Introducing the Baroque Double Bass
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Where did the double bass of today come from? Cecelia Bruggemeyer, OAE double bass player introduces its baroque ancestor.
Violone: literally ‘big viol’ ; a general term used to refer to baroque bass instruments of various sizes and tunings
Bass:
1. a general word for a non-specified bass instrument or bass line
2. shorthand for double bass
Double-bass (Eng.), Contrebasse (Fr.): a bass stringed instrument that sounds an octave lower than the written pitch
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This bass looks like the final boss after you defeat all other basses.
Omg🤦🏽♂️
Final bass
Dzaki Prakoso Ramadhan lol
Level one: Gamba
Level two: Violin
Level three: Busetto
BOSS: Baroque
You're forgetting the octabass!
Man, playing that bass must take a lot of guts.
Oh, because the strings are made of that, right?
no pun intended
I count 4
Catgut.
Peter Zelaya I believe it’s sheep’s guts now, but it used to be cat guts
Correct me if I’m wrong
That bass is older than my country lol
Compared to what? Russia? :D
Hhhh, you made my day...
Russian Federation is 26 y.o. and can buy a beer now.
My house is also older than your country.
"but our country is the best" nice one :D
I like this woman's attitude about her instrument, she's not trying to oversell what it is, but definitely appreciates it's essence
It's banged up appearance gives it a lot of character!
You're talking about the bass, right?
Its*
A Z 😂
@@AZ-xm2oq OH NO
@@AZ-xm2oq bruh
"The umami of continuo," - what a lovely phrase she uses at the end!
Definition?
scurry_away "The [meaty flavor] of [bass accompaniment (historically improvised) used in Baroque music]."
That's so weird that you have access to UA-cam but not Google.
I'm surprised she used a Japanese word! O_o Is the word umami used a lot in English too? I had no idea.
@@amj.composer
Not colloquially, but you hear foodies use it ... particularly on TV. At least in American English.
She's an amazing speaker, so interesting to listen to.
I wish she could have been my grade school music teacher. So easy to absorb her information.
"Storms, demons, magicians.... And Choruses." XD
Sounds like a Dio album.
@The Red Pill The U.S. was not a nation in 1630?
they're all in the same category
The Red Pill so killing people = great nation sure buddy
The wood of that bass looks as black as coffee, absolutely gorgeous. Every crack and imperfection on its surface is a little mark of history. Stunning to look at.
"The umami of continuo" will now forever be in my personal lexicon.
I am a bass singer and was always happier when there was sufficient bass accompaniment to float the voice. It is a lovely instrument that you are demonstrating. The reason for using the pointed patch was to keep from butting the grain up against because cross grain does not glue to easily, but a forty five degree or more pointed welds itself more securely into the old grain. That is why they use football shaped patches on plywood, but your instrument has seen the attentions of a more caring craftsman.
That is so interesting, thanks for sharing this. I am familiar with metal and leather, but not (yet) wood.
@@eviethorne2511 I really enjoyed your presentation. I wish i could sing in the chorus of your St. Matthew Passion. You obviously know and love your instrument and we need to wring out some composers to get them to address your idea of the treble end of your fingerboard and more solo compositions. A lot of baroque instruments have gotten new compositions lately because their sounds are so distinctive. When i was in Brian College Station, we had a lab technician in the choir who played Violone and it was an incredible richness playing with the organ.
It blows my mind that she playing music on 320+ year old instrument
And it probably cost as much as a decent family car.
I love when she say’s “ No Pun Intended, Sorry About That! “.
Moracha ! Who is say?
Idontgetthepunplsexplain
@@spikespiegel6587 she said bases when talking about a bass
Thanks for being so honest. I didn't get it either, & was just going to write a comment to say so. Then I saw it. "Since then (double) basses have been used in orchestras on a regular basis" Basses / basis.Hmm, hardly a pun there. No need to apologise..............
Bailey San Miguel lol
She makes me feel as if I know what she's talking about.
busara 45 theVillain Seems like the best way to teach
Just like the politicians do. (Do THEY know what they're talking about???!!!)
