Can I Play Paganini's HARDEST Violin Piece On BASS?!

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  • I attempt to play some of the hardest pieces ever written for violin, on BASS... Remember to TAP like and subscribe if you enjoyed this video!
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    Music heard in this video
    Praeludium and Allegro - Kreisler
    Bach - Partita for solo violin Nº 2 in D minor, BWV 1004, Chaconne
    Paganini Variations - God Save The King
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  • @CharlesBerthoud
    @CharlesBerthoud  3 роки тому +564

    What do you want in upcoming videos?! 👇🏻

    • @andrewdurso7909
      @andrewdurso7909 3 роки тому +26

      Some Victor Wooten would be awesome! also love your videos! Youre the best!

    • @-Bishop-
      @-Bishop- 3 роки тому +28

      Full cover of "The Lesson" By Victor Wooten.

    • @cartermann7562
      @cartermann7562 3 роки тому +5

      Idk buy a ukulele bass that would be cool

    • @59thfsaviation79
      @59thfsaviation79 3 роки тому +25

      I want a longer version of the ultimate bassline in the Davie504 challenge. Please expand on that. It's epic.

    • @TylerS9812
      @TylerS9812 3 роки тому +14

      A solo with every single note possible in it

  • @reepicheepsfriend
    @reepicheepsfriend 3 роки тому +368

    Charles supporting Twoset while they are on break is so wholesome 🥺

  • @nickaguilera4839
    @nickaguilera4839 3 роки тому +750

    As a bass player, damn all respect goes to Charles. This dude can do some unbelievable stuff on bass.

    • @sys-out
      @sys-out 3 роки тому +4

      I wonder how this would sound like with A BIT MORE OVERDRIVE 😁

    • @damage0311
      @damage0311 3 роки тому +1

      isn't the last piece easier to play on the bass than it is on the violin?

    • @velkoivanov9155
      @velkoivanov9155 3 роки тому +7

      @@damage0311 It's the other way around - the pieces before that were easier on bass because tapping, but the last one uses a specific bow technique on the violin that's just not available on bass and tapping with that speed that Charles just did is damn near inhuman

    • @gregoirepainchaud
      @gregoirepainchaud 3 роки тому +3

      @@velkoivanov9155 as a (good) violinist and (not so good) bassist myself, I totally agree. The bow gives you a net advantage in speed, with good hand/wrist technique, it will bounce almost naturally across the strings very very rapidly, you just have to form the right chords and you're all set. That being said, that piece looks out of my reach anyways, there's much more to it than what I just said. That was insanely difficult to finger tap it and it shows as Charles just can't quite keep up in speed vs the violinist here. But you know what? The violinist was showing of a bit here, as I think that Charles's version was a tad cleaner. Go figure... 🤷🏻‍♂️🤣

    • @TomPriceism
      @TomPriceism 3 роки тому +1

      @@gregoirepainchaud Charles version was definitely cleaner, but I do think it would be easier on bass than it is on violin. The frets give you a massive intonation advantage. I don’t think a bow gives an advantage in terms of overall speed either, the additional points of contact of having all 8 fingers tapping gives you much better economy of motion.

  • @SkunkworksProps
    @SkunkworksProps 3 роки тому +284

    The chaconne is difficult for reasons other than speed and tricky fingering. For a start it's 17 minutes long, it combines really intense passages with very delicate ones, lots of chording (on a fretless instrument that can literally only play two notes at once) and tons of emotion. Kudos on God Save The King though.
    I can also recommend Tartini's Devils Trill (with the Kreisler cadenza) and Ernst's Der Erlkonig as being pretty damn difficult.

    • @phillywibisono8801
      @phillywibisono8801 3 роки тому +3

      Yes for Erlkönig! It is very hard and intense.

    • @MrLuridan
      @MrLuridan 3 роки тому

      Yes indeed. Totally agree. Not just notes

    • @andreyv116
      @andreyv116 3 роки тому

      Devil's trill has some awkward intervals and the kreisler cadenza reminds me of caprice 6. Tapping makes the left awkwardness somewhat easier, though

    • @irokosalei5133
      @irokosalei5133 Рік тому +2

      Also, the bow requires control over the note for the whole time. (which allows more possibilities of expression)

    • @victotronics
      @victotronics Рік тому +4

      Right, the problem on the violin with all that chording is not a problem on the bass. But here's the kicker: Those Are Not Chords! It's 4 voice polyphony. Charles should have played it with 4 legato lines. Can he do indpendent polyphonic lines on a bass? Now there's a challenge.

  • @gshenaut
    @gshenaut 3 роки тому +531

    It seems to me that most of those violin pieces were hard because of all of the string crossing with the bow. It would be particularly interesting to see those same pieces played on the bass using only a pick.

    • @SToXC_.
      @SToXC_. 3 роки тому +53

      the bass version of that piece is like less than 1/5 the difficulty, if you compare it to a violinist who just taps the notes he has to play, with his only 1 hand, is already like twice as hard as bass version because: its 1 hand not 2, you have to be accurate asf.

