful

  • @lred1383
    @lred1383 5 років тому +56

    The thing that impresses me the most about the theorbo player is how fast and clean his trills are. He does like 10 pulloffs per second

    • @Giganfan2k1
      @Giganfan2k1 5 років тому +2

      That's that college play.

  • @raptorplaya1
    @raptorplaya1 4 роки тому +76

    17:09 My mans got the Bold and Brash by the window😂

  • @clayheinzerling1852
    @clayheinzerling1852 5 років тому +358

    Synthetic guts is my next band

    • @nickl2854
      @nickl2854 5 років тому +13

      Thats kind of a great name

    • @anddoomsticeforall8140
      @anddoomsticeforall8140 5 років тому +4

      I want someone to use my guts as Strings lol

    • @GroovySquiddo
      @GroovySquiddo 5 років тому

      That’s actually a good name

    • @russellzauner
      @russellzauner 5 років тому +2

      HEY THAT'S MY BAND THAT DOES CHAMBER MUSIC TREMONTI COVERS

    • @roosolini7105
      @roosolini7105 5 років тому

      Nope, I called it. If I ever see your band, expect a lawsuit

  • @Karlgolden
    @Karlgolden 5 років тому +1527

    God knows how you played on that Rob! Well done! 🙌👏🤘🔥

    • @rickdeckard1075
      @rickdeckard1075 5 років тому +4

      yeah he made a 13000$ theorbo sound like a pawnshop banjo...congratu-fg-lations

    • @WeeFreeMan78
      @WeeFreeMan78 5 років тому +7

      @@rickdeckard1075 We are all waiting for your video with your surely amazing performance. Please notify us when it's uploaded. Have a nice day ;-)

    • @rickdeckard1075
      @rickdeckard1075 5 років тому +1

      @@WeeFreeMan78 lol sry your feefees are hurt dude, facts matter

    • @WeeFreeMan78
      @WeeFreeMan78 5 років тому +6

      @@rickdeckard1075 No worries buddy, no feelings hurt by a kid's comment on youtube. But as you stated, facts matter. Prove yourself

    • @rickdeckard1075
      @rickdeckard1075 5 років тому +1

      @@WeeFreeMan78 did you even watch the vid? i'm not yr buddy, pal.

  • @outhouser6963
    @outhouser6963 4 роки тому +243

    This is the first time I had to convince myself I'm not gay out loud,... and it's not working.

  • @SeraphSeraphim
    @SeraphSeraphim 5 років тому +38

    That was the most tactfully done UA-cam advertisement I've ever seen. It was subtle, I was still able to watch the video on the left side, and the progress bar down the center reassured me that it wasn't going to drag on forever. Awesome. Didn't stop me from enjoying the video one bit.

  • @RicardoJunqueira
    @RicardoJunqueira 4 роки тому +486

    How come such a handsome man one day decided: "I guess I'll learn to play the Theorbo. Yeah! That's the instrument for me." Holy shit.

    • @oceanusprocellarum6853
      @oceanusprocellarum6853 4 роки тому +93

      Ricardo Junqueira this guy is a professional classical guitarist and also a connoisseur/player of medieval instruments, including the theorbo and the Arabic oud. Essentially, he’s a friggin genius

    • @davidembry5748
      @davidembry5748 4 роки тому +25

      Im pretty sure he can play any stringed instrument

    • @thomasthesteamengine6703
      @thomasthesteamengine6703 4 роки тому +64

      The most popular theory is that he's a vampire. So I guess it must've been around 17th century.

    • @luansantana1843
      @luansantana1843 4 роки тому +10

      That theorbo is beautiful sounding. Just like brandon. A beautiful sounding instrument to a beautiful looking man.

    • @rotanux
      @rotanux 3 роки тому +6

      @@thomasthesteamengine6703 dude it's proven it's not just a theory

  • @LucaMiebach
    @LucaMiebach 5 років тому +43

    "You got a 7/12 chance of hitting an intune note."
    My new approach to everything I do musically lol

  • @johnsmith6586
    @johnsmith6586 4 роки тому +206

    I wonder if they kick you out of the Theorbo store for playing "Stairway to Heaven"

    • @defaultset
      @defaultset 3 роки тому +9

      They're gonna put you to the stairway itself i heard.