Those kind of people have always been the best teachers in my personal experience ♥️
1:15 "A whole f-...octave lower"
I see you fam, keeping it clean for the kids
I don't get it the reference (non musician here)
@@uditabhattacharya2824 lmao she almost said fucking but she just said ffff but then didnt say the word
You idiots, she did nothing of the sort.
Listen from 1:05, there's nothing wrong with what she said. Why did 136 people click that they like that comment? Did they not watch the video?
She was about to say "fifth," but realized she meant "octave." At no point was she inclined to curse.
I love the deep, warm richness of this instrument. Thanks for the video.
The most beautiful instrument I have ever seen. I played bass guitar for years, and I have always wanted a contrabass, but I can't afford one, and would have no way to transport, or store one. That exact instrument in this video is my absolute dream.
Watching these videos always brings a tear to my eye. It's so humbling to think of all the generations who heard this exact sound - perhaps even this exact instrument - and felt that dark, heavy power adding such depth to an orchestra.
I think the sound engineer on this video did a good job, but also that is a lovely sounding instrument and those strings sound amazing!
Some Baroque Basses even had 5 Strings & you know what they make 5 String Basses today. They've improved their setup to make them playable.
I like the tones of your Baroque Double Bass. I would love to see a come back of the older instruments. It would be quite interesting to have performances which included both old and new. I think the period we are living through right now would be open to some new arrangements and compositions. Keep an eye and ear open for Alma Deutscher, who is a fantastic composer of only 14 years of age / posted 4/5/2020
I could listen to that bass all day long! So warm and rich!
whats more black metal then bass strings the took the guts of perhaps hundreds of sheep to make
Well, it certainly is black. But metal only in spirit, I'd say
Ray Jennings
That’s not exactly true. Pound for pound sheep are less hunted for meat than deer, rabbit, moose, amongst other wild game, as well as from the Beef, Pork and chicken industry. Sheep isn’t really prolific at all, just your average supermarket lean meat. Frankly the only other reason they’re hunted is that their gut is just the right strength and stretch ability to be able to be wound into a proper string that basses like these can use.
@@topsecret1837 well, maybe the sheep aren't hunted as much as deer is because you don't hunt them...you just kill them
Imagine hardcore/death metal bands using this double bass on stage for a break down..
*than bass strings. Also, *what's, and * that took. And questions require a question mark at the end, you know?
The beggining of the mathew passion is beautiful, and the bass is very important indeed.
I'm a double bass player and I'm the only one in my seventh grade class and i really like your videos. They are so inspiring!
Keep it up Zoe, I started bass in middle School and it took me all the way through college. Few players means you can get a good scholarship.
I started in 7th grade too now I'm 24 still goin! Sometimes the simple orchestra parts can be discouraging, but it's a very rewarding instrument.
If you keep going it's worth it, I started in fifth grade and really found my stride when I learned to play jazz. It's work but fun in the end.
This is a wonderful video. I only wish it was 20 minutes long and included more playing.
I love the sound of gut. Reminds me of a Paul Chambers arco solo :)
I really appreciate the work this channel is doing in making these videos and getting proper people to talk about different themes. I hope you the best!
That bass should be called “The Silence of the Lambs” to commemorate how many sheep died for them gut strangs!!!
but they didn't die 'for the strings,' they died to be eaten, the people of 150+ years ago weren't nearly so wasteful as we are today: they used many parts of animals for things we now frequently use synthetically created materials to make.
@@frankzaffuto3670 Even now though, the guts of sheep slaughtered for food are not wasted. Rather, we eat them as well -- they are used for sausage casings. In fact, although I agree in general that we are very wasteful in many ways, this doesn't apply to the practices of modern abattoirs, where almost every part of an animal carcass gets used for something, even if it is -- in some cases -- only pet food. A lot of vegans would probably be horrified to discover how many of the products they use and depend on every day are derived from animal sources.
@@andreafalconiero9089 there's always gonna be people getting offended by any little thing, it's nothing new to this life
Although _silence_ is not well appt.