    • @SToXC_.
      @SToXC_. 3 роки тому +26

      then you add all the bowing which makes it just superhuman level .

    • @a3393962
      @a3393962 3 роки тому +29

      The difficulty is how u play the phrase, not just playing right notes.

    • @fabiog801
      @fabiog801 3 роки тому +8

      Yeah, also tapping is cheating and sounds lame. Anyway, all this stuff sounds horrible on bass, like it takes away all the magic. And the metal stuff it is ridicoulous

    • @alienpoker
      @alienpoker 3 роки тому +27

      This. Just because it’s insanely hard on violin doesn’t mean it’s that hard tapping it out on bass. But respect to Charles for even trying.

  • @jcopeman
    @jcopeman 3 роки тому +236

    Truly awesome, my wife has now accepted the bass as a genuine musical instrument, which means I might be able to get it out of the office! It was the Paganini that finally convinced her!

    • @NealVan
      @NealVan 3 роки тому +19

      Bassists might not typically get the proper respect, but we do get the best women. Best wishes to you and your family!

    • @rumpledxkn
      @rumpledxkn 3 роки тому +3

      But you gotta put piccolo strings on it and then..... is it really even a bass anymore?

    • @piyushsharma3991
      @piyushsharma3991 3 роки тому +1

      @@rumpledxkn just look up Charles's solo he made for fiance with normal bass strings

    • @oliverholland7236
      @oliverholland7236 3 роки тому +1

      I'm surprised your agreed to marry someone that doesn't believe its a 'real instrument'

    • @jcopeman
      @jcopeman 3 роки тому

      @@oliverholland7236 something about it being more percussion than musical!

  • @JoolsGuitar
    @JoolsGuitar 3 роки тому +157

    "I'm feeling pretty metal today"
    -me, waking up in the morning

  • @thomaslim5216
    @thomaslim5216 2 роки тому +71

    One thing I want to point out with complete respect intended, is that in theory some of these pieces can be made EASIER on the bass. It is still incredibly difficult but Charles has an extra set of fingers to pick or tap on notes that might be a little hard to make shapes for with just his left hand. Frets also allow for less precise intonation to be landed while still producing the same note. The violin has a way smaller range of distance to create a half or whole step where there are no frets, meaning the slightest misplacement is represented with a sharp or flat note. Again, this is not to take away ANYTHING from the difficulty of the bass or Charles incredible talent, as a violinist of 14 years myself I just wanted to provide a little more insight as to why these pieces are considered the most difficult on the violin and not on the bass.

    • @botezsimp5808
      @botezsimp5808 Рік тому

      Huh

    • @torontodough2755
      @torontodough2755 Рік тому +4

      of course its just an interpretation. Violin version is way harder

    • @mrknarf4438
      @mrknarf4438 Рік тому +4

      Yeah, he's not claiming he's better than any violin player: it was just a fun challenge, and it was nice hearing them in a different way from the usual. They're still incredibly challenging pieces that only someone with Charles' level of mastery of tapping on bass (a rare skill) could have executed so well.

    • @WaldorfStatler
      @WaldorfStatler 6 місяців тому

      But basstrings are a bit heavier…😎💙

  • @juliansindall5079
    @juliansindall5079 2 роки тому +34

    I once watched a bass player use a delay pedal to play chords at one end of the fretboard, then improvised tune at the other over the chords he'd just played. Then of course the tune he'd just played repeated shortly after for him to play new chords against the tune he'd just played. As he developed the piece, the chords moved toward the other end of the fretboard while the tune moved the opposite way. As an improvised solo while the lead guitarist fixed his broken string, it was awesome, and that in a tiny working men's club venue in Birmingham, UK. I'd love to see what you could do with that idea.

  • @faded1to3black
    @faded1to3black 3 роки тому +276

    You know, I've seen you play some absolutely amazing stuff, and you get tongue in cheek about a song being hard, but then you nail it anyway. I'm curious if there are any pieces of music that really are your kryptonite. A song or movement you just haven't been able to figure out. Or that really made you rage, or tested your limits to the point where you're about to (or did) just give up.
    I'd really like to see a video where you talk about the hardest things you've overcome, or haven't overcome, in your bass playing.

    • @fromundaman
      @fromundaman 3 роки тому +27

      Seconded. This would be very cool to see/hear.

    • @CharlesBerthoud
      @CharlesBerthoud  3 роки тому +188

      That could be fun. Funny you bring it up now actually because God Save The King did give me a very hard time before I finally got it 😂

    • @jimmyb.5356
      @jimmyb.5356 3 роки тому +20

      @@CharlesBerthoud do a deconstruction of the piece and show which movements kicked your ass.. (probably the entire damn piece LOL) but seriously amazing talent my man!

    • @PedroClavel
      @PedroClavel 3 роки тому +23

      Easy, Smoke in the water

    • @xMTLKx
      @xMTLKx 3 роки тому +4

      @@CharlesBerthoud can you play We Will Rock You ?