    • @ZephyrusAsmodeus
      @ZephyrusAsmodeus 3 роки тому +1

      @@defaultset Gotta use it to tune the bass strings if it ain't a folding model

  • @Kekoapono
    @Kekoapono 4 роки тому +101

    He said that lowest string was a G, but in trying to sing that note, in that same octave, I found it was a half step flat. Then it occurred to me he’s using baroque (A=415) tuning. The G he said it was (G1) is about as low as I can go, but the actual note (in A=440) is just outside of my range.

    • @soumyadipray1502
      @soumyadipray1502 4 роки тому +9

      Perfect pitch!!!

    • @natalieshao8113
      @natalieshao8113 4 роки тому +9

      Yes I was wondering this too! When he was explaining the tuning at 3:00 everything just sounds half step lower

    • @TheTapMusic
      @TheTapMusic 3 роки тому +5

      Oh man, it was driving me crazy. He started naming off the open strings when talking about the tuning and I was like, “Ummm… What?”

    • @jscordoba3
      @jscordoba3 3 роки тому +4

      I'm guessing he's in A=432. Many players of historical instruments use it. I don't have a tuner handy to check.

    • @ivanv754
      @ivanv754 2 роки тому +7

      Nice humble brag there: not only perfect pitch but also bass singer.

  • @AlinaGingertail
    @AlinaGingertail 5 років тому +485

    Theorbo ❤

    • @turispaev
      @turispaev 5 років тому +8

      Здрасьте рыжему народцу)

    • @AlinaGingertail
      @AlinaGingertail 5 років тому +6

      @@turispaev Здрасьте

    • @raiden0456
      @raiden0456 5 років тому +4

      Кто то нашел себе следущий инструмент 😂

    • @coda5934
      @coda5934 5 років тому +1

      i know this will be creepy and pathetic, but i don't care. I have to say that you are beautiful :c

    • @AlinaGingertail
      @AlinaGingertail 5 років тому +6

      @@raiden0456 хах, я уже почти год в очереди к мастеру за подобным инструментом))

  • @handidrummed
    @handidrummed 4 роки тому +392

    I want to name my next cat Theorbo.

    • @christopherstube9473
      @christopherstube9473 4 роки тому +59

      It should be a very long tailed cat

    • @ilikeyourname4807
      @ilikeyourname4807 4 роки тому +21

      @@christopherstube9473 This is why I love the internet

    • @bananabong4911
      @bananabong4911 4 роки тому +14

      Don't do that. You'll be that weird guy withthat cat that folds its tail in half.

  • @nikonmikon8915
    @nikonmikon8915 4 роки тому +101

    14:34 "you just learned how to play a 17th century 12 bar blues essentially"
    rob: djent djent

  • @Ipsifendis
    @Ipsifendis 5 років тому +219

    i could see this brandon acker breaking male and female hearts in elizabethan england.

  • @FilthyForce
    @FilthyForce 5 років тому +305

    That man is a Vampire.

  • @driftwood757
    @driftwood757 4 роки тому +254

    that dude got way too excited when he was talking about guts

    • @michaeladams3762
      @michaeladams3762 4 роки тому +10

      those strings are made of guts but not sheep guts.

    • @CockatooDude
      @CockatooDude 4 роки тому +27

      To be fair to him, that is a common thing for classical guitar and lute players to get excited about. It is a common conception that gut stings sound the best on these instruments.

    • @carstenpfundt
      @carstenpfundt 3 роки тому +6

      Cause hes up in them all the time

    • @ff-qf1th
      @ff-qf1th 3 роки тому +1

      @@carstenpfundt DUDE

  • @shawnkay5462
    @shawnkay5462 5 років тому +517

    This guys really good looking, smart, and knows how to play an alien instrument. Dude must get all the ladies.

    • @Jerrymc1975
      @Jerrymc1975 5 років тому +47

      Sunny Kay or guys

    • @butthole9580
      @butthole9580 5 років тому +21

      Sunny Kay them he shows him his long stringed guitar

    • @ts-wo6pp
      @ts-wo6pp 5 років тому +16

      @@butthole9580 unfolds it

    • @damienbailey7375
      @damienbailey7375 5 років тому +14

      The question is where does he put their body after he serial kills them to death?