@@frankzaffuto3670 Reminds me of an over-used but applicable phrase, "such a first world problem" for these vegans...
It sounds SO BEAUTIFUL.
The low bass notes make me feel so relaxed, the timbre is just too good.
Love this. Love learning about early music and instruments
What a great channel. She's a walking encyclopedia of music and instruments. Thank you
that bass looks goth
ikr I love it
Incognito Burrito
It’s got tattoos? Hard to spot.
@@g0679 i dont get it
Loved the short bach excerpts at the end...brought back many good memories of choir days hehe ☺
I love when the bass' strings vibrate, it's a wonderful example of how vibrations create sound.
The basses with six strings are the lowest members of the viol family. There are two types: in G and in D, and they were tuned like a guitar, but the third string was detuned one semitone, if we compare them with the guitars.
I adore the way she looks in the thumbnail, framed in exquisite darkness like a musical enchantress.
Subscribed. Love the lady, the bass, the lesson and all the sheep of the field 'that were not harmed in the making of this episode.' Wonderful history lesson. Thank you!
WHAT LOVELY TONE!!!
What a gorgeous instrument! My brother gifted me with a beginner instrument. I loved it, being a lifetime cellist, but it wore me out plus I went on the road in an RV. Now I am on the road in USA with a carbon fiber ukulele. A great bass would have made all the difference!
Be well, and thank you!
Love this video. That bass feels amazing.
what"s up with the 11 thumbs down? I've been playing bass since 1959.I think this offering from Cecilia (the patron saint of musicians) is really good.
Paul Smith people are just salty that she has and can play a baroque double bass
It's not a vegan bass
probably vegetarians listening to the "whole hillside of sheep" spiel.
@@TallicaMan1986 that's where you're wrong buddy I can still appreciate a beautiful instrument
Jade ur wrong
I love your explanation. Are you a music teacher/ professor? I could listen to your lessons for hours. Your merging of history with musical demonstration and talent is truly refreshing. Thank you so much for sharing.
I was able to briefly talk to Ms. Bruggemeyer after a concert in Chicago 2 years ago (coincidentally, my last live concert pre-covid), and she was lovely! I remember commiserating about our shared love of pedal notes (I sing bass, so I'm very used to them haha)
Storms, demons, magicians...
Yep that's pretty much the way it sounds
Amen for Umami!!
Thank you very much, I learned a lot about this fine instrument.
"We use that inequality as an advantage and as a form of expression" brilliant on so many levels! 7:30
THANK YOU !!!! ... WONDERFUL EXPLANATION OF THE 'SOUND' ... and i liked the story about the sheep necessary for a single gut string ... a hillside of sheep ... one cant help but smile
There's a wonderful room for this . Bates Hall UT Texas !
Great presentation
Nice baroque drop D. Someday, I’d love to hear the baroque drop C.
Fantastic instrument! I would love sitting next to her during a Mass in B or Matthaus Passion performance
Beautiful sound, so rich and warm
If it ain't Baroque, don't fix it.
Listen to the video. She says Bar-rock.
Yeah that joke doesn't work in UK English
@17ll3 x214 the way they pronounce it is different, it's not wrong it just doesn't work for the joke
:D
I got the reference 🌚
I love the sound. It is unapologetically bold and full.
Cool. She's tuned drop D.
Negative, bottom string played open was A. A slightly nerdy fact: many of our modern extreme metal genres (death metal, core) use classical tunings.
At 1:10- she says "D, which is where my instrument stops..." while playing the open low string.
Some times she even drops it to a C. Baroque is metal as shit.
Bottom string was D, the next one higher was A.
And that's why I said drop D. DADG, I assume.
A lovely exposition. Very useful historical and technical details are included. Thank you so much.
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment You can also tune a Double Bass in Fifths via Pirastro Obligato Fifths Tuning Strings (Plus a High E for the 5 String Versions and eventually a Low F for the 6 String versions)
I can almost feel the vibrations while watching on youtube.
Love the color on that bass
So lovely way to talk and tell! Greatly respected!