  • @stevierv22
    @stevierv22 3 роки тому +142

    Let's hope Brett sees this and it makes him feel well again :)

    • @ajchandra7735
      @ajchandra7735 3 роки тому +12

      let’s hope they notice Charles’ existence first :’)

    • @ricsouza5011
      @ricsouza5011 3 роки тому +4

      @@ajchandra7735 oooo the burn

    • @ajchandra7735
      @ajchandra7735 3 роки тому +7

      @@ricsouza5011 Lol it wasn’t meant to be a roast, but really though it will be interesting to see them collab.

    • @johjoh9270
      @johjoh9270 3 роки тому +4

      well he just got better as you probably know, so I guess it worked! I really want to see a collab with Charles tbh, Charles is like a Ray Chen of bass after all

    • @stevierv22
      @stevierv22 3 роки тому +1

      @@johjoh9270 Yes i saw that. I hope they reach out to eachother and collab. I believe they can create something really cool :)

  • @leonhgmn
    @leonhgmn 3 роки тому +236

    Charles: Plays one of the most difficult pieces of music ever written
    Also Charles: Ends it with a frickin' Power Chord

    • @kaigainiki9156
      @kaigainiki9156 3 роки тому +4

      Lmaooo

    • @waltjiang7687
      @waltjiang7687 3 роки тому +8

      that power chord actually sounds really really fantastic

    • @ray45989
      @ray45989 2 роки тому +1

      Normally guitarists do those Power Chords right?

    • @divisix024
      @divisix024 Рік тому

      That part reminds me of that one Christmas song

  • @jeffreyalcaraz2405
    @jeffreyalcaraz2405 3 роки тому +45

    As a violinist, this was pretty awesome seeing your take! Everyone should take a look that last song played on the violin it’s freaking insane

    • @emperror85
      @emperror85 Рік тому

      My reaction to the violin version: "I knew Paganini was a crazy ass sadist, but HOLY FUCK!"

    • @annaalva2320
      @annaalva2320 7 місяців тому

      😂

  • @Yellow-dx8uk
    @Yellow-dx8uk 3 роки тому +334

    Ling Ling will watch your career with much interest

    • @JesterOfDestiny
      @JesterOfDestiny 3 роки тому +8

      Plot twist: Charles IS Ling Ling

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 3 роки тому +2

      Ling Ling? Paganini? A bass virtuoso craves not for those things.

    • @Yellow-dx8uk
      @Yellow-dx8uk 3 роки тому +3

      U.V. S. True we need a bass equivalent to ling ling but charles is literally the best bass player on UA-cam lol

    • @nemisisarcher8213
      @nemisisarcher8213 3 роки тому +1

      I thought of the Pikachu knockoff character from the show Drawn together lol

    • @digitalabilia
      @digitalabilia 3 роки тому

      Ling Ling believes that playing hard things on violin will bring them grrrrrrls!!!!!

  • @HofTheStage
    @HofTheStage 3 роки тому +351

    3:34 hahahahhah, this is everything!

  • @abelpalmer552
    @abelpalmer552 3 роки тому +44

    When someone says winter is the hardest violin piece

    • @user-zu3il2rr5t
      @user-zu3il2rr5t 3 роки тому +3

      do you mean when someone says summer is the hardest violin piece

    • @MartinMichiels
      @MartinMichiels 2 роки тому +3

      It's because it's coming

  • @wookie-zh7go
    @wookie-zh7go 3 роки тому +10

    Charles: taps guy on shoulder
    Guy: hums flight of the bumble bee

  • @flutechannel
    @flutechannel 3 роки тому +804

    Ya did it. Now some of the hardest flute pieces.
    Cassandras Dream song
    Thats it. be prepared
    Your welcome to the challenge
    sincerely
    lung lung

    • @strangelaw6384
      @strangelaw6384 3 роки тому +49

      lol lung lung

    • @hesperides12
      @hesperides12 3 роки тому +26

      *lunglung*
      now that's celver. u got urself a faithful subscriber

    • @karnika2404
      @karnika2404 3 роки тому +6

      Lunglung lolol

    • @WASEE627
      @WASEE627 3 роки тому +32

      How lung did you wait to make that pun?

    • @strangelaw6384
      @strangelaw6384 3 роки тому +9

      @@WASEE627 who nose lol

  • @tappiocah
    @tappiocah 3 роки тому +817

    Plot twist: He is the best violinist ever, he’s just faking it.

    • @Kbax3614
      @Kbax3614 3 роки тому +16

      He is Ling Ling

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 3 роки тому +14

      @@Kbax3614 Pagalingling!

    • @steve303yt9
      @steve303yt9 3 роки тому

      Plot twist: who the fuck are you to say that and who are you

    • @carlosg8108
      @carlosg8108 3 роки тому +2

      At this point I wouldn't be surprised tbh.

    • @MikhalisBramouell
      @MikhalisBramouell 3 роки тому +7

      When you wanted to play piano but your parents bought you a bass instead...