    • @kotarodesu_23
      @kotarodesu_23 5 років тому +33

      @@damienbailey7375
      You serial killed your grammar and that sentence

  • @ivanm5649
    @ivanm5649 5 років тому +1052

    Why dont you all just marry Brandon then

    • @dukctape
      @dukctape 4 роки тому +167

      FINE MAYBE I WILL

    • @vincentlaw1415
      @vincentlaw1415 4 роки тому +24

      Get a room you two!!

    • @Procrastian
      @Procrastian 4 роки тому +35

      If I could I would

    • @woden__
      @woden__ 4 роки тому +1

      Sure

    • @dalerider3124
      @dalerider3124 4 роки тому +10

      the ring on his wedding finger indicates he is straight, married, and FAITHFULL!

  • @Misa_Susaki
    @Misa_Susaki 5 років тому +94

    That end "jam" they are playing is a very old and classic chord progression called 'La Follia'.

    • @fromaggio7654
      @fromaggio7654 5 років тому +5

      Thank you Denton, very cool!

    • @jean-paulmichell8959
      @jean-paulmichell8959 5 років тому +4

      ' The insanity '. Yes it sounds about right.

    • @levlev.1028
      @levlev.1028 5 років тому +2

      I love la folia, Vivaldi and Correli really made some shred folias. Violin for me...

    • @Salderosan99
      @Salderosan99 5 років тому

      Little correction: it's "*Follia*", not "Folia"

    • @Misa_Susaki
      @Misa_Susaki 5 років тому

      @@Salderosan99 fair enough, i didn't double check

  • @fnersch3367
    @fnersch3367 5 років тому +120

    Wow. I paid $1800 for my theorbo 20 years ago. His sure is a beauty. Thanks for showing an interest in this weird and ancient instrument. Music from our ancestors can be enlightening.

    • @iiirdeyeheretik
      @iiirdeyeheretik 5 років тому +17

      That's a steal. I'm having a new one made at about $8k.

    • @kingadalou
      @kingadalou 5 років тому +1

      Why so over priced?

    • @TheArtificialGaming
      @TheArtificialGaming 5 років тому +5

      @@kingadalou thse instruments are not made for store room but instead they are only made per order. The fact is there isnt a demand for them as say a guitar or trumpet so the only option you have is proffesional grade. as there aren't really any entry level.

  • @judemisura4323
    @judemisura4323 3 роки тому +12

    This entire series where you learn about new instruments AND play them, is some of the best content ever. My utmost respect to you Rob. Please do more of these

  • @beckyp9633
    @beckyp9633 5 років тому +432

    Thank you for giving attention to instruments most people probably overlook :) You should collaborate with Brandon on something. Seriously would be cool.

  • @vanessa-io9xh
    @vanessa-io9xh 5 років тому +63

    Jacques: I think that we will name thy instrument “long guitar”
    Theorbo: I have another idea

  • @TheScarletInfector
    @TheScarletInfector 5 років тому +248

    This dude actually looks like a D&D bard

  • @Zanenoth
    @Zanenoth 2 роки тому +10

    Brandon: You're a natural, man.
    Rob: *Why am I not the best at this already?*

  • @clearmelody6252
    @clearmelody6252 4 роки тому +52

    I love hearing Brandon talk about how he and the others who study these instruments work, as it is so very similar to how those who study and practice HEMA (Historical European Martial Arts), especially the Medieval Martial Arts, have to work. There's a lot a of guesswork and experimentation that goes into it. :)

    • @kylebrady969
      @kylebrady969 4 роки тому +2

      Well I imagine because any references to how the instruments were utilized, contructed, techniques, etc. have to not only be hunted down but also are probably rare as hell on account that stuff just got lost to history.

    • @JaxonBurn
      @JaxonBurn 4 роки тому +1

      I was thinking the same thing!

  • @BryceKooker
    @BryceKooker 5 років тому +157

    Bethesda is calling... they want you to make the soundtrack to Elder Scrolls VI

  • @lucascecconi258
    @lucascecconi258 5 років тому +8

    15:20 its amazing how two musicians who bearly nows each other start a beautiful improvisation

  • @Kaemajii
    @Kaemajii 5 років тому +228

    Robs human after all, the illusion is broken!
    And Brandon looks like a damned anime vampire.
    Amazing video, great insight I really love and appreciate video's like this.