One of the best overviews of this channel! Thank you❤️
Thank you.
Beautiful video.
Please make another with a solo.❤
Double Bass - double fun. Thank you for these interesting insights.
Thanks so much for sharing this Vital And Also Lovely Document.
What a lovely video, your enthusiasm is wonderful.
What never ceases to amaze me is that in music in General, those instruments that are less than perfect provide most of the character and give it more depth.
She's actually tuned a semitone lower than the notes she named, compared to A440.
Because back then the tuning was lower than today, i guess. I read something like that in Nikolaus Harnoncourt,s book ages ago.
Baroque instruments are tuned to 415 that's why
The violone, my favorite baroque instrument together with the baroque oboe. Thanks for such a wonderfully presented video!
Comparing the bass section of the baroque orchestra to umami is completely on point! I also always love it when listening the mentioned Bach oratorio and the bass section comes in.
Thank you Cecelia! That was delightful and educational. Some great insight into a beatuful instrument and it's history. Cheers!
I'd be scared of moving traveling with that instrument, it's so old it's part of history at this point.
I would love to learn music from this lady. I think she's cool.
Actually the 5 String Upright Bass can play one more note lower than C1 down to B0 & the Octobass (Octave below a Double Bass) goes 2 Octaves below a Cello at C0 which is a 32' Organ C. They make Pianos w/ 108 Keys from C0 to B8.
Thank you for the wonderful presentation!
9:44 "I'm a simple soul." Imma use that phrase for the rest of my life
shes so cool! could listen to her talk abt bass all day
I'm so baffled that I can see the strings vibrating in real time. That's cool!
It looks like a cello Tim Burton would own
CELLOOOO! It’s a bass! -Jack Black, School of Rock
Plz edit cello to double bass, bc it is a double bass
(It says it in the title lol)
@@cupid3890 notice I said "looks like". There are people that didn't know that a double bass exists, calm down.
@@question3613 umm, theres no need for me to calm down bc i wasnt like shouting it at u lmao.
@conclude ur a fool. Read.
It sounds quite nice and throwing a clear pitch.
What a Beautiful sound
Mathews passion is my favorite piece for viola da Gamba - really great pedal notes in that solo. Being a baseline junkie I expected to hear that viola line on your bass, I guess your examples like "while cello/tenor would do this" set up the thing for that. Just imagining this beautiful rich and full warm rumble of this instrument sounds good 👍
I love how we can see the strings vibrate! And also the umami comparison ♥️😂
Wonderful, thank you Cecelia!
Brilliant talk. Thank you!
Absolutely fascinating! And such a mellow voice thankyou for sharing your beautiful instrument x
Beautiful instrument and it has wonderful tone.
My headphones go down low and i felt it.
Thanks for the video really enjoyed it.
Excellent presentation!!! Wonderful.
Love the history and playing, would love to hear more!
gorgeous instrument. absolutely lush.
that gut string talk. precise and baller.
A form of Baroque double bass is still used as a folk musik instrument in Hungary and Transylvania. Many folk musicians prefer instruments with gut strings. The bow can either be a wooden homemade folk music bow or any other kind of bow, including a Baroque bow which was good for the music people had danced to. Transylvanian (both Hungarian and Romanian) folk music does have its roots in the Baroque music. Many folk musicians even hold their violin like Leopold Mozart did.
I agree the St Matthew Passion is amazing - the single piece of music I listen to the most.
Gorgeous and so insightful loved the video X
The low string on that thing is so thick!! I can't imagine the finger strength it takes to play that beast.
I really didn't know about this bass Renaissance! Awesome info
Thanks! Interesting strings.
Love it. mentor of mine is a violone player-learned so much from her
Wonderfully interesting and not just because I play bass guitar. That is an amazing beautiful sounding and looking bass 💕
I appreciated what you said regarding the chelo being an early bass instrument as this is something I have thought myself; not just because I have been learning Bach's Solo Chelo suit (all movements).
Right. The low frequency carries much further than any higher raspiness. Even 6 feet away you get all the feel and tone.