  • @dmwalker24
    @dmwalker24 3 роки тому +24

    Playing the Chaconne on bass is an instant sub. Would love to hear some of the variations from Paganiniana or maybe a bass version of Der Erlkönig.

  • @thedawntrader1613
    @thedawntrader1613 Рік тому +3

    Are non-musicians even able to comprehend what this guy is doing here? This is outstanding, just on a completely different level. Thank you Charles!

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 3 роки тому +49

    At some point, you'll just nail musical pieces of every instrument! Always a blast to tune in!

    • @CharlesBerthoud
      @CharlesBerthoud  3 роки тому +10

      Thanks!

    • @RC32Smiths01
      @RC32Smiths01 3 роки тому

      @@CharlesBerthoud My pleasure!

    • @Sublimeoo
      @Sublimeoo 3 роки тому +1

      @@CharlesBerthoud play every instrument of a full orchestral piece all on bass XD

  • @matthewalexander8752
    @matthewalexander8752 2 роки тому +3

    Charles- You are approaching ‘virtuoso’ capability! Keep going! - I love your open mindedness with disregard for musical genres! Well done!!

  • @edreynolds3745
    @edreynolds3745 2 роки тому +2

    So much fun and joy. Thank you, and I wish for your world-wide success. .... and; the continuiaton of your uplifting musical ( and otherwise) humor.

  • @mitch84Bass
    @mitch84Bass 3 роки тому +19

    Ok the last one was really insane, I thought he was going to play it using classic sweeping technique, then he used tapping. I don't think there's something in this world he can't play. Really he has established new standards of bass playing.

  • @martinjoyce4860
    @martinjoyce4860 3 роки тому +56

    Here's a challenge: you can tap with both hands on one bass; but can you tap on two basses with one hand on each simultaneously?

  • @Guitube99
    @Guitube99 2 роки тому

    Wow Charles, you do not cease to amaze me.

  • @georgeofthehut9398
    @georgeofthehut9398 2 роки тому +1

    Every one of your videos is just astonishing. Brilliant. You're the best

  • @ChazShinRa
    @ChazShinRa 3 роки тому +15

    You know it's next level when the big man himself says "this might actually be impossible".

  • @jonnyz37gjbm
    @jonnyz37gjbm 3 роки тому +28

    “You must study the Chaconne all your life, but you must not play it in public until you are 50, because it is very, very deep.”

    • @MrLuridan
      @MrLuridan 3 роки тому

      The Chaconne is more than just the notes.

    • @damshek
      @damshek 3 роки тому

      I play the chaconne on the violin a couple of times a week. It's been about a decade since I've been able to do the notes, and I still get new musical ideas about playing it almost every time I play it.
      Every chord and every melodic line could be interpreted ten different ways. The notation is incredibly precise, almost pedantic, and yet simultaneously completely open to interpretation. I don't know how Bach did it.
      The level of musical complexity the violin is expected to carry in this piece is above and beyond anything else that I know of in the violin repertoire. It might just be, "pound per pound", if you take into account the limitations of the instrument and what is being squeezed of of it, the most complex music ever written.

    • @ConanQT
      @ConanQT 3 роки тому

      When he played it metal I screamed

  • @jollkki4317
    @jollkki4317 3 роки тому +1

    This is incredible! And the bass sounds so sparkly!

  • @droberts7859
    @droberts7859 2 роки тому

    You always make me smile!

  • @diozeel
    @diozeel 3 роки тому +5

    The crazy fast parts and the sound they brought out made me think of Tosin. Awesome work!

  • @user-yi1vt1mu6q
    @user-yi1vt1mu6q 3 роки тому +8

    Honestly the way you played last piece was godly

  • @pmgrodrigues
    @pmgrodrigues 3 роки тому

    Great content as always

  • @andreyofdoom
    @andreyofdoom 3 роки тому

    Incredible work!!

  • @markusszelbracikowski956
    @markusszelbracikowski956 3 роки тому +58

    Most of these are hard for the violin because of the technique and instrument limitations. On bass it all sounds standard heavy metal stuff \m/

    • @codenametohru3032
      @codenametohru3032 3 роки тому +1

      no, it's all sounds amazing

    • @andrewchyu2892
      @andrewchyu2892 2 роки тому +5

      @@codenametohru3032 wdym, what makes a piece hard is 25% interpretation, 50% Technique, 25% notes.

    • @fistfullamullah
      @fistfullamullah 2 роки тому +6

      Nothing “standard” about that!
      Holy hell!
      Find another bass player that can play this!!
      You’ll find multiple violinists that can play it, but not bass players!

    • @lolololo-cx4dp
      @lolololo-cx4dp 2 роки тому

      Bro all of this piece are million time easier on electric bass.

  • @robertwellsrawbass1249
    @robertwellsrawbass1249 3 роки тому +6

    Love when you break out the six string, violin pieces to bass metal, a theme I always love to see in your videos great job charles!