    • @malcelinho
      @malcelinho 5 років тому +12

      Not so human, tho; at the end of the video he was already getting the hang of it - while my stupid ass can't be confortable in a single instrument in a matter of 2 years hahahaha

    • @Terratype
      @Terratype 5 років тому +6

      brandon has used the mask

    • @fromaggio7654
      @fromaggio7654 5 років тому +2

      YOU THOUGHT IT WAS BRANDON BUT IT WAS ME, DIO!

    • @TheGr0nch
      @TheGr0nch 5 років тому

      Thats a 14 string instrument that he pretty much had the hang of within an hour or so, with no prior knowledge of it. He's still inhuman

    • @alastairk0159
      @alastairk0159 5 років тому

      He looks like that one guy from penny's dreadful

  • @PartOfTheGame
    @PartOfTheGame 5 років тому +36

    I want so many of these non-standard instruments to play together because these are all so beautiful.

  • @nicholaspalacio9672
    @nicholaspalacio9672 5 років тому +34

    Really like this Brandon dude. Nice guy, really passionate, without being a dick about it, and clearly enjoys it and enjoys having fun with it. Not like a lot of the musicians who play unique instruments, but view them entirely as a serious thing and not something that can be fun.

  • @louper3002
    @louper3002 2 роки тому +6

    rob seems so humbled by brandon which is quite cool because i really respect this guys playing

  • @dr150
    @dr150 5 років тому +179

    Many are mentioning Brandon's good looks. I was thinking the same, that this dude must have NO problem getting laid....Good looking, plays ancient instruments, is extremely intelligent and has a nice mature personality. Dude's an Alpha.

    • @giuartista2911
      @giuartista2911 5 років тому +1

      He looks like Clark Kent lol

    • @danp207
      @danp207 5 років тому +1

      For real. Dude is super confident despite being a total nerd. Alpha as fuck!!!

  • @yanniklohlein5998
    @yanniklohlein5998 5 років тому +160

    This instrument is absoLUTEly amazing

  • @gigachadnumber7187
    @gigachadnumber7187 4 роки тому +105

    Brandon is a 482 year old vampire and is acting like he never even invented when we all know he did

  • @KerMaWaffLe
    @KerMaWaffLe 5 років тому +78

    I like how Rob is interested in the story of the really old instruments, unlike other musicians who are interested in the instrument itself, and not the story

  • @BloodyScythe666
    @BloodyScythe666 5 років тому +240

    I understood nothing, great video

    • @celestialmonkey
      @celestialmonkey 5 років тому +1

      What's not to understand? Equal-temperament tuning?

    • @Liam9787
      @Liam9787 5 років тому +2

      @@celestialmonkey Some people don't know theory, y'know.

    • @TheBanana93
      @TheBanana93 5 років тому +1

      @@celestialmonkey Music theory bruva fuck that shit

    • @fridz66
      @fridz66 5 років тому +2

      All I understood is that I have no business playing instrument/s. I’ll stick to listening.

  • @rokrjock33
    @rokrjock33 3 роки тому +8

    Kudos to Brandon for his skill and expertise I just realized how much of work it is to make it sound like it used to sound in its time. The process he described of trying to get there is hard... love these videos when you collaborate. I need to go to Brandon's channel too.

  • @gooby1648
    @gooby1648 5 років тому +183

    BUT DOES IT DJENT???
    14:34: Apparently yes. Dangit Rob...