  • @zoltomar4759
    @zoltomar4759 Рік тому +1

    You tapped it… Im still happy to hear interpretations of the pieces. Thanks for giving it a go.

  • @Michael_Zaswet
    @Michael_Zaswet 3 роки тому +4

    Дорогой Чарльз! Прости, что пишу по-русски; надеюсь, это не будет проблемой (ведь ты переводишь даже языки разных музыкальных инструментов). Ты невероятно талантлив, но - и это важнее - потрясающе трудолюбив! Спасибо тебе за чистоту твоих видео! Сколько в тебе достоинства! Да благословит тебя Бог!!!

  • @y2ksw1
    @y2ksw1 3 роки тому +21

    Paganini wasn't about speed, but expression. He was also competitive, but that's another story.

  • @xtop23
    @xtop23 3 роки тому

    that was sick charles nice work dood.

  • @BilamanaJika
    @BilamanaJika 3 роки тому

    Dude!! Your arrangements are so Beautiful!!!

  • @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia
    @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia 3 роки тому +177

    To those commenting that the last violin piece was not pleasant to listen to :
    *Paganini's pieces were not written to sound beautiful*
    Paganini was an absolute God at the violin, to the point that people thought he got his virtuosity from a deal with the Devil.
    But he was a total show-off. He had Marfan Syndrome, which means that he had an exceptional flexibility in his hands and fingers. He composed things that only he was able to play (at that time, anyway), just to show how exceptional and awesome he was. Which is why he focused much more on technicality than musicality.
    The result is that his compositions are absolute hell. They are extremely difficult and it's very impressive to see someone managing to actually play them, it means countless years of practice and an exceptional talent.
    BUT... well, these pieces are usually not really pleasing to the hears. That's not what they were composed for. Even when the best, world-class soloists play them, it's more a display of technicality. You don't close your eyes, thinking "Hmm, that's beautiful..." like you would do with Tchaikovsky or Mahler. You just have your eyes, mouth, everything open, and wonder how on earth this person can move his/her fingers that fast, use his/her bow with so much precision, play so in tune, and switch effortlessly between totally awful hand positions.
    That being said, we can still thank Paganini because he was a very imaginative composer. The timbre of the violin was greatly expanded as a result of his works, he really left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique.
    (And he still wrote a few pieces that are actually enjoyable to listen to. 😄)

    • @SToXC_.
      @SToXC_. 3 роки тому +1

      no, its bad to listen to because on bass it sucks, its just tap notes the notes with 0 dynamics, and its easier too, its basically like if you remove the bow difficulty to a violinist, and remember the fact he is pressing all the notes with only 1 hand, not forgetting about difficulty of being in tune.

    • @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia
      @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia 3 роки тому +19

      @@SToXC_.
      I think you misunderstood my comment. I was answering to the fact that it didn't sound amazing _on violin_ , the instrument it was written for. It doesn't help that, to me, there are much better recordings than the one showed in the video (but they're probably copyrighted), and that, out of the 6 minutes the piece lasts, the chosen extract isn't exactly the most beautiful part, melodically speaking...
      I dont know much about bass, but I'm pretty sure that this piece is extremely hard to play on it, just not for the same reasons that it is on violin. Charles is a very accomplished player, and yet he commented that it was one of the hardest piece he ever had to play on bass and that he had to practice a lot for this video.
      Paganini is obviously just hell for all instruments on earth ! 😅
      Anyway, I'm not here to start a war and say that one instrument is better / easier than the other. As I said elsewhere in this comment section, as long as everybody finds what suits him/her among all the genres that exist today, everything is fine.
      As far as I'm concerned, I very much enjoyed the video, I love the concept of trying to play pieces from other instruments' repertoire. 😊

    • @SToXC_.
      @SToXC_. 3 роки тому +1

      @@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia I never said bass is easier than violin, i said that THIS piece, containing EVERY SINGLE EXISTING thing you can do on violin at the same time + super fast notes, is a tons harder than played on electric bass, where everything's left is just fast notes, use a fretless acoustic bass, so that, like violinists, you have only 1 hand to press notes and with the other you "play" them, adding dynamics too, and Maybe it's not that much easier than violin.
      He is surely an amazing bass player, but first of all he is a youtuber, there are tons way more skilled bass players, just because he is a lot popular doesnt mean he is almost at the top. all he said and did in the video was for entertainment purposes only, he knows it better than you and me how fucking easy that piece on electric bass with 2 hands tapping was compared to playing it on violin.

    • @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia
      @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia 3 роки тому +22

      @@SToXC_.
      Look, I read the comments you wrote in other threads. You seem to be in a crusade of some sort, and, in case you don't realize it, you sound really aggressive.
      I'm not interested in engaging in a debate with you, so I'm just gonna wish you a good day / night.

    • @SToXC_.
      @SToXC_. 3 роки тому

      @@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia typical bullshit ppl who cant hold an argument say, gg dude u op 400 iq

  • @TetsuoKrampus
    @TetsuoKrampus 3 роки тому +46

    The tilting of the bow is what makes violin more difficult to play. Edit; After reading replies I realize that saying “more difficult” wasn’t accurate. I should have said that “ In my opinion, it is more difficult FOR ME to use a bow at those speeds and accuracy than to tap the same notes even with the two handed technique. Chuck is a boss.

    • @angrytedtalks
      @angrytedtalks 3 роки тому +3

      Ahhh. A twoset fan...

    • @TetsuoKrampus
      @TetsuoKrampus 3 роки тому +13

      @@angrytedtalks Never heard of them until Davie propped them up. I’m just a musician who understands the complexities of different instruments. However, yes, I am now a fan.

    • @angrytedtalks
      @angrytedtalks 3 роки тому +9

      @@TetsuoKrampus I played violin as a child, UA-cam recommended TwoSet out of the blue, like Davie504. I like both channels, but Charles is a brilliant hybrid being classically trained and a virtuoso maestro on bass.

    • @janheikel7751
      @janheikel7751 3 роки тому +2

      Every single instrument takes more than a lifetime to learn. Since no one has ever got to the end of learning any instrument it really can't be said which is more difficult.

    • @lwhang
      @lwhang 3 роки тому

      @@angrytedtalks so did charles play the violin song correctly?

  • @rossfletcher4362
    @rossfletcher4362 2 роки тому

    Fantastic Charles, I love violin and bass, so well done, thanks!

  • @didaho142
    @didaho142 2 роки тому

    Awesome, absolutly incredible!

  • @laorden_tropical4473
    @laorden_tropical4473 3 роки тому +11

    Davie: i'm gona play other instruments
    Charls: i'm gona play the hardests pices of other instruments on bass

  • @quijibo1198
    @quijibo1198 3 роки тому +22

    Me: is a mediocre violinist
    Violin tacher: gives me Preludium and allegro to learn
    Preludium and allegro: gets featured as one of the hardest pieces
    Me: *cries*

    • @ffwrude
      @ffwrude 3 роки тому +2

      @Guav Caesar Bartok... i saw my aunt who is a professional pianist practice some bartok (don't know the name) and it was crazy, crossed and upper hands at a speed that was... demonic. And she was practicing this for months....

    • @SToXC_.
      @SToXC_. 3 роки тому

      then you realize preludium and allegro arent pieces, but just sections' nomenclatures for dpm....

    • @lenaya6609
      @lenaya6609 2 роки тому +1

      I would feel very proud if my teacher gave me something hard to learn. It probably means they think very highly of you if they think you can learn to play that. :)

  • @TheKinderdoc
    @TheKinderdoc 2 роки тому

    Your playing looks so effortless!

  • @ashleysubban4958
    @ashleysubban4958 2 роки тому

    Outta this World Charles....just luving it ..👌🖒

  • @samuelescobar4008
    @samuelescobar4008 3 роки тому +71

    I guess God save the king is harder because of the construction of the violin, btw, i have to say i preffer your version, something hard that sounds pretty cool :)

    • @Baumscheibenkunst
      @Baumscheibenkunst 3 роки тому +9

      It doesn't really sound good on the violin, much nicer on bass.

    • @the_bassiah
      @the_bassiah 3 роки тому +7

      Yeah for sure, difficulty of instruments often doesn't translate perfectly!

    • @leftaroundabout
      @leftaroundabout 3 роки тому +12

      I mean, some of Paganini's pieces are not so much music as extreme sports. That piece is near-impossibly difficult on both violin and on bass, though what exactly makes it so difficult is different between the instruments.

    • @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia
      @MissTwoSetEncyclopedia 3 роки тому +10

      The thing is that Paganini's pieces were not written to sound beautiful.
      Paganini was an absolute God at the violin, to the point that people thought he got his virtuosity from a deal with the Devil.
      But he was a total show-off. He had Marfan Syndrome, which means that he had an exceptional flexibility in his hands and fingers. He composed things that only he was able to play (at that time, anyway), just to show how awesome he was. Which is why he focused much more on technicality than musicality.
      The result is that his compositions are absolute hell to play. They are extremely difficult and it's very impressive to see someone managing to actually play them, it means countless years of practice and an exceptional talent.
      BUT... well, these pieces are usually not really pleasing to the hears. That's not what they were composed for. Even when the best, world-class soloists play them, it's more a display of technicality. You don't close your eyes, thinking "Hmm, that's beautiful..." like you would do with Tchaikovsky or Mahler. You just have your eyes, mouth, everything open, and wonder how on earth this person can move his/her fingers that fast, play so in tune, and switch effortlessly between totally awful hand positions.
      That being said, we can still thank Paganini because he was a very imaginative composer. The timbre of the violin was greatly expanded as a result of his works, he really left his mark as one of the pillars of modern violin technique.
      (And he still wrote a few pieces that are actually enjoyable to listen to. 😄)
      (And yes, I copy pasted this commented, I was feeling lazy...)