    • @toxictophat711
      @toxictophat711 5 років тому

      Definitely djent i didn't make the cut for a local band because i don't dig down tuning 😆 so it ruined the way i enjoy playing and made it feel forced drummer loved me. guitar player not so much sorry my bass has better tone that your funky tune lmao but this dude would catch flames hahaha

  • @draculasneeze6681
    @draculasneeze6681 5 років тому +217

    and then Brandon pulls out the "tiny" guitar and goes all Steve Vai on it, whilst reciting poetry - four or five girls faint - just an average night for Brandon "the Bard"

    • @thewebspinner
      @thewebspinner 5 років тому +11

      Performance roll check: nat 20

    • @jadedoptimistt
      @jadedoptimistt 5 років тому +4

      thewebspinner with 22cha and, expertise and that one ioun stone

  • @AbhiBass96
    @AbhiBass96 5 років тому +259

    This instrument could work in so many different genre's

    • @jakejason4333
      @jakejason4333 5 років тому +3

      But its basicly an acustic guitar

    • @danielschafhautle1691
      @danielschafhautle1691 5 років тому +23

      @@jakejason4333 rather a classical

    • @jeroenverbeeck7925
      @jeroenverbeeck7925 5 років тому +15

      I want to hear is pysch/drone doom. I could see bands like OM use this

    • @shremastergeneral7523
      @shremastergeneral7523 5 років тому +1

      @@jeroenverbeeck7925 i was thinking the same thing

    • @beepst
      @beepst 5 років тому

      @@jakejason4333 you're idiot

  • @loveisinportant5570
    @loveisinportant5570 3 роки тому +5

    Rewatching this reminds me of how much I love musicians. To just look at another musician playing something and figuring it out and joining in to make something that sounds good is so incredible to me.

    • @chickenmangaming1
      @chickenmangaming1 2 роки тому

      Same, those little moments are what make being around other musicians fun

  • @jcmick8430
    @jcmick8430 5 років тому +63

    Rob "Third Best Theorbo Player in Chicago" Scallon

    • @Giganfan2k1
      @Giganfan2k1 5 років тому

      The swagger of that line. XD

  • @dawgofwargaming8206
    @dawgofwargaming8206 5 років тому +258

    this is the most musically inclined person i’ve ever heard speak

  • @plasticfrank
    @plasticfrank 5 років тому +175

    Clark Kent goes to great lengths to appear to be too dorky to be Superman.

  • @R.Daneel
    @R.Daneel 2 роки тому +6

    That cylinder that keeps the bent strings in tune is pure genius!

  • @williamstuff
    @williamstuff 5 років тому +29

    Wow that guy explain so well his instrument, and make me fascinated and curious!

    • @at0mbalm
      @at0mbalm 5 років тому +1

      I think he made a lot of people curious ;)

  • @Frostyshard
    @Frostyshard 5 років тому +1365

    As a straight man. I’m super gay for theorbo guy

    • @I_leave_mean_comments
      @I_leave_mean_comments 5 років тому +94

      Pretty sure no straight man has ever said anything like that.
      Which means... nigga, you gay.

    • @juliettedemaso7588
      @juliettedemaso7588 5 років тому +91

      Relating. As a straight woman I'm completely gay for Theorbo Guy.

    • @oldleatherstocking3185
      @oldleatherstocking3185 5 років тому +57

      I don't think it's gay at all. I mean I don't want to sleep with him, but I could sit and listen to him talk about this instrument and music for hours.

    • @ramirroxd6986
      @ramirroxd6986 5 років тому +23

      You actually really gay bro

    • @Giganfan2k1
      @Giganfan2k1 5 років тому +59

      Before this video: I am straight.
      After: Sexuality? Theorbo guy.

  • @avishekbhattacharjee4430
    @avishekbhattacharjee4430 5 років тому +18

    Its amazing how Rob instantly relates the movable frets to the changing frets of a Sitar, shows just exactly how much effort goes into making these videos and how deep he dives into these instruments before making these videos.
    Honeslty i love these instrument explanation videos way more than the metal versions of these(not that they are bad, of course), and always look forward to these. Many of these are instruments which are becoming obsolete and forgotten.
    Kudows to Rob and his team for making these beautiful instruments popular again.

  • @dylanyutzy2228
    @dylanyutzy2228 4 роки тому +6

    i love how Rob's beard matches perfectly with his hat seam

  • @swedisheinherjer
    @swedisheinherjer 5 років тому +106

    Seriously... That moment when they play together at 15:11 it sounds like a lost track from Skyrim!
    Like some sort of outdoor soundtrack or tavern soundtrack.
    Not to mention their jam at 14:04! Damn that sounded great :D

  • @yaboi9223
    @yaboi9223 5 років тому +111

    That's guys for sure a vampire