    • @piyushsharma3991
      @piyushsharma3991 3 роки тому +2

      @@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia which Sane person will not copy paste an essay tho.

  • @zrevan4262
    @zrevan4262 3 роки тому +3

    classical music is where the rage started, musically I mean! ^^
    and I do love neo classical metal or so the genre is called.
    your are really good at the whole BASS thing! :D

  • @ErFoxy71
    @ErFoxy71 3 роки тому

    Incredible mate!

  • @svenbohlin6017
    @svenbohlin6017 3 роки тому

    Hey Charles! It's always so much fun to watch and hear your amazing videos that you post. You are so amazingly talented and it is really inspiring to follow your videos. Thanks a lot and take care in these times! :-)

  • @TheMotormaiden666
    @TheMotormaiden666 3 роки тому +49

    Greetings from Canada, *Rings of Saturn has entered the chat*

  • @aSongScout
    @aSongScout 3 роки тому +56

    that was some good shit

  • @zacharyessey5904
    @zacharyessey5904 3 роки тому +1

    I love how you always challenge yourself and constantly work on your technique.

  • @Mr3DBob
    @Mr3DBob Рік тому

    Man, you are simply amazing! Your musical skill is beyond my ability to hear, much less comprehend, but I enjoy the challenge of listening.

  • @perhvarnes
    @perhvarnes 3 роки тому +13

    Challenge: play the hardest DRUM solo ever performed. On BASS, of course.

  • @tonyg_fgc8152
    @tonyg_fgc8152 3 роки тому +4

    Of course there is much more difficulty to playing those pieces on the violin because of its anatomy and the techniques you have to use to add specific properties to the sound. Regardless, Charles you played it perfectly on bass, a really amazing job

  • @nathanaelstephens1222
    @nathanaelstephens1222 3 роки тому +1

    Oh wow! I love the sound of these classical pieces on a base!

  • @EShiv42
    @EShiv42 3 роки тому

    Charles i got a bass for christmas and im learning to play now because of your videos!!! thank you so much!!!

  • @maduross
    @maduross 3 роки тому +4

    It’s that right hand bowing technique that really adds another layer of pain on violin..ptsd intensifies

  • @Tommy71998
    @Tommy71998 2 роки тому +3

    I think it's safe to say master Charles is the greatest bassist I have ever witnessed.

  • @achaille9110
    @achaille9110 2 роки тому

    Nuts!!!!!!
    Dude, when I saw the vid of you playing the Schecter 12, I flipped.
    But, these violin pieces are on another level.
    Thanks for rocking it!

  • @ronaldrobles8282
    @ronaldrobles8282 2 роки тому

    Brilliant 👍😀 playing.. God bless you Charles

  • @joermnyc
    @joermnyc 3 роки тому +10

    Okay, that sounds like Eddie Van Halen playing God Save the King/Queen.

  • @Dr_Rwede
    @Dr_Rwede 3 роки тому +13

    Charles playing some "Neo"Classical "Metal" is the best thing that happened to me this week. Bless you, kind man.
    EDIT : I was expecting the Erlkönig, but hearing God save the King is faitr enough, considering how tremendously insane this piece is. And I'm a former violonist x)

    • @rizzyboyy
      @rizzyboyy 3 роки тому +1

      I still wpjld like to hear the erlkönig!

  • @HUGITOMIX
    @HUGITOMIX Рік тому

    Well done!!! 🙌👏👏👏

  • @1977Superlead
    @1977Superlead 2 роки тому

    speechless....well done CB

  • @papy_yep
    @papy_yep 3 роки тому +4

    I wouldn't mind more of that metal Bach chaconne, it's really beautiful :)

  • @Vasharan
    @Vasharan 3 роки тому +6

    TwoSet: God Save The King
    Charles: I have never heard of this song, this must be one of those new 'meme musics' I keep hearing about.

    • @illogicmath
      @illogicmath 3 роки тому +3

      Haha
      Probably he never heard God Save The King because he only heard God Save The Queen

  • @teresaramos1719
    @teresaramos1719 3 роки тому +1

    " Classical Gas" by Mason Williams. A classic. .know you will do it justice.

  • @TheMrKolito
    @TheMrKolito Рік тому

    Sos una bestia Charles!! Yo no puedo creer el nivel que tenés!! Me sorprendo en cada video!! 👏👏💪💪💪

  • @channelname9048
    @channelname9048 3 роки тому +3

    "Let's see if we can do a metal version of this section"
    Uses clean sound

  • @jacobtapianieto9655
    @jacobtapianieto9655 3 роки тому +7

    I am a violinist and play a little bit of bass (with a pick). I learnt it autodidactically and now my goal is to learn slap and tap. All my respect for you, Charles!

    • @Kyrelel
      @Kyrelel 3 роки тому +1

      Autodidactically !?
      FFS, man. Never use a long word where a diminutive one will do.

  • @coreyburton8
    @coreyburton8 3 роки тому

    first of all, that was awesome! secondly wow!! you played it perfectly man

  • @lukegracey7928
    @lukegracey7928 2 роки тому

    I love your scale work. True prodigy.

  • @MrNikolidas
    @MrNikolidas 3 роки тому +7

    Baroque sounds metal? No, my friend. Metal sounds baroque. That's why I like it.

  • @longjohnlannister9222
    @longjohnlannister9222 3 роки тому +4

    We need a full cover of all the god save the king variations!

  • @Andre83925
    @Andre83925 10 місяців тому

    You never disappoint me! You are insane!

  • @jeffmayer5019
    @jeffmayer5019 3 роки тому

    Classical to metal is my all-time favorite. You nail it every time.

  • @lionelroy4323
    @lionelroy4323 2 роки тому

    you're an absolutely incredible musician on your bass and love hearing you play. you could say you're a string Sensei.

  • @georgewodicka4839
    @georgewodicka4839 3 роки тому +7

    You're toying with us, Charles. You could make a cowbell song sound like Mozart on bass...😉

  • @arnelmar
    @arnelmar 3 роки тому +14

    Davie504: Okay imma make my next vid funnier than usual

  • @MattAlexan
    @MattAlexan 2 роки тому

    Charles- That was exceptional and absolutely BRILLIANT….!!!!

  • @lefraggle
    @lefraggle 3 роки тому

    So now you did ti! you demonstrated that emotions really above technich. thank

  • @NealVan
    @NealVan 3 роки тому +7

    Oh, and to not get you to think I’m a ‘lame fan boy’. As amazing as your playing is. You have the luxury of not having to do all the extremely difficult and manic bowing Paganini did himself and wrote into his pieces. The Devil’s Violinist is a movie everyone enjoying your musical ability should watch. The lead actor IS a real violinist and incredibly talented. Gives me and idea...in the movie he break all but the low G string (no pun intended LOL) and yet still plays the rest of his piece using that one string. How about giving that a listen and see if it’s a challenge worth your time?

  • @victormontielpiano
    @victormontielpiano 3 роки тому +4

    Bach's Chaconne is one of the best music ever written in human history :,) it is just majestic. I also recommend the arrangement for piano by Busoni :)

  • @lordfrozen6088
    @lordfrozen6088 3 роки тому

    penso che tu sei uno dei bassisti più forti che io ho visto , grande!!!!!

  • @voodoobooty4645
    @voodoobooty4645 3 роки тому

    I liked this a lot!

  • @TheSackese
    @TheSackese 2 роки тому +4

    Question: When you tap, it is the amplifier that makes it sound good and loud, isn't it? Btw, I am jealous of your skills!

  • @Akametsuki
    @Akametsuki 3 роки тому +3

    That was insane. And you remembered all those notes and shapes to play. How long did it actually take you? I bet it was 40 hours. Much love to you and to TwoSet, i miss them. Get better soon Brett!

    • @chewingpiano
      @chewingpiano 3 роки тому

      Any musician will figure it out in 20 mins or less. The arpeggios have the same paterns, the same with other things. You only need to figure the chords out, and the rest is easy

    • @Akametsuki
      @Akametsuki 3 роки тому +1

      @@chewingpiano Then go do it! If you dont upload a video learning it in 20 minutes i will think you couldnt do it, screw Paganini, this is easy!

    • @chewingpiano
      @chewingpiano 3 роки тому

      @@Akametsuki He's my favorite bass player, along with Alejandra from the Mexican band The warning. They're both better than Davie504, but apparently you didn't get my point. I don't have recent videos but you can watch my old ones. I teach music, I was helping you out. And yes I can do it in less than 20 mins, actually 5 or less if you have perfect pitch like the doo. There's a lot of musicians like that on Twitch

    • @Akametsuki
      @Akametsuki 3 роки тому +2

      @@chewingpiano Nobody but you was comparing musicians. I was talking about this specific video with the Paganini piece. I wasnt asking for help, nor for you forcing your "knowledge" on me. Heck, my comment wasnt even directed at you. Still, if you can learn to play this in less than 5 minutes, good for you. I think you are the best you know at whatever it is you have formulated an opinion about. Cheers!

  • @MrSalvarion
    @MrSalvarion 2 роки тому

    You are above and beyond man..... Holy ****!! Freaking crazy.

  • @robespierrealmeidadossanto7229
    @robespierrealmeidadossanto7229 3 роки тому +1

    Great Charles. You is a monster bassist! 👊🏾🎸👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @JasonBhoy7
    @JasonBhoy7 3 роки тому +9

    the last song sounds like when I've fucked up a song but just keep playing and just roll with it anyway

  • @Markus_Heinonen
    @Markus_Heinonen 3 роки тому +11

    EPICO!! (ooops, wrong channel.)

  • @lawrencelimburger9160
    @lawrencelimburger9160 3 роки тому

    flippin AWESOME! GG!

  • @jameshem
    @jameshem 3 роки тому

    Such ability from all these musicians..really humbling to see.